Physical Security Systems Specialist - USDS

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.

About USDS
At TikTok, we're committed to a process of continuous innovation and improvement in our user experience and safety controls. We're proud to be able to serve a global community of more than a billion people who use TikTok to creatively express themselves and be entertained, and we're dedicated to giving them a platform that builds opportunity and fosters connection. We also take our responsibility to safeguard our community seriously, both in how we address potentially harmful content and how we protect against unauthorized access to user data.

U.S. Data Security ("USDS") is a standalone department of TikTok in the U.S. This new security-first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols to keep U.S. users safe. Our focus is on providing oversight and protection of the TikTok platform and user data in the U.S., so millions of Americans can continue turning to TikTok to learn something new, earn a living, express themselves creatively, or be entertained. The teams within USDS that deliver on this commitment daily span Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops, Corporate Functions and more.

About the Team :
Our Global Security function provides services to TikTok's US market using four principles that guide our strategic and tactical operations. First, we champion trust and transparency, leading the charge in organizational transparency and execution of security and privacy capabilities that drive customer trust. Second, we are a business catalyst and enabler, embodying the DNA of technical innovation. Third, we drive risk-informed and empowered decision-making, giving our business leaders the information needed to make key decisions. Finally, we proactively identify and reduce risk while enabling innovative product development - to consistently build sustainable world-class and trusted security capabilities.

Responsibilities
- Execute site level programs and projects that design, implement, deploy, and manage enterprise physical security systems
- Oversee site level program development projects around technical security countermeasures
- Program/project efforts expected to include:
- Deploy and manage global visitor management systems at the DTC
- Manage system vulnerabilities, patching, upgrades and bugs at the DTC
- Partnerships with other teams to develop actionable intelligence, efficiencies, data warehousing by ingesting or distributing physical security technology data
- Support the deployment of next generation technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence) to enable system based near real time alerts on major threats, physical security system device failures, and intrusion detection signal to noise ratio reduction
- Implementation and deploy tactical communications Radio over IP (RoIP) systems for day-to-day and emergency response

Qualifications

MQs :
- Bachelors' Degree or industry equivalent work experience in international security architecture and engineering in a converged security program
- 5+ years applicable experience
- Expert in program management overseeing implementation of physical security technologies across the enterprise
- Experience with design and construction projects
- Experience with JIRA/ServiceNow
- Expert at Waterfall and Agile methodologies
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), ability to influence without authority
PQs :
- Ability to balance risks in ambiguous and complex situations
- Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills, in particular in leading or contributing to global and multi-functional teams
- Highly motivated to contribute and grow within a complex area of emerging importance
- Expert level understanding of physical security controls, tools and processes
- Demonstrates excellent organizational direction, time management, problem-solving, prioritization, goal setting, leadership, motivation, negotiation, and interpersonal relations
- Works well under pressure and within time/budget constraints to solve problems or meet objectives
- Excellent fundamental knowledge of industry standard frameworks
- Strong analytical/problem solving skills and cross functional knowledge across multiple IT operational and security disciplines
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff
- Must possess a high degree of integrity, be trustworthy, and have the ability to lead and inspire change
- Experience building and growing a team to meet strategic and tactical objectives
- PMP

Preferred Qualifications
- CISSP / CISA / CISM preferred
- Expertise with Lenel systems
- Expertise in PACS Software Assurance Technologies
-Expertise in deploying and operating AI/ML VMS Technologies
- Knowledgeable with Reader and Card Credentialing Technologies
- Knowledgeable in Windows and Linux OS (troubleshooting and deployment experience)
- Experience with SIEM integrations, SOAR technologies, AI/ML Deployments
- Six Sigma or other process management

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

In the spirit of reconciliation, TikTok acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.