Senior Security Compliance Analyst - Global Security Organization

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Senior IT Compliance Analyst within our Global Security Organization to mature IT control environments across Access, Change, and Monitoring. You will partner with Legal/Compliance, Product, and Engineering to ensure robust, testable controls across in-scope systems.

Responsibilities span governance, system discovery, control operations, audit readiness, and remediation in a fast-paced security-focused team.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of General IT Controls across Access Management, Change Management and System Monitoring.
• Ability to read code repository configurations, CI/CD pipeline settings, and monitoring configurations.
• Experience with system discovery, process mapping, control narrative development, and audit population extraction.
• Proven track record building and managing large-scale compliance programs with regulators or auditors.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills; translates complex concepts clearly.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Governance: support GITC strategy, audit readiness roadmap, and control maturity initiatives.
• System Discovery & Scoping: assist in identifying in-scope systems and business processes.
• Control Operations & Execution: support access/change/system monitoring controls and user access reviews.
• Audit Readiness & Testing: assist with readiness reviews, evidence collection, and audit testing.
• Gap Remediation & External Audit Support: help coordinate remediation and auditor inquiries.

Skills

General IT Controls

Audit coordination

Regulatory compliance

Analytical thinking

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree (Law/CS/InfoSec/Business)

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Discover a career that energizes and excites you every day.

@2026 TikTok

Security

Senior Security Compliance Analyst - Global Security Organization

Location:

San Jose

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A256807B

Share this listing:

Responsibilities

The mission of TikTok's Global Security Organization is to build and earn trust by reducing risk and securing our businesses and products. Also known as "GSO", this team is the foundation of our efforts to keep TikTok safe, secure, and operating at scale for over 1 billion people around the world. We work to ensure that the TikTok platform is safe and secure, that our users' experience and their data remains safe from external or internal threats, and that we comply with global regulations wherever TikTok operates.Trust is one of TikTok's biggest initiatives, and security is integral to our success. In whatever ways users interact with us — whether they're watching videos on their For You page, interacting with a Live video, or buying products on TikTok Shop — GSO protects their data and privacy, so they can have a secure and trustworthy experience.The GSO provides industry-leading security and privacy services to company, guided by four principles: trust and transparency, business enablement, risk-informed decision-making, and proactive risk reduction. We strive to build sustainable, world-class security capabilities.TikTok is seeking a Senior IT Compliance Analyst plays a central role in maturing and standardizing the organization's IT control environment to support regulatory compliance obligations for online platforms. Working across the full control lifecycle — from scoping and discovery through assessment, testing, gap remediation, and external audit defense — this role partners with Global Legal/Compliance, Product, and Engineering stakeholders to ensure that in-scope systems and processes are governed by robust, testable, and continuously improving controls.The role spans three primary General IT Control (i.e., GITC) domains: Access Management, Change Management, and System Monitoring. It balances near-term audit readiness with the longer-term objective of building a sustainable, automated control environment that scales with business growth.

1. Strategy & Governance- Support the GITC strategy, audit readiness roadmap, and control maturity initiatives.- Track remediation of control gaps, including ownership, status, target dates, and dependencies.- Identify opportunities to improve automation, scalability, and consistency across GITC processes.
2. System Discovery & Scoping- Support periodic system scoping activities to identify new, modified, and decommissioned in-scope systems.- Support cross-functional system discovery workshops to understand business processes and identify key systems.
3. Control Operations & Execution- Support internal assessment, evidence gathering, and audit demonstration of Access Management, Change Management, and System Monitoring controls across in-scope systems.- Support execution of periodic User Access Reviews to ensure inappropriate access is identified and revoked in a timely manner.- Assist in enforcing Segregation of Duties requirements between change developers, approvers, and migrators.- Help formalize governance over in-scope alarms, including monitoring alarm changes, access to alert configurations, and timely alert handling.
4. Audit Readiness & Testing- Support internal readiness reviews and mock audits across GITC domains.- Extract, validate, and maintain testing populations for in-scope systems and control domains.- Prepare evidence and support testing activities for internal stakeholders and external auditors.
5. Gap Remediation & External Audit Support- Facilitate, validate, and retest remediation activities to confirm audit readiness and timely closure of control gaps.- Support external audit execution by coordinating evidence requests, auditor inquiries, walkthroughs, and follow-ups.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated working knowledge of General IT Controls across the three core domains: Access Management: access provisioning workflows, periodic access reviews, authentication mechanisms, privileged access management, role-based access control, and security classification frameworks. Change Management: SDLC controls, change approval workflows, segregation of duties in CI/CD environments, code repository governance, protected branch configurations, and emergency/minor change policy design and System Monitoring: alarm/alert management, SLA-based incident response, monitoring dashboards, alarm inventory governance, and configuration management for alerting systems.
• Ability to understand technical system architectures and read code repository configurations, CI/CD pipeline settings, and monitoring configurations. Understanding of data flow analysis techniques for complex, multi-system environments.
• Experience with system discovery, process flow mapping, control narrative/template development, and audit population extraction.
• Proven track record in successfully developing, implementing, and managing comprehensive compliance programs at scale with experience engaging directly with regulators, external auditors, or supervisory bodies
• Exceptional analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, coupled with the ability to translate complex legal and technical concepts into clear, actionable advice for diverse technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, effectively manage multiple competing priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and often ambiguous environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in IT audit, SOX/GITC controls, IT compliance, or information security assurance roles within a regulated industry
• Bachelor's degree in Law, Computer Science, Information Security, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
• Familiarity with EU regulatory frameworks (e.g., Digital Services Act (DSA), GDPR, Online Safety Act, etc.) or comparable digital platform regulation.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data analysis.
• Industry experience in technology or social media.
• Relevant professional certifications such as CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, or CIPP/E.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $111600 - $162000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

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.

TikTok Accommodation

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request