Cybersecurity Resilience Specialist (Disaster Recovery) - Governance Risk and Compliance

Cybersecurity Resilience Specialist (Disaster Recovery) - Governance Risk and Compliance Location: New York Employment Type: Regular Job Code: A04064 Responsibilities Identifying and mapping TikTok's most critical business processes, departments, systems, and third‑party dependencies through Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) and Technology Impact Analyses (TIAs) to define Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) and single points of failure. Partnering cross‑functionally with infrastructure, site reliability engineering, application, legal, procurement, and business teams to embed resilience and security requirements in critical business functions. Governing, documenting, and continuously improving disaster recovery (DR) architectures, including failover strategies, backup and replication methods, and multi‑region redundancy in collaboration with engineering and platform teams. Leading and facilitating cyber‑resilience exercises such as failover simulations, recovery validation tests, load/stress assessments, and cyber‑attack tabletop scenarios. Preparing business units, technology teams, and leadership to understand their roles in cybersecurity scenarios by building organizational readiness and response capability, not just documentation. Identifying, tracking, and remediating third‑party risks across the full vendor lifecycle from pre‑onboarding through operational monitoring to off‑boarding and reviewing secure technical integrations including APIs, network connections, cloud configurations, and identity/access patterns. Minimum Qualifications Deep knowledge of continuity methodologies and standards (e.g., ISO 22301, NIST SP 800‑34, FFIEC), with hands‑on experience conducting BIAs, TIAs, and dependency mapping to define RTOs/RPOs and validate technical recovery strategies. Ability to translate third‑party and technical risk into clear business impact, aligning resilience strategies with cybersecurity controls, regulatory requirements, and operational priorities. Ability to work from the NYC office at least five days per week, with domestic and international travel as needed. Preferred Qualifications Five years in business continuity, disaster recovery, operational risk, or cyber resilience, with a demonstrated track record of leading technical continuity and recovery initiatives across complex, global environments. Experience supporting enterprise‑scale resilience programs in high‑growth, rapidly evolving, or highly scrutinized technology environments. Hands‑on experience with business continuity planning tools, platforms, or GRC systems. Relevant certifications such as CBCP, ISO 22301 Lead Implementer, CRISC, CISM, or PMP. Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience. Compensation & Benefits The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $134,400 – $235,600 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). Equal Opportunity 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: Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues; Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; Exercising sound judgment. #J-18808-Ljbffr TikTok