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Security Operations Analyst roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or a related field. Employers in financial services, defense contracting, healthcare, and tech regularly file LCAs for this title. The 85,000-slot annual cap and lottery mean timing your job search matters.
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About the team: The IT security team is responsible for enterprise IT global cyber security, server security, endpoint security, application security construction, and protection work. They work to improve overall IT security capabilities and security posture, providing security processes, security assessments, security operations, and security vulnerability management services. The team also supports IT teams and business departments in meeting their security requirements.
- Monitor security alerts and events generated by various security tools and technologies, such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems.
- Build and tune high-fidelity detections across endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS telemetry sources.
- Reduce alert fatigue and false positives through improved severity tagging, disposal logic, and enrichment workflows.
- Conduct threat and scenario-driven threat hunts based on TTPs, anomalies, and threat intelligence.
- Identify and close detection gaps uncovered during incident response or hunting operations.
- Design and maintain SOAR playbooks and automation logic for triage, enrichment, and response.
- Partner with CTI and detection engineers to operationalize threat intelligence and attacker behaviors.
- Develop and maintain detection logic aligned with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and MaGMa.
- Contribute scripts and tooling (e.g., Python, PowerShell) to improve investigation and response efficiency.
- Support a global SOC by contributing to alert routing, follow-the-sun workflows, and detection health monitoring. This position is part of a team that provides 24/7 support and requires working scheduled shifts, which may include holidays.
- Assist in post-incident reviews to drive continuous improvement of detection coverage and response workflows.
- Coordinate Security Incident Response lessons learnt and post-mortem activities with XFN stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification(s):
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or STEM field.
- Experience working in or supporting a 24/7 global security operations environment.
- Strong proficiency with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Chronicle, Elastic) and EDR tools (e.g., SentinelOne, CrowdStrike).
- Hands-on experience writing and tuning detection logic (e.g., Sigma, EQL, KQL, YARA).
- Deep understanding of attacker tactics and techniques (MITRE ATT&CK, threat modeling).
- Scripting ability in Python or similar languages to support automation, enrichment, or detection-as-code workflows.
- Experience conducting investigations using logs from identity providers, endpoints, cloud, and network telemetry.
Preferred Qualification(s):
- Familiarity with SOAR platforms and automation of incident response tasks.
- Experience with detection-as-code pipelines, GitOps, or CI/CD rule deployment.
- Experience contributing to threat hunt frameworks or purple team exercises.
- Knowledge of red teaming, penetration testing, malware analysis, or digital forensics.
- Certifications such as GCIH, GCIA, GCTI, OSCP, or equivalent are a plus.
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
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $111600 - $235600 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.
Responsibilities
About the team: The IT security team is responsible for enterprise IT global cyber security, server security, endpoint security, application security construction, and protection work. They work to improve overall IT security capabilities and security posture, providing security processes, security assessments, security operations, and security vulnerability management services. The team also supports IT teams and business departments in meeting their security requirements.
- Monitor security alerts and events generated by various security tools and technologies, such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems.
- Build and tune high-fidelity detections across endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS telemetry sources.
- Reduce alert fatigue and false positives through improved severity tagging, disposal logic, and enrichment workflows.
- Conduct threat and scenario-driven threat hunts based on TTPs, anomalies, and threat intelligence.
- Identify and close detection gaps uncovered during incident response or hunting operations.
- Design and maintain SOAR playbooks and automation logic for triage, enrichment, and response.
- Partner with CTI and detection engineers to operationalize threat intelligence and attacker behaviors.
- Develop and maintain detection logic aligned with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and MaGMa.
- Contribute scripts and tooling (e.g., Python, PowerShell) to improve investigation and response efficiency.
- Support a global SOC by contributing to alert routing, follow-the-sun workflows, and detection health monitoring. This position is part of a team that provides 24/7 support and requires working scheduled shifts, which may include holidays.
- Assist in post-incident reviews to drive continuous improvement of detection coverage and response workflows.
- Coordinate Security Incident Response lessons learnt and post-mortem activities with XFN stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification(s):
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or STEM field.
- Experience working in or supporting a 24/7 global security operations environment.
- Strong proficiency with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Chronicle, Elastic) and EDR tools (e.g., SentinelOne, CrowdStrike).
- Hands-on experience writing and tuning detection logic (e.g., Sigma, EQL, KQL, YARA).
- Deep understanding of attacker tactics and techniques (MITRE ATT&CK, threat modeling).
- Scripting ability in Python or similar languages to support automation, enrichment, or detection-as-code workflows.
- Experience conducting investigations using logs from identity providers, endpoints, cloud, and network telemetry.
Preferred Qualification(s):
- Familiarity with SOAR platforms and automation of incident response tasks.
- Experience with detection-as-code pipelines, GitOps, or CI/CD rule deployment.
- Experience contributing to threat hunt frameworks or purple team exercises.
- Knowledge of red teaming, penetration testing, malware analysis, or digital forensics.
- Certifications such as GCIH, GCIA, GCTI, OSCP, or equivalent are a plus.
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
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $111600 - $235600 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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Security Operations Analyst
Align your degree to SOC codes
USCIS evaluates specialty occupation by matching your degree field to the role's SOC code. Security Operations Analysts typically file under SOC 15-1212. A degree in cybersecurity, information assurance, or computer science gives you the cleanest fit and reduces RFE risk.
Target LCA-active employers first
Use Migrate Mate to filter Security Operations Analyst roles by employers with verified LCA filing history, so you're only engaging companies that have already committed to H-1B sponsorship for this title, not ones that might sponsor in theory.
Flag clearance requirements before applying
Many Security Operations Analyst postings require a U.S. security clearance, which H-1B holders are generally ineligible to obtain. Screen job descriptions for clearance language before investing time in applications, and prioritize roles at commercial or non-defense employers.
Request premium processing in your offer negotiation
Standard H-1B processing can run several months, leaving you in status limbo. Negotiate premium processing into your offer package before signing. USCIS currently adjudicates premium petitions within 15 business days, giving you a firm start-date you can plan around.
Verify prevailing wage before the LCA is filed
Your employer must certify your offered salary meets the DOL prevailing wage for your location and SOC code. Run your role and metro area through the OFLC Wage Search before the offer is finalized to confirm the number they're quoting is compliant.
Document incident response experience precisely
USCIS scrutinizes Security Operations Analyst petitions more closely when duties look generalist. Use O*NET task descriptions as a framework when briefing your employer's attorney, and make sure your resume and support letter map specific tools like SIEM platforms to discrete job tasks.
H-1B Visa Security Operations Analyst: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Security Operations Analyst role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the employer's job description requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as cybersecurity, computer science, or information systems. USCIS looks at whether the degree requirement is specific, not just preferred. Generalist postings that accept any technical degree or substitute years of experience for education are more likely to attract a Request for Evidence.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most often for Security Operations Analyst positions?
Financial services, managed security service providers, healthcare systems, cloud infrastructure companies, and large enterprise tech firms are the most active H-1B sponsors for this title. Defense and government contractors often post similar roles but require U.S. security clearances, which H-1B holders typically cannot obtain. Focusing your search on commercial-sector employers significantly widens your viable pool. Migrate Mate filters roles by verified LCA filing history so you can identify these employers quickly.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Security Operations Analyst employer if I change jobs?
Yes. Under H-1B portability, you can start working for a new employer once they file a transfer petition, without waiting for USCIS to approve it, as long as your previous H-1B was approved and you've maintained valid status. The new employer must still file an LCA and I-129 for the transfer. If the new role has materially different duties or a different SOC code, the petition should explain the continuity of specialty occupation.
How does the H-1B lottery affect the timeline for Security Operations Analyst job seekers?
H-1B cap-subject petitions can only be filed once per year, with registration opening in March for an October 1 start date. If you're not selected, you have to wait until the next cycle unless you find a cap-exempt employer such as a university, nonprofit research institution, or government research organization. Planning your job search so you have an offer in hand before registration opens in March is the most reliable way to avoid a gap year.
What should I look for in a job posting to gauge whether an employer will actually sponsor an H-1B?
Explicit language like 'will sponsor work authorization' is a positive signal, but its absence doesn't mean the employer won't sponsor. A more reliable indicator is prior LCA filing history for the same job title and location. Employers who have filed LCAs for Security Operations Analysts before have already built the internal process and legal relationships to do it again. Checking that history before you apply saves you from pursuing roles where sponsorship is theoretical rather than practiced.