Mike Chong

Security Architecture System Network Cloud IT Leadership Engineering @TikTok

Los Angeles, CA, US

Reports to Head of IT -helped build a IT organization of 2 people to 35 engineers-Mentored young engineers with technical and career development-Project Manager and Security architect for VMWARE VDI on AWS with integration to Sailpoint and Palo Alto Infrastructure for Users- Security Architect and Managed a group of engineers for Active Directory Infrastructure such as Domain Controllers, Microsoft PKI Infrastructure, DNS Servers, Certificate Authority, Radius Server-Deployed Azure Vnet, Azure WAF, Azure VPN gateways and Azure NSG-Deployed Palo Alto Virtual Firewalls- Led the design and implementation of a robust infrastructure that seamlessly integrated three identity providers (IdPs) into the organization\'s systems using SailPoint into Azure AD, On-Prem AD and Google IDP-Configured and deployed SAML SSO for AWS/Azure-Project Managed,deployed and Integrated EDR tools such as Sentinel One and DLP tool such as Forcepoint-Project Managed, deployed and Integrated Pen Test Tools Horizon.ai and Safebreach-Security Architect and Managed a group of engineers for Vmware Workspace One MDM endpoint manager into MAC and Windows Laptops- Architected infrastructure between AWS and AZURE, ensuring seamless connectivity and data transfer- Drove the strategic planning and architectural design of Cisco Meraki / Palo Alto Firewall network infrastructure projects for corporate offices, employing high availability principles, secure access into a Multi cloud hybrid integration with AWS/Azure/OCI leveraging Palo Alto and Cisco technologies- Developed new IT standards to meet / NISIT Security standards-Managed IT Service, system engineers and security engineers for system/security Infrastructure-Creating SOPs to meet IT Service and security compliance requirements-Site owner for all regional offices- Pioneered IT Operational and training Framework for IT Service and IT Engineering, enhancing team productivity and knowledge