Endpoint Security Engineer – EDR & Vulnerability Focus

Caterpillar Inc.; East Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 81,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

HSA

Tuition Reimbursement

Onsite work five days a week

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an experienced cybersecurity professional to support EDR, vulnerability management, and automation initiatives across Linux/Ubuntu servers and endpoints.

You will act as a liaison between Corporate Cybersecurity and business partners, ensuring global security processes are understood and followed. The role emphasizes collaboration with SOC, engineering, and architecture teams, and development of automated detection and response capabilities.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Enterprise Tool Support (AV, EDR, Vulnerability Scanner, SCCM, etc)
• Knowledge of developing cybersecurity policies, standards, and procedures; ability to develop and communicate policies, standards and procedures that guide interactions with customers.
• Knowledge of the tools and processes for maintaining endpoint security; ability to design and implement security programs to prevent data loss and access intrusion from external sources.
• Knowledge of technologies and technology-based solutions dealing with information security issues; ability to protect information security across the organization using encryption technologies and appropriate security software.
• Knowledge of IT security policies, standards, and procedures; ability to utilize a variety of administrative skill sets and technical knowledge to ensure cyber security compliance.
• Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
• Experience with Windows/MacOS Frameworks and OS Administration across Linux, Windows, MacOS
• Remote Administration Tools and MSI packaging experience

Responsibilities

• Support Caterpillar’s Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) environments and related security domains.
• Promote automation for monitoring and remediation of client health issues and vulnerability remediation.
• Be a liaison between Corporate Cybersecurity and business partners to understand operations and maintain global security processes.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and SOC teams to implement detection logic and improve threat visibility.
• Contribute to the development of automated detection and response capabilities.
• Oversee continuous vulnerability lifecycle management including collection, reporting and assessment of vulnerability data.
• Provide security guidance and training as needed to stakeholders

Skills

Endpoint Detection & Response

Linux/Ubuntu

Automation

Threat visibility

Scripting

OS Administration

Technical writing

Collaboration with SOC/Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

SCCM

PowerShell

Python

SQL

SharePoint

MSI package management

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an experienced cybersecurity professional to support EDR, vulnerability management, and automation initiatives across Linux/Ubuntu servers and endpoints.

You will act as a liaison between Corporate Cybersecurity and business partners, ensuring global security processes are understood and followed. The role emphasizes collaboration with SOC, engineering, and architecture teams, and development of automated detection and response capabilities.