Security Engineer: Lead PenTest & SIEM (Mentorship)

Egreenservices; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 88,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Lasting benefits

Flexible work

Job summary

Caterpillar is hiring a Security Engineer in North Carolina to balance speed and stability while shipping software used by millions. The role leads efforts in penetration testing, SIEM work, and performance optimization, with a base salary of $88,000 to $128,000 and real mentorship.

The mid-level position expects you to drive improvements, refactor critical modules, and guide collaborations across teams in a fast-moving environment in Cary.

Qualifications

• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time.
• A history of leaving technology processes better than you found them.
• Demonstrated Penetration Testing expertise in a fast-moving technology environment.
• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly.

Responsibilities

• Land Metasploit performance wins Caterpillar can measure in NC retention numbers.
• Untangle the Creativity dependency knots that have slowed Cary releases for months.
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale.
• Refactor the technology module Caterpillar has been afraid to touch.
• Spike a Professionalism proof of concept fast when Caterpillar needs a yes-or-no answer.
• Pair Professionalism and Penetration Testing in a pipeline Caterpillar can extend without your help later.
• Carry the SIEM platform work that makes Caterpillar's next NC expansion boring.
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early.

Skills

Judgment

Process improvement

Penetration testing

Empathy

Job description

Caterpillar is hiring a Security Engineer in North Carolina to balance speed and stability while shipping software used by millions. The role leads efforts in penetration testing, SIEM work, and performance optimization, with a base salary of $88,000 to $128,000 and real mentorship.

The mid-level position expects you to drive improvements, refactor critical modules, and guide collaborations across teams in a fast-moving environment in Cary.