Senior App Security Engineer (Secure DevOps & Cloud)

Caterpillar; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Chicago, IL, leads cybersecurity within Cat Digital to embed security into application development.

This role focuses on integrating security with DevOps, enabling secure delivery for Caterpillar Digital Applications, and collaborating with software engineers to deliver secure solutions. This position is ideal for an experienced software engineer transitioning to a full-time cybersecurity role, working with cross-functional teams to secure applications across the development

Qualifications

• Decision making and critical thinking skills to analyze situations and reach productive conclusions based on informed judgment.
• Effective communication concepts and techniques to clearly transmit and interpret ideas, information, and needs.
• Knowledge of software development life cycle and structured methodologies for delivering software products.
• Understanding software integration processes and designing interfaces to other platforms and packages.
• Ability to translate market requirements into software product design.

Responsibilities

• Security Defect Management - analyze, validate, and communicate security defects from automated and manual sources.
• Engineering Consulting - provide guidance to software engineers, architects, product owners, and leaders.
• Tool Enablement - monitor automated defect detection tooling at repository/application level.
• Security Test Onboarding & Management - coordinate scope, access information, and handle assessment outputs.
• Maturity Measurement - advise on security practices to improve application security maturity.

Skills

Decision Making and Critical Thinking

Effective Communications

Software Development Life Cycle

Software Integration Engineering

Software Product Design/Architecture

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Chicago, IL, leads cybersecurity within Cat Digital to embed security into application development.

This role focuses on integrating security with DevOps, enabling secure delivery for Caterpillar Digital Applications, and collaborating with software engineers to deliver secure solutions. This position is ideal for an experienced software engineer transitioning to a full-time cybersecurity role, working with cross-functional teams to secure applications across the development