Chief Cybersecurity Engineer

Career Area:

Business Services

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Chief Cybersecurity Engineer  

 

Caterpillar Inc seeks an experienced Chief Cybersecurity Engineer to shape and secure business solutions by embedding cybersecurity at their core. Tasks involve designing risk management plans, proposing architecture for security, and implementing security tools throughout the organization. The role also provides technical guidance for IT systems, factory technologies, and end-user solutions on a global scale.  
 

Duties include creating risk management strategies, advising on secure architecture, implementing security tools, and offering technical support for IT systems, factory tech, and global end-user solutions. This role partners with infrastructure, development, and business teams to address IT risks and safeguard critical assets, collaborating closely with executive leadership to establish strong security frameworks and drive innovation that supports business objectives. 

 
 

What You Will Do:  

The Chief Cybersecurity Engineer at Caterpillar is responsible for identifying technology and cybersecurity solutions to manage risk and support business partners in developing resilient systems. This role involves evaluating technology options and making recommendations for the enterprise cybersecurity program. The engineer provides solution engineering expertise to business partners and directs global security programs within various portfolios and projects.  

Responsibilities include:  

•  Develop security reference architecture and engineering roadmaps considering threats, risk tolerance, and business objectives.  

• Recommend proactive security solutions that mitigate threats and maintain a secure environment.  

• Demonstrate expert technical knowledge, effective communication, and collaboration skills, building partnerships across the enterprise.  

• Translate complex concepts into practical plans and guide technical teams in their implementation.  

• Guide security investment decisions by evaluating threats and vulnerabilities affecting critical assets.  

• Monitor and assess emerging global threats through risk assessments and analysis, continuously seeking improved risk management solutions to enhance resilience.  

• Collaborate with product and platform teams to integrate security-by-design principles into the development lifecycle.  

• Lead solution engineering of AI and digital transformation of legacy systems, technologies, and processes.  

• Define and maintain secure architecture for enterprise services, addressing data protection, compliance, and operational resilience.  

• Lead the architecture and engineering of network security for both cloud-based and on-premises infrastructure, and remote connectivity.  

• Develop and apply strategies to secure internal and external network communications, considering scalability and reliabi