Senior Application Security Engineer

Caterpillar

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, ILPeoria, ILIrving, TXDallas, TX
Salary
$112,710–$183,140 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 4, 2026

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $176k
This role $148k
$101k most similar roles pay here $220k

This role pays less than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $143,266–$208,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $148k versus about $176k for comparable roles.

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About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world''s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Industry: Heavy Equipment & Manufacturing

Caterpillar currently has 36 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $147,760–$192,710 across 35 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Application Security Engineer

As a Senior Application Security Engineer within the Cybersecurity team of Cat Digital, you will build software solutions that integrate security and DevOps practices into the application development lifecycle. You will serve as a technical partner to software engineers and architects, providing contextually aware guidance on cybersecurity issues and influencing prioritization decisions at the bug or story level. Your daily responsibilities include managing security defects from automated and manual sources like CodeQL and Rapid7, enabling tool monitoring, and conducting maturity measurements based on established scorecards. You will work with tools such as SAST, DAST, and SCA while leveraging frameworks like OWASP Top 10 and MITRE CWE. The role focuses on securing modern applications, including web applications and RESTful APIs, by ensuring secure development across the software lifecycle within a portfolio of related digital products.

What you'll do

  • Analyze, validate, and consult on security defects identified by automated tools and manual testing.
  • Provide contextually aware guidance to engineers and architects regarding security decisions and architecture.
  • Enable and monitor automated defect detection tooling at the repository or application level.
  • Manage the scope, access, and results of penetration testing and security assurance assessments.
  • Advise software engineers on practices to improve application security maturity based on established scorecards.
  • Author error reports in partnership with developers to prevent recurring security mistakes across applications.

What we're looking for

  • Knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) for delivering and managing new or enhanced products.
  • Knowledge of software integration processes, including designing and maintaining interfaces with other platforms.
  • Knowledge of software product design to convert market requirements into technical designs.
  • Ability to analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
  • Ability to effectively communicate, receive, and interpret ideas and information across teams.
  • Experience as a software engineer in any language or framework (preferred).
  • Experience working on major cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP, or Salesforce (preferred).
  • Experience analyzing/remediating security findings from SAST, DAST, penetration testing, or SCA (preferred).
  • Experience building web applications and APIs including SPAs and RESTful APIs (preferred).
  • Professional certifications in cybersecurity or software engineering (preferred).

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