Cybersecurity Specialist

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Peterborough, United Kingdom

This role is for a Cybersecurity Specialist at Caterpillar, focusing on analyzing, classifying, and responding to cybersecurity risks within specific divisions. The specialist will provide subject matter expertise, guidance, and remediation actions to protect critical applications, platforms, and data, ensuring alignment with relevant frameworks and business goals. Responsibilities include technical leadership, collaboration with IT and cybersecurity teams, overseeing the cybersecurity portfolio, driving vulnerability management and risk assessments, tracking risk activities, and improving cybersecurity processes.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide technical leadership, guidance and support on cybersecurity principles for applications and platforms across the division.
  2. Collaborate closely with divisional IT teams and Enterprise Cybersecurity teams.
  3. Oversee the cybersecurity portfolio of work for the division, collaborating with Enterprise teams to deliver the security roadmap.
  4. Drive vulnerability management and risk assessments across the division and guide teams on effective remediation strategies to mitigate cybersecurity risk and threats.
  5. Track and monitor risk activities, notify action owners, and escalate where required.

Skills

Required

  • Communicating Complex Concepts
  • Cybersecurity Standards and Policies
  • Cybersecurity Risk Management
  • Information Security Management
  • Information Security Technologies
  • Information Technology (IT) Security Policies

Nice to have

  • Recognized Cybersecurity certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CCSP, GSEC, GCLD, GCCC, GISP)
  • Communication: Strong communication and conflict management skills.
  • Problem Solving: Ability to identify, address and solve challenging situations and opportunities.
  • Project/Program Management: Excellent project management skills and process discipline.
  • Relationship Management: Collaborating and managing partner and peer relationships to achieve business outcomes in a matrixed environment.

What the JD emphasized

  • cybersecurity risks
  • compliance
  • IT risk
  • security reviews
  • remediation actions
  • vulnerability management
  • risk assessments
  • cybersecurity processes