IT Architect

Career Area:
Technology, Digital and Data
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.
Job Summary:
Come work on the Caterpillar IT Team as an IT Architect supporting Caterpillar's Autonomy & Autonomous Business Unit. The Autonomy and Automation team is focused on scaling technology solutions in mining, construction, quarry and aggregates and beyond to support customer safety and productivity goals. A&A is responsible for technology solutions including autonomy, semi-autonomy, remote control, and other technologies. The goal is to address key customer problems, including: safety, productivity, labor shortage, energy transition and process optimization. As an IT architect, you will provide guidance and advice on architecture designs in complex projects, resolving difficult problems and ensuring that all deliverables meet high standards in quality.
What You Will Do:

• Creating and maintaining the architecture for Kubernetes solutions, considering the specific needs and constraints of the organization.
• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensuring security and compliance requirements are met within applications owned and maintained by RI IT (A&A specifically)
• Successfully lead, design, architect and deliver sophisticated solutions including Cloud (AWS, Azure), software engineering DevOps solutions (GitHub, ADO) and Infrastructure as a Code architectures
• Provide advice and guidance to other site engineers regarding technical and design decisions and well as evaluation, and facilitation for the development of current and future architecture.
• Design for both functional and non-functional qualities, including availability, resiliency, security, privacy, etc.
• Review, advise, and provide assessments on architectures produced within and outside the team.
• Design and maintain network layouts to connect disparate lab and testing infrastructure.

What You Have:

• Progressive experience in IT Infrastructure and/or software development, with special emphasis in areas of networking, application services, or distributed computing.
• Previous technical leadership or lead developer role experience.
• Practical experience in cloud computing architecture and Security work, systems, or application design, and development including container technologies.
• Experience in Git, Python, Typescript/JavaScript preferred.
• Experience with containers, Linux environments, preferably Ubuntu.
• Proven history as a technical lead and mentor to other network engineers.
• Diplomatic ability to influence others and mix with all levels of the business.
• Strong and demonstrated ability to build lasting relationships with key stakeholders.
• Understanding of NIST framework and control audits.
• Ability to competently mediate disagreements and negotiate agreeable resolutions.
• Core Application Systems: Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations.
• Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
• Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
• Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into the software product design.
• Application Modernization: Knowledge of the concepts, processes, and technologies of application modernization; ability to design, develop and deploy modernized applications in various business scenarios.
• Architecture Modeling: Knowledge of Architecture Modeling; ability to develop and modify enterprise architecture through conceptual, logical, and physical approaches.
• Business Assessment: Knowledge of the activities, tasks, practices, and deliverables for assessing and documenting business opportunities; ability to assess the benefits, risks, and success factors of potential applications.
• System and Technology Integration: Knowledge of the features and facilities of systems; ability to integrate and communicate among applications, databases, and technology platforms.

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Proven history of designing and implementing IT solutions including Cloud (AWS and/or Azure).
• Proven experience with DevOps pipeline architecture, deployment, and tools and/or Web App development.
• Experience with tools like Jenkins, Artifactory, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Grafana, InfluxDB, SonarQube, Jupyter Notebook, OpenCV, Bamboo, PostgreSQL, BitBucket, Robot Framework Conan.
• Experience using the Scaled Agile Framework (SaFE) methodology.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipeline tools such as Azure DevOps, Git Actions and/or Jenkins.
• Experience with the CLI, PowerShell cmdlets, and/or REST APIs.
• Experience working with corporate security on infrastructure or applications security compliance and remediation activities (i.e.: Risk Acceptance, Security Configuration Baseline).

What You Will Get:
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.
Here you earn more than just an hourly wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
Additional Info:

• The ideal location for this role is East Peoria-IL, Dallas-TX, Nashville-TN
• This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.
• This position may require 10% travel.

About Caterpillar -
Caterpillar Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we've been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.
Summary Pay Range:
$126,000.00 - $189,000.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Benefits:
Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
• 401(k) savings plans*
• Health Savings Account (HSA)*
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
• Health Lifestyle Programs*
• Employee Assistance Program*
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
• Career Development*
• Incentive bonus*
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Adoption benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees
This position requires working onsite five days a week.
Relocation is available for this position.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.
Posting Dates:
July 17, 2025 - July 23, 2025
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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