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Business Technologies, 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.

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

Job Summary:

Leads the development, testing and implementation of Product and Substance Compliance systems. This may include directing and participating in the concept and design of complex compliance processes, tools, or systems, for release to production in a manner to ensure superior performance, quality, security, efficiency, usability, and ongoing maintainability. This role will also support a wide range of business objectives, including the application of Artificial Intelligence to Product and Substance Compliance tools and technology, while adhering to standards and processes. You will work with a team of architects, engineers, and Subject Matter Experts to envision the target state of our technology capabilities, while helping to design and implement key solutions.

What You Will Do:

• Consult on client requirements and propose technology solutions and business cases

• Lead evaluating, selecting, and utilizing new and existing tools and techniques.

• Participate in developing, coding, and testing computer programs for multiple projects.

• Participate in preparing technical and procedural documentation required in application system development.

• Create detailed flowcharts to show processing logic for application programs.

• Execute solutions including coding, testing, debugging and documenting programs.

• Leverage knowledge of data structures and algorithms, computer architecture, machine learning, and Artificial Intelligence to develop solutions.

• Demonstrate excellent analytical skills and the ability to perform complex assignments.

• Be a self-starter with strong technical leadership skills

• Communicate technical information effectively with team members across the work group, other business units, dealers, and suppliers.

Education Requirement:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering or Computer Science curriculum.

What Skills You Will Have:

Core Application Systems:

• Manages application-related issues, implications, and approaches with clients.

• Evaluates key interfaces and interdependencies among core applications systems.

• Explains features and benefits of core applications for consideration by business units.

• Implements existing and planned application enhancements in major business units, with effective change management.

• Tracks data flow between own applications and core applications in other business areas.

• Plans enhancement, conversion, and retirement strategies for core applications.

Problem Solving:

• Ensures capture of the problem statement and lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.

• Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.

• Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.

• Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.

• Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.

• Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Application Design, Architecture:

• Creates and evaluates technical alternatives, including the use of Artificial Intelligence, for complex applications.

• Facilitates application design reviews and walkthroughs.

• Interprets application services such as API; integrates them with technical design.

• Develops various, distinct, and multiple technical application designs.

• Prepares technical design documents and blueprints for applications.

• Explores and evaluates application design considerations for multiple technologies.

Implementation:

• Researches the benefits and drawbacks of an organization's application software.

• Drafts application software usage for the department's needs.

• Tracks problems associated with the quality and effectiveness of application software.

• Provides hyper-care and instant support for end users of application software.

• Implements a specific application software under the supervision of management.

Requirements Analysis:

• Plays an active or leading role in recording and storing requirement documents in various forms.

• Ensures the successful completion of all major activities, tasks and deliverables pertaining to the requirements analysis stage.

• Effectively utilizes requirements analysis tools and services, including customer value mapping, use cases and prototyping.

• Produces detailed functional and information requirements models and documentation, and ensures traceability of requirements.

• Trains others on requirements walkthroughs and quality reviews.

• Utilizes AGILE methodology and tools

System and Technology Integration:

• Designs and develops applications or technology interfaces and bridges.

• Documents existing best practices for system or technology integration processes.

• Identifies and quantifies risks of proposed alternatives to a system or technology integration initiative.

• Delivers training on major issues, interfaces, considerations and potential pitfalls and risks.

• Performs Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis in order to mitigate data, technology and application integration issues.

• Advises others in how to integrate projects across multiple technologies.

System Testing:

• Verifies the proper flow of transactions across all input, output and storage channels or devices.

• Evaluates interoperability of new systems with existing systems during the beta testing phase.

• Supervises the testing of complex, multi-platform and distributed applications.

• Designs processes to ensure that the system meets and maintains requirements and expectations.

• Coaches end users on the development of test data and test scenarios for system validation.

• Manages the execution of test plans, including resources, strategies, schedules, processes and tools.

Technical Troubleshooting:

• Proactively discovers, analyzes, and resolves hardware, software or application problems.

• Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides, tools and utilities.

• Handles issues related to system features, applications, and compatibility standards.

• Analyzes code, logs, and current systems as part of advanced troubleshooting.

• Records and reports specific technical problems, solving processes and tools that have been used.

Additional Information

The location for this position is Peoria, IL

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

This position will require less than 10% travel.

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 wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary

• Annual incentive bonus plan*

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

• 401k savings plan

• Health savings account (HSA)

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

• Short and long-term disability coverage

• Life Insurance

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy Lifestyle Programs

• Employee Assistance Programs

• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

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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 .

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

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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:

June 21, 2024 - July 1, 2024

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.

Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.