Hybrid Senior Architecture Manager

at Caterpillar Inc.

• Job title: Senior Architecture Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $172,630 - $258,950 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, IoT, NoSQL, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Senior Architecture Manager leading data solutions and architecture for Cat Digital at Caterpillar Inc. Focus on delivery of architecture outcomes and partnership with business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Leading the team in the delivery of solutions.
• Developing strategies, processes, methodologies and best practices for architecture activities.
• Providing expert advice and resolving complex problems and issues involved in architecture activities.
• Managing architecture projects, while focusing on the maintenance of customer relationships and various resources to ensure high quality deliverables.

Requirements

• Progressive career in software engineering and architecture (typically 12 years+)
• Expert level experience in information technology planning and operations, information systems design and deployment, or systems lifecycle management (typically 10+ years)
• Demonstrable experience leading technology development for enterprise scale systems in public cloud and hybrid eco-systems
• Team leadership, management and budget responsibility experience (typically 5+ years)
• Understanding of information management concepts such as controlled vocabularies, authority control, data modeling, and schema design.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end data lifecycle across traditional data warehouses, relational databases, operational data stores, business intelligence reporting, as well as new concepts such as data fabrics, data mesh, and data lakehouse.
• Strong understanding of data governance, metadata management, data quality, data modeling, and data architecture concepts
• Familiarity with public cloud technologies and best practices for implementing two or more from the following: massive real-time event and message processing, data lakes, Big Data transformations and analytics, complex e-commerce applications, IoT edge and cloud data processing, SQL and NoSQL data modeling.
• Excellent communication skills and be able to deal with sensitive issues, mentor and coach and/or persuade others on new technologies, new applications, or potential solutions.
• Understanding of Caterpillar, Dealer, and Customer business model.
• Demonstrated AI systems thinking and judgement, data and model lifecycle leadership, as well as agentic AI and human in the loop solution design.

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