Lead Digital Architect

Caterpillar

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, ILPeoria, ILDallas, TX
Salary
$128,470–$208,770 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Nov 4, 2026

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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 131 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $128,470–$192,710 across 125 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Digital Architect

The Lead Digital Architect joins the Cat Digital team to define and guide the technical architecture for the Scheduled Oil Service platform. This role involves developing detailed architecture deliverables for a Laboratory Information Management Systems solution, ensuring reliable sample data capture, processing, and long-term scalability. The architect will solution business use cases by leveraging platform capabilities across data, analytics, agents, and applications while leading the evaluation of new technologies. Key requirements include extensive knowledge of platform and web architecture, requirements analysis, and analytical thinking. The candidate must possess hands-on experience with Java software architecture, public cloud environments like AWS, and enterprise-grade AI solutions using models like ChatGPT and Claude. The work focuses on fluid sampling data management and integrating lab sample testing equipment with data storage systems.

What you'll do

  • Define and guide the technical architecture for the existing and new Scheduled Oil Service platforms.
  • Develop detailed architecture deliverables to solve business problems for Laboratory Information Management Systems.
  • Solution business use cases by leveraging platform capabilities across data, analytics, agents, and applications.
  • Lead the evaluation and deployment of new technologies to enhance existing digital technical capabilities.
  • Translate business and operational needs into clear technical directions for cross-functional teams.
  • Architect cloud-native and enterprise-grade AI solutions for production deployment and operational stability.
  • Manage project lifecycles, mentor engineers, and ensure application scalability, security, and performance.
  • Design blueprints for integrating web-based resources and enterprise data integration platforms.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive knowledge of technologies and methods to design processing mechanisms and roadmaps for business application systems.
  • Extensive knowledge of processes, techniques, and factors affecting web architecture to design blueprints for integrating web-based resources.
  • Extensive knowledge of techniques and tools for effective analysis to determine root causes and create alternative solutions.
  • Extensive understanding of communication concepts, tools, and techniques to accurately interpret and transmit ideas and needs.
  • Extensive knowledge of requirement analysis tools and methods to elicit and record business functionality for software development projects.
  • Progressive career in software engineering and architecture (preferred).
  • Extensive knowledge of LIMS functions for fluid sample testing and data management (preferred).
  • Experience delivering enterprise architecture for large-scale solutions in public cloud and hybrid ecosystems (preferred).

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