Senior Data Specialist

Caterpillar

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Work type: On-site
Location: Chicago, IL
Salary: $160,555–$169,060 / yr
Posted: 46 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Nov 24, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $170k

This role $165k

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This role pays more than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $140,000–$200,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $165k versus about $170k for comparable roles.

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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 62 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $131,789–$192,710 across 61 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Data Specialist

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As a Senior Data Specialist, you will join the Cat Digital team to address complex problems by providing solutions aligned with overall objectives. Your daily responsibilities include managing data design, quality, metadata, governance, and architecture while developing detailed pipeline specifications including field mapping and business rules. You will document logical data models for domains and design robust, scalable database and extraction, transformation, and loading solutions. The role requires expertise in computer architecture and systems software infrastructure alongside experience with AWS tools like CloudWatch, Lambda, SQS, SNS, S3, DynamoDB, and RDS. You will utilize scripting and API tools including PowerShell, SQL, JSON, Python, Apigee, and Postman while working within VPC, CloudFormation, EC2, IAM, EBS, and ECS environments to perform data cleansing, conforming, or correlation of transactional data sets.

Skills

Data Architecture ETL AWS Python SQL S3 DynamoDB RDS Lambda SQS SNS CloudFormation EC2 ECS VPC PowerShell JSON Apigee Postman Data Governance

What you'll do

Manage data design, quality, metadata, governance, and architecture.
Develop data object pipeline specifications including field mapping and business rules.
Document logical data models, candidate source lists, and canonical formats for domains.
Design robust and scalable database solutions and ETL processes.
Solve complex technical problems aligned with Cat Digital objectives.
Perform data cleansing, conforming, and correlation of transactional data sets.

What we're looking for

A master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and 3 years of experience as a Software Engineer or similar role.
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer or similar role.
Experience with computer architecture and systems software infrastructure.
Experience with AWS tools including CloudWatch, Lambda, SQS, SNS, S3, DynamoDB, and RDS.
Proficiency with API and scripting tools such as PowerShell, SQL, JSON, Python, Apigee, or Postman.
Experience with cloud infrastructure components like VPC, CloudFormation, EC2, IAM, EBS, and ECS.
Experience in data cleansing, conforming, or correlation of transactional data sets.

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