Lead Architect

Caterpillar Inc.•Mossville, IL

3d•$128,470 - $208,770•Onsite

About The Position

This position helps Caterpillar solve its customers’ toughest challenges while building a better and more sustainable world. The Lead Architect will deliver strategic technology initiatives within the Commercial Process Division (CPD), part of the Power and Energy Group. CPD focuses on the development and delivery of services, solutions, and processes that support Caterpillar’s commitment to customers, including the global Dealer Network. The incumbent collaborates with business partners and enterprise teams to create business-relevant IT and business strategies for CPD.

Requirements

Strong Agile mindset, with experience working in or leading product centric, cross functional teams.
Proven experience designing and delivering solutions within the Azure ecosystem, including Azure DevOps.
Deep expertise in .NET based full stack architecture, with the ability to evaluate and select appropriate technologies.
Experience across modern engineering languages and platforms, including: C#, ASP.NET, Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL
Strong understanding of secure by design (Cyber Safe) development principles and application security best practices.
Hands on experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and automated testing frameworks.
Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Ability to influence both technical and non technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead end to end architecture, design, and delivery of scalable, secure, full stack solutions using Agile methodologies.
Define and evolve application architecture across frontend, backend, integration, and data layers, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and business goals.
Partner with product owners and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and architectural designs.
Provide hands on technical leadership, including designing, coding, and reviewing critical components and shared frameworks.
Establish and enforce coding standards, architectural patterns, and best practices for performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
Serve as a technical escalation point, enabling high performing, product focused teams.
Lead DevOps and CI/CD strategy, ensuring high quality, frequent, and reliable releases through automation.
Drive an automation first and AI enabled mindset, embedding intelligent automation across development, testing, and operational workflows.
Oversee automated testing and quality engineering practices across the full SDLC.
Mentor engineers and guide teams through complex architectural and technical decisions.
Collaborate closely with business leaders, product teams, and enterprise IT partners.