MineStar Solution Architect

Caterpillar • Irving, TX

5d

About The Position

The MineStar Solution Architect is a hands-on architecture leader for Caterpillar’s MineStar Office product suite, the software mine operators use to plan, monitor, and manage mining operations. The role bridges application design and software delivery, producing clear, high-quality architecture designs and working closely with engineering teams to deliver aligned, pragmatic, scalable outcomes. It is not purely conceptual or governance-led: the architect brings engineering credibility and works close to code and implementation so decisions are practical, executable, and valuable.

The position aligns MineStar Office technical direction with Caterpillar enterprise strategy and leads the product suite’s technical roadmap. It defines scalable, maintainable, and secure application architectures; incorporates security, performance, and availability requirements from the outset; and applies engineering judgment to balance delivery speed with long-term sustainability. The architect reviews implementation approaches, including detailed design and code-level decisions where appropriate.

The role creates and maintains useful architecture artifacts, including application and solution views, logical and physical design models, integration and data-flow designs, deployment designs, technology selections, trade-offs, and architecture decision records. The architect collaborates with engineers, product owners, delivery leads, platform teams, commercial teams, and other Caterpillar product lines to translate needs into executable designs, support delivery and estimates, address risks and constraints, mentor engineers, and evolve architecture standards and patterns. The role also identifies opportunities to simplify or modernize the application landscape and reduce technical debt.

The position is located in Dallas, Texas, and requires up to 15% domestic and international travel. Domestic U.S. relocation assistance is offered; work sponsorship is not offered.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Knowledge of marketplace experience, developments, and trends related to organizational use of IT, with the ability to apply that knowledge to benefit the organization.
• Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational, tactical (1–2 years), and strategic (3–5 years) planning in support of the business plan.
• Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques, and ability to accurately convey and interpret ideas, information, and needs.
• Knowledge of relationship management techniques and ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
• Understanding of cross-team collaboration and ability to lead employees across functions to coordinate work and solve problems together.
• Ability to lead through technical credibility, guide engineering teams, build consensus on design decisions, and mentor engineers.
• Knowledge of architecture principles, patterns, and design methods, with ability to define scalable, secure, and maintainable application architectures and communicate trade-offs.
• Knowledge of integration patterns, APIs, data flows, and interoperability across distributed systems, with ability to design reliable integrations.
• Knowledge of the software development life cycle and ability to use a structured methodology to deliver and manage software products.

Nice To Haves

• 10+ years of experience in application development, application architecture, or related roles.
• Strong software engineering and application architecture background with demonstrable hands-on experience.
• Confidence working with code, frameworks, APIs, and modern application platforms, including cloud-native patterns.
• Track record of turning complex, ambiguous requirements into clear, pragmatic designs that teams have successfully delivered.
• Experience bridging architecture and delivery, producing designs that directly enable successful implementation.
• Ability to serve as a trusted technical partner to delivery teams and influence outcomes through credibility rather than authority.
• Clear communication skills and ability to adapt architectural concepts for different audiences.
• Comfort working in ambiguous environments and helping teams converge on practical solutions.
• Experience in mining, industrial, or operational technology (OT) environments is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Align MineStar Office technical direction with Caterpillar enterprise strategy.
• Lead the creation and ongoing maintenance of the MineStar Office product suite technical roadmap.
• Partner with other Caterpillar product lines to propose and deliver cross-product solution designs.
• Support commercial teams with solution direction and estimates for the effort and lifecycle of new features.
• Define and own scalable, maintainable, and secure application architectures.
• Design in non-functional requirements such as security, performance, and availability.
• Balance delivery speed with long-term sustainability using sound engineering judgment.
• Review implementation approaches, including detailed design and code-level decisions where appropriate.
• Produce and maintain clear architecture artifacts, including application and solution views, logical and physical design models, integration and data-flow designs, deployment designs, technology selections, trade-offs, and architecture decision records.
• Work alongside engineering teams to embed architecture into day-to-day delivery and guide decisions through planning, build, and release.
• Partner with product owners, delivery leads, and platform teams to translate business needs into executable designs.
• Help teams resolve technical constraints, design conflicts, and implementation risks early.
• Mentor engineers to build architecture and design capability across teams.
• Apply and evolve standards, patterns, and reference architectures based on delivery experience.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, modernize, or rationalize the application landscape, including reducing technical debt.
• Promote consistency and reuse while allowing flexibility where context justifies it.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid time off plan, including vacation, holidays, and volunteer time
• 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
• Domestic U.S. relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior