Senior AI Cloud Solutions Architect

Caterpillar Inc. • Peoria, IL

2d • $147,760 - $240,110 • Onsite

About The Position

Join Caterpillar's Global Finance AI & Advanced Analytics organization as a technical leader responsible for designing, building, and governing scalable AWS and Azure solutions for the Global Finance Services Division. You will partner with AI architects, software and data engineers, cybersecurity, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, resilient, cost-effective cloud platforms that power enterprise-scale AI, analytics, and finance applications. The role blends architecture leadership with hands-on engineering, giving you direct influence over Caterpillar's Finance AI strategy and measurable business results.

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of AWS and Azure compute, storage, networking, identity, monitoring, governance, resiliency, and security services.
• Terraform, CloudFormation, and similar automation frameworks at enterprise scale.
• IAM, RBAC, encryption, key and secrets management, network segmentation, and compliance-aligned architecture.
• Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, and EKS; JFrog Artifactory for image, artifact, and software supply chain management is a plus.
• CI/CD with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions
• Data lakes, API management, event-driven and messaging patterns, and enterprise integration; ServiceNow workflow and API integration is a plus.
• Highly available, observable, disaster-recovery-capable solutions that meet availability and performance objectives.
• Translating business and technical requirements into practical designs, roadmaps, and governance processes.
• Explaining complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences and influencing decisions across teams.

Nice To Haves

• 10+ years of cloud architecture, cloud engineering, or software/application architecture experience.
• Deep hands-on experience delivering enterprise-scale hybrid and multi-cloud solutions in both AWS and Azure.
• Strong expertise with Terraform and cloud automation, plus Kubernetes, containerized, and microservices-based solutions.
• Enterprise networking knowledge including VPNs, private connectivity, DNS, load balancing, and network security.
• Experience implementing DevOps and CI/CD platforms, including artifact management with JFrog Artifactory.
• Experience integrating cloud solutions with ServiceNow workflows, APIs, and operational processes.
• Familiarity with AI/ML workloads and the infrastructure required to support modern AI applications.
• Working knowledge of FinOps principles, architecture reviews, security assessments, and technology governance.
• Azure: App Services, Functions, AKS, API Management, Key Vault, Storage, SQL Database, Monitor, Virtual Networks, DevOps, AI Services
• AWS: EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, EventBridge, Step Functions
• DevOps & Platform: Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates, GitHub and GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, JFrog Artifactory, ServiceNow
• Development & Integration: Python, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, REST APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, serverless computing

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud-native architectures across AWS and Azure supporting AI, analytics, data platforms, and enterprise applications.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code to automate provisioning, governance, and deployment of cloud resources.
• Design secure networking, connectivity, identity, and data protection controls across hybrid and multi-cloud environments in partnership with cybersecurity and compliance teams.
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Design, deploy, and optimize containerized workloads and orchestration platforms.
• Drive application modernization utilizing microservices, event-driven architectures, and serverless computing.
• Lead cost optimization, observability, reliability, and operational excellence initiatives, and troubleshoot complex platform, network, security, and integration issues.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and provide recommendations for adoption across Global Finance.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed