Senior .NET Architect

Career Area:

Technology, Digital and Data

Job Description: Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

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Overview:

Provides leadership, technical direction, and expert guidance on architecture design for complex .NET application development. Ensures high-quality deliverables, resolves technical challenges, and aligns architecture solutions with business strategies and goals.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead architecture solution design and planning to align with business objectives and technical standards.

- Consult and mentor junior staff on best practices in architecture, data modeling, enhancements, security, and tools.

- Analyze client requirements within a traceability framework and resolve functional issues.

- Oversee quality and compliance of architecture deliverables with standards and processes.

Required Skills & Competencies:

- Core Application Systems: Expert in designing and managing enterprise application architecture.

- Analytical Thinking: Ability to break down complex problems and recommend solutions.

- Technical Excellence: Strong technical leadership and problem-solving skills.

- Software Product Design/Architecture: Expertise in software design and architecture standards.

- Application Modernization: Skilled in cloud-native and microservices modernization strategies.

- Architecture Modeling: Proficient in conceptual, logical, and physical architecture modeling.

- Business Assessment: Ability to assess risks, benefits, and success factors for applications.

- System & Technology Integration: Extensive experience integrating applications and platforms.

Skill Descriptors

Core Application Systems: Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations.

Level Expert:

- Leads in designing application architecture for core applications.

- Consults on conversion and retirement of core systems.

- Monitors industry for new approaches to applications development and implementation.

- Ensures that appropriate back-up, recovery, and contingency plans are in place for core applications.

- Conceptualizes and describes high-level data flows between core systems.

- Offers both historical and predictive perspectives on core applications.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.

- Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.

- Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.

- Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.

- Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

- Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks, and chances for success before recommending a course of action.

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.

- Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.

- Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.

- Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.

- Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

- Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into the software product design.

Level Expert:

- Plays a leading role in the development of technical standards and platforms.

- Elaborates on the evolution of technical design tools, techniques and strategies.

- Demonstrates extensive experience with software design, development and deployment.

- Compares and contrasts software design and architecture of competitive products.

- Directs company-wide application software architecture design methods, tools, and practices.

- Remains current with evolving product design and development tools, techniques and materials.

Application Modernization: Knowledge of the concepts, processes and technologies of application modernization; ability to design, develop and deploy modernized applications in various business scenarios.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Creates and customizes cloud application modernization plans based on specific business requirements.

- Consults on security issues and problems regarding application migration.

- Coaches others on the modernization approach for microservice based application.

- Leads discussions on the challenges and risks in developing cloud-native based applications.

- Provides insights on complex technical problems of co-existence of legacy and new application systems.

- Compares and contrasts the benefits and drawbacks of various application modernization approaches.

Architecture Modeling: Knowledge of Architecture Modeling; ability to develop and modify enterprise architecture through conceptual, logical and physical approaches.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Consults on architecture framework design; verifies operational objectives for each framework design procedure.

- Determines corresponding indicators for each technology layer and evaluates the operational performance of each layer.

- Decides on specific roles and responsibilities of engineers within business, information and data architecture modeling.

- Coordinates materials for architecture design modeling.

- Evaluates technology product roles and strengths within the project and locates appropriate technology providers based on results.

- Interprets relevant principles for technology architecture modeling requirements from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Business Assessment: Knowledge of the activities, tasks, practices and deliverables for assessing and documenting business opportunities; ability to assess the benefits, risks, and success factors of potential applications.

Level Expert:

- Consults to others on alternative approaches and tools for business assessments and selection processes.

- Leads in more complex business assessment reviews and walkthroughs for high-impact projects.

- Develops best practices for identifying and validating opportunities, risks and benefits analysis.

- Advises others on various methods, tools and practices for business assessment.

- Monitors industry and enterprise effectiveness and experiences; initiates improvements.

- Selects and standardizes business assessment tools and techniques across multiple methodologies.

System and Technology Integration: Knowledge of the features and facilities of systems; ability to integrate and communicate among applications, databases and technology platforms.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Designs and develops applications or technology interfaces and bridges.

- Documents existing best practices for system or technology integration processes.

- Identifies and quantifies risks of proposed alternatives to a system or technology integration initiative.

- Delivers training on major issues, interfaces, considerations and potential pitfalls and risks.

- Discusses with line areas on data, technology and application integration issues.

- Advises others in how to integrate projects across multiple technologies.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, STEM, or related field (or equivalent experience).

- Proven experience in enterprise architecture and software design.

- Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.

Summary Pay Range:

$120,299.00 - $180,449.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits: Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of 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

- These benefits also apply to part-time employees

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

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Posting Dates:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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