Solution Architect

Career Area:
Technology, Digital and Data
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
Our Power & Energy Division has a broad portfolio of products and services, including engines, generator sets, industrial gas turbines, and locomotives, along with other related equipment, has a broad portfolio of products and services, including engines, generator sets, industrial gas turbines and locomotives, along with other related equipment depending on the industry and application. We deliver these products and services to Cat machine, oil & gas, power generation, transportation and industrial customers. P&E is also developing the advanced power sources of the future and is working on many solutions to help our customers lower their carbon footprint. Additionally, our Remanufacturing Division is another key component to the Power & Energy portfolio, which provides great economical and sustainability benefits to customers.
Job Summary
Join our team as a Solution Architect, where you will leverage your expertise in SAP ECC business processes, Snowflake, and enterprise applications to deliver data-driven solutions that improve business performance. In this role, you will partner with business stakeholders to analyze complex operational challenges, identify process improvement opportunities, and develop scalable reporting, analytics, and application solutions that support informed decision-making.
You will play a key role in modernizing business processes, enabling self-service access to information, improving data quality and governance, and supporting the development of innovative applications that simplify how users interact with enterprise data. If you are passionate about combining business process expertise with technology to drive measurable business outcomes, we encourage you to apply.
What You Will Do:

• Analyze and document SAP ECC business processes and identify opportunities for operational improvement and automation.
• Develop and maintain business intelligence, analytics, and application solutions using enterprise data platforms, including Snowflake.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements, define business rules, and translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Support enterprise reporting and analytics initiatives by ensuring accurate, trusted, and well-governed data solutions.
• Partner with IT teams, process owners, and business leaders to improve data accessibility, usability, and decision support capabilities.
• Contribute to data governance, business definitions, process documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Enable self-service access to information through intuitive reporting, applications, and business-focused analytic solutions.
• Support business process modernization efforts and drive adoption of new technologies and digital capabilities.
• Provide technical and functional expertise across multiple business domains while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and best practices.

What You Will Have:
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.
Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Application Design, Architecture: Knowledge of application design and architecture principles and practices; ability to utilize application design methodologies, tools, and techniques to convert business requirements and logical models into a technical application design.
Data Architecture: Knowledge of processes, techniques and factors that affect data architecture; ability to design blueprints on how to integrate data resources for business processes and functional support.
IT Architecture: Knowledge of Information Technology (IT) architecture; ability to design and improve organizational IT structures, supporting business operations.
Platform Architecture: Knowledge of technologies and methods to design processing mechanisms and roadmaps to execute business application systems; ability to design these roadmaps and deploy supportive interfaces for end-users to access related systems, in accordance with standards and processes.
Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
Target Architecture: Knowledge of target architecture; ability to develop the IT blueprint and roadmap while aligning the architecture and processes with business strategies and objectives.
What Will Set You Apart:

• SAP ECC and SAP BW process knowledge
• Snowflake and enterprise data platforms
• Requirements gathering and stakeholder engagement
• Application solution development
• Process improvement and modernization
• Data governance and business documentation

Additional Details:

• Location is Mossville, IL

• Limited travel

Summary Pay Range:
$112,710.00 - $183,140.00
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
Posting Dates:
August 5, 2026 - August 5, 2026
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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