Career Area:
Information Technology
Job Description:
We are currently seeking an Azure Cloud Architect to join the Enterprise Cloud Adoption (eCAT) team within Global Information Services in East Peoria, IL to drive the build out of Microsoft Azure services and best practices at Caterpillar. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking team, apply now.
Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Architect and design applications that run on Azure cloud by providing technical expertise and guidance in cloud technologies;
• Work with GCIO teams to champion the Azure services available and how they can enable the business to run more efficiently in Azure;
• Lead migrations from on premise deployments to a public cloud environment;
• Work with the Principal Architects and IT Teams to develop roadmaps for Azure cloud services;
• Work with the security team on analysis and security architecture for major initiatives;
• Work with other IT teams to establish, design, and support an enterprise cloud architecture that provides the required capacity plans and Supports the long-term strategic goals for enterprise cloud technologies
• Provide architecture guidance and best practices on application architectures and platforms;
• Perform development, automation, and deployment assignments without close supervision;
• Provide application development and cloud technology leadership, guidance, and assistance to other team members;
• Deploy or integrate cloud technologies based on requirements gathered from customers;
• Performing implementation and integration tasks for medium to large, complex in-house developed systems and/or purchased software solutions;
• Complete technical evaluation of cloud services for general on-boarding including aligning service capabilities to business requirements, reference architecture designs, and controls to securely deploy solutions;
• Assist customers with documentation, training and usability efforts.

Required experience:

• 10+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure and/or software development, with special emphasis in areas of networking, application services, and distributed computing
• 5+ years in a technical leadership or lead developer role
• Practical experience in cloud computing architecture work, systems or application design, and development
• Experience developing automated solutions to deploy infrastructure or applications ( PowerShell, Python, Java, NodeJS, .NET, JSON or YAML )

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Microsoft Azure Certification(s)
• Experience using the Agile methodology
• Experience working with CI/CD pipeline tools such as Azure DevOps
• Experience with the Azure Portal, CLI, PowerShell cmdlets, and/or REST APIs
• Experience designing and/or building Azure solutions including web-based UI or API applications, IoT solutions, data pipelines, or machine learning/AI capabilities.
• Experience working with corporate security on infrastructure or applications security compliance and remediation activities (ie: Risk Acceptance, Security Configuration Baseline)

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers
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Relocation is available for this position.
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
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