Azure Cloud Engineer

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.

Are you passionate about building cutting‑edge cloud solutions and enabling enterprise innovation? As an Azure Cloud Engineer, you will design, develop, and support scalable Microsoft Azure cloud platforms with a strong focus on automation, AI integration, and operational excellence. This role combines cloud engineering, Dev Ops, and problem‑solving expertise to deliver secure, high‑performing solutions across a global environment. You will work closely with architects, senior engineers, and business partners to translate requirements into reliable cloud capabilities.

In addition, you will help onboard emerging AI services and contribute to modernizing enterprise technology platforms. This is an exciting opportunity to shape enterprise cloud strategy while working with advanced Azure technologies.

• Design, build, and operate Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services supporting enterprise‑scale AI and machine learning workloads.
• Build, migrate, and manage Azure PaaS solutions including App Services, Functions, Databases, Storage, and Integration Services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and operations using Infrastructure‑as‑Code and scripting approaches.
• Deploy and integrate Azure AI services based on business partner requirements using automation‑first practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud infrastructure and application issues in a globally distributed environment.
• Serve as a technical contact for Azure platform services, performing root cause analysis and performance optimization.
• Participate in Agile development activities including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand‑ups, and retrospectives (Scrum, Kanban, or similar).
• Contribute to enterprise cloud standards, governance, architecture reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support monitoring, logging, disaster recovery, backup, and vulnerability remediation efforts.

• Cloud
  
  Experience:
  
  Experience designing, building, and supporting Microsoft Azure solutions in production environments.
• Azure Services: Hands‑on experience with Azure AI Foundry, Cognitive Services, App Services, Functions, Azure AI Search, Computer Vision, Document Intelligence, and Translator.
• Automation & Dev Ops: Experience automating deployments using Power Shell, Python, ARM templates, JSON, YAML, Azure CLI, and CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub).
• Troubleshooting: Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills across distributed systems and global network environments.
• Independence: Ability to perform development and deployment work with minimal supervision.
• Support Readiness: Ability to respond to off‑shift and weekend support needs when required.
• Delivery: Experience performing integrated testing and supporting customer acceptance testing for cloud solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related information technology field.
• Azure certifications such as AZ‑900, AZ‑104, AZ‑500, or AI‑900.
• Experience working in Agile or SCRUM development environments.
• Experience collaborating with IT security teams on compliance, governance, and vulnerability remediation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (English).
• Strong teamwork, customer service, and problem‑solving skills.

• The primary location for this position is East Peoria, IL, Nashville, TN or Irving, TX.
• This role requires 5 days a week in office.
• Relocation assistance is available.
• Visa sponsorship is NOT available.

Summary Pay Range:

$81,370.00 - $

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market…