Principal Digital Architect in Peoria, Illinois

Principal Digital Architect

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.

Caterpillar Inc. seeks Principal Digital Architect at its facility located at 501 SW Jefferson Avenue, Caterpillar Building LC, Peoria, IL 61605. Design large scale data lakes and enterprise data warehousing (EDW) projects using on-premise and cloud native data warehousing solutions such as Redshift & Snowflake. Drive development and execution of designing, implementing, and supporting end-to-end automated data processing ETL pipelines using a variety of tools and technologies such as Hadoop Technologies, AWS EMR, and AWS Glue.

Lead data architecture development for enterprise scale systems in public cloud in AWS, Azure and hybrid eco-systems. Implement data lakes, big data transformations, cloud data processing, SQL, and No

SQL data modeling. Manage data modeling requirements for structured and non-structured data using various database management technologies such as AWS RDS (mySQL, PostagreSQL, Aurora), AWS DynamoDB, and No

SQL database.

REQS:
This position requires a bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology or a related field and 10 years of experience in software development or related occupation. Additionally, the applicant must have employment experience with: (1) Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale; (2) Developing software applications using relational and No

SQL databases; (3) Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.; (4) Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure Devops etc.; (5) Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure; (6) Working within an Agile framework such as Scrum; (7) Batch or stream processing systems such as Apache Spark, Flink, Akka, Storm; (8) Message brokers such as Kafka, Rabbitmq, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache Active MQ, Kinesis;

(9) Writing API proxies on platforms such as Apigee Edge, AWS API Gateway or Azure API Gateway; (10) Data stores such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle; and (11) Debugging and maintaining software in Linux or Unix platforms.

Summary Pay Range: $ - $ 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 efits:
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. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. Posting Dates:
May 7, 2026 - September 3, 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. Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.