Software 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.

Title: DevOps Engineer (Software Engineer)

Role Definition

The Cat Digital DevOps Engineering team supports the Cat Digital development community by providing DevOps tooling, technical guidance, standards, and best practices. As a DevOps Engineer, you will assist developers in leveraging these capabilities to accelerate their delivery of Cat Digital applications and software.

Responsibilities

As a DevOps Engineer you will contribute to the design, development, testing and deployment of software systems and/or applications.

• Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
• Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
• Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
• Drives application development focused around delivering business valuable features
• Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
• Identifies and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
• Communicate with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness
• Performs integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.
• Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time to time.
  
  

Skill Descriptors

• Position requires a four-year degree from an accredited college or university.
• 3+ years of software development experience (or 3+ years with master’s degree in computer science or related field).
• Experience in cloud technologies like Azure & AWS
• Experience deploying and utilizing various AWS services (such as IAM, S3, ECS, EKS, DynamoDB, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, etc.)
• Deep understanding of CI/CD principles and best practices.
• Experience deploying cloud infrastructure via infrastructure as code (AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.)
• Understanding of cloud (AWS) architectures and practices (VPCs, service load balancing, S3 bucket management and policies)
• Experience managing continuous integrations systems (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, etc.).
• Great communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively across multiple teams.
  
  

Posting Dates

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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