CAREER AREA:

Information Technology

JOB DESCRIPTION:

At Caterpillar, we're working to help our customers build a better world. We wouldn’t be the Caterpillar we are today without the exceptionally talented, bright and driven people who get the job done. This is your chance to help us make progress possible around the world – for our customers, for growing communities and for every member of our team. We are looking for a dynamic, organized self-starter to join our Global Information Services Division.

Responsibilities:
Caterpillar’s DevOps Tooling Center of Expertise (COE) is seeking an individual to assist with managing and shaping the direction and strategy for developer tools within the Caterpillar enterprise. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter capable of thinking with an enterprise perspective while still being flexible enough to keep the business running. Tasks range from hosting developer tools and services as well as assisting developers with configuring their local development machines and define their continuous integration and release pipelines.

Job duties/Responsibilities include but not limited to:
•    Hosting and managing common developer tools for enterprise use
•    Assisting developers in integrating with source code management and other various developer tools
•    Supporting projects to migrate from legacy components to supported technology
•    Creating and refining policies to ensure effective and secure usage of development tools within Caterpillar
•    Coaching and communicating information to Caterpillar’s development community
•    Participating on special projects as a source code management and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Subject Matter Expert
•    Researching future developer tool related products/versions
•    Leading/participating with teams that define DevOps Tooling strategy

Required skills:

•   Ability to work well with a geographically distributed team
•   Ability to quickly learn new technologies and apply them with an enterprise perspective
•   Ability to act in a self-directed manner, independently researching tools/libraries/technologies or solving a problem with minimal oversight and instructions
•   Excellent communication skills (in English) to persuade others to use recommended practices and technologies
•   A strength in source code management strategies using Git and other popular tools.
•   A clear understanding the Software Development Life Cycle
•   Strong technical problem-solving skills
•   Experience with GitLab or Azure Repos
•   Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
•   A familiarity with administering Linux or Windows Server
•   Experience with Windows PowerShell or other popular scripting languages.
•   A familiarity with web development in either Java or .NET
•   An understanding of modern web development security threats and security best practices

Desired Skills:

•   Experience with cloud computing platforms such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services
•   Experience with ITSM process
•   Experience with SonarQube, Artifactory, Python, PyPI and Conda packages
•   Experience with Node Package Manager (npm), Docker containers

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a relevant degree, technical certification, or equivalent experience. The incumbent should be knowledgeable of the relevant programming languages; computing hardware and software; infrastructure elements, and current development processes and tools.
• Six to eight years in development and support work is common.
• In addition, the incumbent should have a good knowledge of Caterpillar policies and procedures, and a general understanding of Caterpillar’s organization.

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.
Here you earn more than just an hourly wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K)

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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/caree

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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