Principal Digital Architect

Caterpillar Inc.

. Provide strategic leadership for the overall architecture of the Manufacturing and Supply Digital Platform .

Posted 9/24/2026full-timeChennai • IndiaLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing enterprise-scale architecture solutions in public cloud environments, with a strong focus on data architecture, analytics, and digital twin capabilities. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver innovative digital solutions that meet evolving business requirements.

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Enterprise ArchitectureCloud Native SolutionsData LakesAgile SDLC ImplementationAI Ecosystems

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringData ModelingBig Data TransformationsReal-Time Event ProcessingSQLNoSQLCloud ArchitectureDigital Twin SolutionsAnalyticsIoT Data Processing

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationMentoringCoachingPersuasion

Tools & Technologies

AWSNVIDIA TechnologiesAWS BedrockLangChainLangGraphCI/CDTest Automation

Industry Keywords

ManufacturingSupply ChainTransportationEnterprise Data IntegrationBusiness Intelligence

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudIoTNoSQLSDLCSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide strategic leadership for the overall architecture of the Manufacturing and Supply Digital Platform
Design platform capabilities that anticipate evolving business requirements and use cases
Collaborate with peer architects and Enterprise Capability Owners to deliver use cases through applications, analytics, agents, and business intelligence
Develop an enterprise-wide data architecture
Create reusable data components assembled into datasets for business applications, analytics, business intelligence, agents, and digital twin solutions
Leverage innovative NVIDIA technologies to advance digital twin capabilities, simulation, and optimization
Develop detailed architecture deliverables to solve business problems
Solution business use cases by leveraging platform capabilities across data, analytics, agents, and applications
Lead evaluation and deployment of new technologies to add or enhance digital technical capabilities
Address business requirements and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver digital solutions that meet business results

Requirements

What you’ll need

Progressive career in software engineering and architecture (typically 12years+)
Strong demonstratable experience delivering product and/or enterprise architecture for enterprise scale solutions in public cloud and hybrid eco-systems
In-depth understanding and experience in two or more of: massive real-time event and message processing; data lakes; Big Data transformations and analytics; complex e-commerce applications; IoT edge and cloud data processing; SQL and NoSQL data modeling
Strong understanding of Agile SDLC implementation in public cloud ecosystem, including environments management, test automation, peer review, CI/CD, resource optimization, etc.
Strong hands-on development experience in public cloud environment
Experience architecting Cloud Native solutions in public cloud such as AWS
Strong hands-on experience working with AI ecosystems like AWS Bedrock, Bedrock AgentCore, LangChain, LangGraph and other tools
Familiarity with ML and data analytics
Familiarity with NVIDIA tech stack is a plus
Understanding of enterprise data integration and analytical platforms
Excellent communication skills; ability to deal with sensitive issues, mentor and coach and/or persuade others on new technologies, new applications, or potential solutions
Experience in multiple business processes or organizations and multiple IT disciplines is beneficial
Experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or transportation domains is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Relocation is available for this position