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.
Cat Technology collaborates with partners across the Caterpillar enterprise to advance technologies including autonomy and automation, which helps enhance site safety, productivity and efficiency across customer operations worldwide. Cat Technology also owns enterprise-wide initiatives in innovation, research and development, manufacturing automation and advanced materials, ensuring Caterpillar continues to lead the industry in technological excellence and engineering innovation.
As the Senior Autonomy Engineering Specialist (DevOps Architect) , you will serve as the technical authority for DevOps architecture across Caterpillar’s onboard mining and construction platforms. You will collaborate closely with customers, Product Owners, System Architects, and engineering teams to translate complex operational and delivery needs into scalable, secure, and highly automated DevOps solutions that enable reliable software delivery in embedded and distributed environments.
In this role, you will define and evolve the DevOps architecture strategy, establishing enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code frameworks, observability standards, and automation best practices that drive consistency, efficiency, and resilience across MineStar onboard products. You will play a critical role in bridging development, test, and operations ecosystems with onboard/embedded platforms and cloud/backend services, ensuring seamless integration, high availability, and performance in constrained and mission-critical environments.
As a hands-on technical leader, you will provide architectural governance, mentor engineering teams, and guide execution across a scaled Agile environment—enabling frequent, predictable, and high-quality releases while strengthening Caterpillar’s capabilities in automation, autonomy, cybersecurity, and digital innovation.
Additional Information:
Location: Irving, TX (United States)
Required Travel: Up to 10% (International)
Relocation Assistance Offered: None.
US Work Authorization Sponsorship Offered: None.
This position requires the selected individual to work onsite at the Irving, TX office.
What You Will Do:
Drive DevOps Architecture Strategy : Lead the definition and evolution of scalable DevOps architecture, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, environment provisioning, observability, security integration, and performance optimization strategies for embedded and distributed systems.
Translate Business and Operational Needs into Solutions : Partner with customers, Product Owners, and System Architects to analyze delivery workflows, define requirements, and design end-to-end DevOps solutions that enable reliable, secure, and efficient software delivery for complex onboard applications.
Enable Integration Across Systems : Provide expertise on integration between development, build, test, and deployment pipelines with onboard/embedded systems, cloud platforms, APIs, and infrastructure—ensuring robust automation, data flow, security, and system reliability.
Establish DevOps Standards and Reuse : Drive consistency across MineStar products by creating and governing reusable pipeline templates, automation frameworks, infrastructure modules, and best practices that improve efficiency, scalability, and maintainability.
Lead End-to-End DevOps Delivery : Oversee and contribute to the design, implementation, testing, and operation of CI/CD pipelines and platform tooling,…