Caterpillar, Inc

Senior DevOps Engineer

Caterpillar, Inc$112K — $183K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software development experience.
  • Strong familiarity with AWS cloud services including IAM, S3, and Lambda.
  • In-depth knowledge of CI/CD principles and best practices.
  • Proficient in creating and managing CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
  • Experience with AWS CloudFormation for infrastructure deployment.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with development teams to enhance DevOps practices and resolve software lifecycle challenges.
  • Optimize and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines alongside developers.
  • Work with developers to deploy and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IAC).
  • Help establish DevOps standards within a community of practice across Cat Digital teams.
  • Assist developers with cloud service issues, including IAM and networking configurations.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and volunteer days.
  • 401(k) savings plan.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
  • Access to employee wellness programs and assistance services.
  • Career development opportunities and tuition reimbursement.
  • Incentive bonuses and life insurance.
Full Job Description
Career Area:
Technology, Digital and Data

Job Description:

Job Summary:

The DevOps Tools Team supports the Cat Digital and Cat Technology development community by providing Administration and SME responsibilities for the DevOps tools used in Cat Digital. Assisting is the procurement, registration, installation, and configuration of new development tools. Setting guidelines, auditing, and compliance of supported tools. In this role, the DevOps engineer will support our Autonomy engineering teams in Cat Technology as the build simulation and digital twin environments.

What You Will Do:

As a DevOps Engineer in Cat Digital, your mission is to enable effective, efficient, and secure development teams to deliver high-quality, business value to our customers Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
  • Collaborate closely with several development teams to provide recommendations on DevOps best practices, Cat Digital DevOps standards, and troubleshooting of developer challenges in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
  • Work with developers to create, optimize, and troubleshoot Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
  • Work with developers to create, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure deployments using Infrastructure as Code (IAC).
  • Collaborate with a DevOps Engineering community to help set standards and implement initiatives across Cat Digital teams.
  • Work with developers in the usage of cloud services and assist in troubleshooting solution problems, including IAM, networking and other configuration issues.
  • Communicate issues, recommendations, and solutions to developers, product owners, as well as software development managers.


What You Will Have:
  • Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
  • Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.
  • Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into the software product design.
  • Software Integration Engineering: Knowledge of software integration processes and functions; ability to design, develop and maintain interfaces and linkage to alternative platforms and software packages.
  • Software Product Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements.


Consideration for Top Candidates:
  • 8 years or more of software development experience
  • Experience with AWS cloud services (such as IAM, S3, Lambda, SageMaker, API Gateway, and RDS)
  • Deep understanding of Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) principals and best practices
  • Strong experience creating, managing, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
  • Experience managing and deploying AWS infrastructure via AWS CloudFormation
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • Experience deploying and configuring OSMO, NVIDIA, RUN.AI


Additional Details:
  • This position requires the candidate to be based in either Chicago, IL ; Peoria, IL; Denver, CO; Irving, TX (Dallas)
  • Relocation assistance is NOT available for this position
  • Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.


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Summary Pay Range:

$112,710.00 - $183,140.00

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 at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

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

Posting Dates:
June 23, 2026 - July 6, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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About Caterpillar, Inc

Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar company, is one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services worldwide. Since its acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. in 2006, Progress Rail has used the Caterpillar international footprint to gain quick and widespread notice and approval across the globe. Product technology, reliability and durability, along with legendary aftermarket parts and service support, have been their keys to success. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. The technology and world reach of Caterpillar, combined with the service standard and historical reliability of Progress Rail, ensures their products and services make a growing impact on the world rail industry. With their acquisition of Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), Progress Rail is the world's largest builder of diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications including freight, intercity passenger, commuter, switching, industrial and mining. EMD is also a global provider of diesel power engines for marine propulsion, offshore and land based oil well drilling rigs and stationary power generation. Electro-Motive is the only diesel engine manufacturer of its size to have produced more than 70,000 engines. This success stems from product reliability, serviceability, load acceptance capability, low operating costs and ease of maintenance with standardized components.

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Learn more about Caterpillar, Inc
Size
107,700 employees
Market Cap
$125.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.9 billion
Founded
1925
5 Year Trend
+5.8%
Revenue
$41.7 billion
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