System Architect – Cloud Platforms, AWS, Azure

Caterpillar Inc.

System Architect managing the TechAdvisor platform's architecture at Caterpillar. Ensuring scalability, security, and operational reliability within cloud environments.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeChennai • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGraphQLJavaKubernetesMicroservicesSOAPSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the end-to-end domain and product architecture for the TechAdvisor platform—ensuring the system is scalable, secure, cost-efficient, and operationally reliable
Define the architectural direction for TechAdvisor, translate product and business requirements into robust cloud-native designs
Govern HLDs and LLDs, partner closely with Product, Security, and Product Support to ensure production readiness, observability, and long-term maintainability
Create and maintain HLDs for TechAdvisor components and services, explicitly addressing scalability, performance, cost, security, and non-functional requirements
Review LLDs submitted by delivery teams to ensure architectural integrity, adherence to standards, and alignment with product and enterprise architecture directions
Define and manage technical integration patterns with upstream and downstream systems, ensuring stable APIs, contract clarity, and future scalability
Identify architectural bottlenecks across services, integrations, and data layers; drive design improvements for performance and efficiency
Define monitoring, alerting, and health-check standards for TechAdvisor; ensure services are observable, diagnosable, and support-ready
Partner with Product Support to establish monitoring dashboards, alerts, runbooks, and escalation mechanisms to minimize downtime and MTTR
Monitor TechAdvisor cloud spend, optimize resource usage, and influence architecture decisions to ensure predictable and cost-effective operations
Work with Security teams to ensure TechAdvisor architecture meets security baselines, compliance requirements, and risk management expectations
Conduct architecture and code reviews, provide technical guidance, and mentor engineers to uphold engineering and architectural best practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in software/system architecture for distributed systems
Proven hands-on experience designing and operating systems in AWS and Azure at production scale
Strong proficiency in Java and modern service-oriented or microservices architectures
Deep understanding of distributed systems, real-time data processing, and non-functional requirements
Strong experience with API design and integration (REST/SOAP/GraphQL)
Experience designing for production operations, monitoring, and incident response
Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications: AWS and/or Azure certifications (Solutions Architect level preferred)
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native deployment patterns
Understanding of DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging frameworks
Strong database design and performance tuning experience (SQL optimization, partitioning, sharding)
Prior experience working closely with Product Support or SRE teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

Professional growth opportunities
Leadership programs
Diversity of team
High standards of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability

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Hard Skills & Tools

software architecturesystem architecturedistributed systemsJavaAPI designcloud-native designdatabase designperformance tuningevent-driven architecturemicroservices architecture

Soft Skills

communicationstakeholder collaborationmentoringtechnical guidance

Certifications

AWS Solutions ArchitectAzure Solutions Architect