Senior Data Specialist

Career Area:
Business Technologies, 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.
Caterpillar provides services to our customers far beyond the initial equipment sale. We leverage connected equipment and our decades of application expertise to enhance customer performance. Cat Digital exists to support enterprise efforts to deliver value-added services to customers. By enhancing customer value, Caterpillar and our dealers create the opportunity to profitably grow our businesses while reducing the impact of market cycles.
Services is where we are investing our time, talent and money because they drive value for our customers, our company and our dealers. If you have a passion for helping customers succeed and want to be part of growing services, now is a great time to join.
Senior Data Specialist Job Code: R979
Role Definition
Employs data analytics to assess an organization's technical performance and makes system enhancement recommendations.
Responsibilities

• Analyzing customer requirements based on the understanding of conformed models and catering solutions that are implementable and maintainable.
• Discerning data accuracies in large sets of data of diverse formats
• Researching, designing, and documenting data specifications at all points in the production life cycle.
• Understanding software development and having proficiency in SQL and a data programming languages.
• Value Realization: Knowledge of value realization methods; ability to plan, execute, monitor and manage business activities and resources to determine and achieve the actual value from a business initiative as estimated in an associated business case.
• Communicating Complex Concepts: Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience.
• Agile Development: Knowledge of agile methodologies and the agile development lifecycle; ability to utilize formal agile methodologies, disciplines, practices and techniques for the delivery of new and enhanced applications.
• Cloud Computing: Knowledge of the concepts, technologies and services of cloud computing; ability to design, deploy and implement cloud computing solutions in various business environment.

• Carries out tasks, under supervision, to increase capacity or add capabilities through cloud computing.
• ETL Process: Knowledge of the extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) process; ability to develop a database through the ETL process.
• Information Management: Knowledge of an organization's existing and planned Information Architecture and Information Management (IM) methodology; ability to collect and manage information from different sources, and distribute this information to enhance operational efficiency.
• Modeling: Data, Process, Events, Objects: Knowledge of data, process and events; ability to use tools and techniques for analyzing and documenting logical relationships among data, processes or events.

Basic Qualifications

• Master Or Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
• At least 8+ years of experience
• Experience in Data analysis Performing statistical analysis, data visualization, and predictive modelling to identify trends and patterns.
• Strong skills in SQL
• At least 2+ years of recent experience in programming - preferably Python
• Experience with relational databases such as Snowflake, MySQL or PostgreSQL
• Capable of thriving in high-pressure situations and delivering results within tight time constraints.
• Demonstrated passion for technology coupled with an eagerness to contribute to a collaborative team environment.

Nice to have

• a working knowledge of statistical methodologies and data management
• Proficient in working with diverse datastores, including Snowflake, Elasticsearch, MySQL, and Oracle.
• Well-versed in developing Snowflake procedures, tasks, and other Snowflake components.
• Proficient in utilizing batch or stream processing systems, including Apache Spark and AWS Glue.
• Familiarity with scheduling tools like Apache Airflow.
• Skilled in developing and working with Restful APIs.
• Hands-on experience with API tools like Swagger, Postman, and Assertible.
• Advocate of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD).
• Extensive hands-on experience with testing tools like Selenium and Cucumber, with expertise in seamlessly integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.

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