it analyst East Peoria, IL
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Information TechnologyJob Description:
Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.
When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.
JOB PURPOSE: Global Information Services (GIS) Pricing and Merchandising Applications team is looking for a Senior IT Analyst who is a highly motivated, experienced and disciplined individual to play a vital role in taking our solutions to the next level. This individual will provide technical leadership in the development and support of our enterprise Pricing and Merchandising applications for our machines, parts and engines business groups around the world. The individual will develop detailed system specifications for major business systems and/or development, integration, and implementation projects. This individual will apply systems solutions to business/technical problems through customer interactions, and by providing assistance to less experienced analysts in the design, programming, debugging, testing, and integration/implementation of complex, medium to large-sized automated information technology systems.
JOB DUTIES: This position reports to an IT Supervisor, Senior IT Supervisor, or IT Manager, as do other staff jobs in application systems and technical infrastructure sections.
This role understands and executes standard work to ensure the scope of services achieve and maintain appropriate level of risk and compliance to internal policies and procedures, including those relating to sustainability, cybersecurity, SOX, and IT General Controls.
Responsibilities of the incumbents are across functional lines with individuals assigned development projects, and/or maintenance, of existing mainframe, personal computer, server, Local Area and Wide Area Network, WEB, and/or distributed computing systems and infrastructure. Other job duties include, but not limited to:
1. Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
2. Acts as team leader for development and support groups; provides programming and application/technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to other team members.
3. Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
4. Works independently on complex systems that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
5. Develops major system modules, programs, or integrates infrastructure components based on requirements gathered from customers.
6. Performs integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.
7. Fully knowledgeable of the relevant programming languages, program design and specification development, programming logic, logic diagrams, system analysis techniques, testing, debugging, documentation standards, file design, storage and internal systems and cross platform infrastructure components; can provide training on these topics for others;
8. Performs implementation and integration tasks for medium to large, complex in-house developed systems and/or purchased software solutions.
9. Assists customers with documentation, training and usability efforts.
10. Integrates processes across functional organizations.
Employee may also be responsible for performing other job duties occasionally as assigned.
Basic Qualifications:
Position requires a four year degree from an accredited college or university.
8+ years experience in distributed application development management and support.
5+ Experience in Program/Project Management or Agile methodologies working across cross functional teams on a global scale.
Top Candidates Will Also Have:
Experience with development tools and hosting platforms including DevOps, OpenShift and Azure.
Strong communication and organizational skills with attention to detail.
Ability to drive results independently in a dynamic environment while collaborating across a matrixed organization.
Knowledge of infrastructure components including networks, firewalls, etc.
Knowledge of mainframe programming including COBOL, IMS and DB2.
Experience in vendor management and leading teams of contract resources.
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
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