BI Engineer

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Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar yourejoining 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 dontjust 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.

Our common values and focus on inclusion and respect drive the decisions made by our company teams and people. This is why we are committed to hiring and building diverse teams representative of the customers we serve globally. When you join our team you can apply your unique life and job experiences and work in an environment where your ideas are heard your contributions are celebrated and your whole-self matters.

About Cat Financial

Cat Financial is a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. the worlds leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment off-highway diesel and natural gas engines industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For more than 40 years Cat Financial has provided a wide range of financing solutions to customers and Cat dealers for machines engines Solar gas turbines genuine Cat parts and services. Headquartered in Nashville Tennessee Cat Financial serves customers globally with offices and subsidiaries located throughout North and South America Asia Australia Europe and Africa. Visit to learn more about Cat Financial.

About the Role

The Business Intelligence and AI team at Caterpillar Financial Services is on a mission to make enterprise data easy to find and easy to use.

Were looking for a BI Engineer whos passionate about putting data into the hands of our this role youll deliver high-impact semantic models and reports that empower business users to make data-driven decisions. Youll collaborate closely with analysts engineers and stakeholders to ensure solutions are intuitive performant and aligned with business needs.

Youll work with tools like Power BI and Snowflake to build scalable intuitive data solutions that support hundreds of users across finance operations and customer experience.

If youre driven by curiosity thrive on solving real-world problems and want to build data solutions that matter wed love to meet you.

What you will do

• Deliver data semantic models and reports in Snowflake Power BI and Business Objects tailored to business customer needs
• Assist in preparing technical and procedural documentation required in application system development
• Provide detailed flowcharts to show processing logic for simple application programs
• Follow team standards and practices to ensure high-quality and sustainable deliverables
• Testing and ensuring quality deliverables
• Engage directly with users to address questions and support training testing and feedback loops to improve deliverables

What you will have

• Expertise in dimensional modeling semantic layer design and data architecture
• Experience with SQL data modeling and BI tools (Power BI preferred)
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable data models
• Understanding of data governance performance optimization and metadata management
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Innovative mindset with a passion for enabling self-service analytics

Top candidates will have

• Experience with Snowflake and dbt
• Experience supporting enterprise data applications
• Experience in financial services or regulated industries

Bonus

• Customer-centric mindset: Success comes from understanding the why behind requests and delivering intuitive scalable solutions.
• Collaboration-first: Open communication adherence to standards and cross-team solutioning are key.
• Growth-oriented: Curiosity positivity and a learning mindset are essential traits.
• Flexible under feedback: you can shift direction quickly and constructively
• Pragmatic & production-oriented: balance innovation with delivering scalable reliable solutions
• Passionate about contributing to a diverse and inclusive team culture

Degree Requirement

A bachelors degree in computer science data science engineering a related discipline or equivalent experience is required.

Core Skills Required:

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches tools techniques for recognizing anticipating and resolving organizational operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Level - Working Knowledge:

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Application Design Architecture: Knowledge of basic activities and deliverables of application design; ability to utilize application design methodologies tools and techniques to convert business requirements and logical models into a technical application design.

Level - Working Knowledge:

• Works with specific development platforms system and program design tools.
• Participates in the technical design of a specific application.
• Selects and presents design alternatives for applications of small to medium complexity.
• Defines tasks activities deliverables and key concerns of technical design.
• Assists in reviewing and documenting technical application designs.

Implementation: Knowledge of how to run applications for organizations; ability to implement application software within an organization and help end-users perform specific tasks (ex: accounting or graphic design).

Level - Working Knowledge:

• Tracks problems associated with the quality and effectiveness of application software.
• Researches the benefits and drawbacks of an organizations application software.
• Drafts application software usage for the departments needs.
• Provides instant support for end users of application software.
• Implements a specific application software under the supervision of management.

System and Technology Integration: Knowledge of the features and facilities of systems; ability to integrate and communicate among applications databases and technology platforms.

Level - Working Knowledge:

• Assists with current and planned integration initiatives.
• Explores major issues and considerations for successful system integration.
• Works with applications data technology bridges and a variety of platforms.
• Works with existing interfaces as well as integration and migration plans within own area.
• Plays an active role in local integration efforts.

System Testing: Knowledge of system and software testing; ability to design plan and execute system testing strategies and tactics to ensure the quality of software at all stages of the system life cycle.

Level - Working Knowledge:

• Supports the project leader in developing and executing system test plans.
• Evaluates system documentation and user manuals for usability accuracy and completeness.
• Executes test cases analyzes test results and reports on findings regularly.
• Tests system components for compliance with functional requirements.
• Participates in the testing of a systems ability to recover from hardware or software failures.

Systems Software Infrastructure: Knowledge of computer architecture and system software interaction; ability to design and build a fundamental architecture of operating systems database management systems communications protocols compilers and other development tools.

Level - Working Knowledge:

• Reports software connectivity and integration issues.
• Demonstrates planned software changes on the local environment.
• Administers software migration and contingency plans related to own function.
• Analyzes the local software architecture components and products.
• Tests key features for the entire software infrastructure environment.

Technical Troubleshooting: Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches tools and techniques; ability to anticipate recognize and resolve technical issues on hardware software application or operation.

Level - Working Knowledge:

• Handles calls related to product features applications and compatibility standards.
• Analyzes code logs and current systems as part of advanced troubleshooting.
• Discovers analyzes and resolves hardware software or application problems.
• Records and reports specific technical problems solving processes and tools that have been used.
• Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides tools and utilities.

Technical Writing/Documentation: Knowledge of technical writing; ability to write technical documents such as manuals reports guidelines or documents on standards processes and applications.

Level - Working Knowledge:

• Implements technical documentation standards guidelines and best practices.
• Prepares written text and layout of materials according to required outlines and specifications.
• Completes and maintains technical reference documents.
• Uses the major features functions and facilities of an automated documentation tool.
• Coordinates and constantly updates system operations installations service manuals and help documents.

Additional information:

• This position requires the successful candidate to work full time 5 days per week in the Nashville main office.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of essential job functions as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Summary Pay Range:

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors job level market locationjob-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

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

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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