Senior Data Specialist

Career Area: Technology, 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.

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. We are seeking a skilled Senior Data Specialist to join our FOM Data Analytics and AI -CAT IT Division The preference for this role is to be based out of Chennai - Brigade World Trade Centre What you will do The incumbent would employ data analytics to assess an organization's technical performance and makes system enhancement recommendations.

Ensure data onboarding activities in data platform comply with data governance, security, and privacy policies. Perform data profiling to assess structure, completeness, and anomalies. Collaborate with Data Architects and Data Engineers to align on data models, ingestion pipelines, and storage strategies. Document onboarding workflows, dependencies, and known data quality issues. Identify and log data quality issues, ensuring proper tracking, triage, and resolution. Work with business teams to validate data correctness and usability. 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 web technologies and having proficiency in SQL and other data programming languages. What you will have  Strong SQL proficiency and experience with data querying Knowledge of ETL/ELT tools and data pipeline frameworks Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred) Experience in data modeling and schema design Familiarity with data cataloging and governance tools Familiarity with manufacturing data sources including ERP, MES, IoT/machine data, and quality systems. Ability to interpret and analyze operational KPIs such as OEE, cycle time, lead time, and inventory turns. This position requires candidate to work a 5-day -a -week schedule in the office  Skills desired: 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. Level Basic Understanding: • Describes the importance of Value Realization milestones for long-term projects. • Assists in measuring and attaining post-project implementation value. • Identifies process changes or business value integration in change initiative plans and activities. • Contributes to project team communication regarding the linkage of a change initiative to its associated business goals and 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. Level Working Knowledge: • Uses comparisons to familiar ideas when