Solutions Architect - AI & Procurement

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. The IS Specialist – Procurement & AI Architecture provides technical leadership for the design, governance, and delivery of scalable digital solutions across Caterpillar’s Guided Buy and Coupa ecosystem. This role serves as the end-to-end solution architect , accountable for alignment across upstream and downstream applications, integrations, data, and business processes within the Source-to-Pay landscape. As Caterpillar advances AI-enabled and agentic capabilities, this role also functions as an AI Architect , partnering with agile delivery teams to design, review, and govern AI-driven solutions - including agents, automation, and decision-support capabilities—while ensuring compliance with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and Caterpillar Responsible AI principles.

Solution & Enterprise Architecture Serve as the end-to-end solution architect for Guided Buy and Coupa platforms, ensuring cohesive design across requisitioning, sourcing, purchasing, invoicing, supplier enablement, and downstream financial systems. Design and govern integrations between Coupa/Guided Buy and upstream/downstream systems such as ERP, finance, supplier systems, middleware, data platforms, and reporting tools. Define scalable, secure, and reusable architectural patterns for APIs, event-based integrations, data flows, and platform extensions. Ensure architectural alignment with enterprise standards, IT controls, security, and SOX compliance requirements. AI & Agentic Architecture Act as AI Architect for procurement and purchasing platforms, designing how AI capabilities are embedded into Guided Buy and Coupa to improve user experience, compliance, efficiency, and insights. Provide architectural guidance for building AI agents, copilots, and automation solutions, including prompt strategy, orchestration patterns, data grounding, and decision boundaries. Establish and enforce AI governance practices, including design reviews, risk assessments, Responsible AI alignment, and lifecycle management of AI agents and models. Perform code and solution reviews for AI-enabled components to ensure quality, maintainability, security, and architectural consistency. Agile Delivery & Technical Leadership Partner with Product Owners, Project managers, and development teams within an agile environment to translate business needs into clear, actionable technical designs and backlogs. Guide teams through design decisions, trade-off analysis, and implementation best practices across sprints and releases. Support solution planning for enhancements, upgrades, and modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy capabilities. Own end‑to‑end troubleshooting and technical support for Guided Buy, Coupa, and the broader integrated solution landscape, partnering across teams to resolve complex cross‑system issues. Mentor engineers and analysts on architecture principles, integration patterns, and AI solution design. Stakeholder Collaboration & Governance Serve as a trusted technical advisor to procurement, finance, audit, security, IT, and external partners. Lead or participate in architecture review boards, design governance forums, and change impact assessments. Clearly communicate complex architectural concepts and risks to both technical and business audiences. What You Have:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems,