IT Analyst Applications (MLOps Engineer)

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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. Summary: As a MLOps engineer, you will be responsible for deploying and maintain the full lifecycle of applications and systems that utilize AI to improve performance and efficiency, including but not limited to deep learning, neural networks, chatbots, natural language processing. Roles & Responsibilities: - Explore, implement and deploy pipelines for deep learning, neural networks, chatbots, and image processing solutions. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality AI projects. - Tracking of multiple models, experiments for auditing purpose - Collaborate with data scientists for hyper parameter tuning and features maintenance - Model management and versioning - Work with infra team, data scientists, business in establishing artifact lineage, model registry, governance - Assist in testing, automated deployment - A pipeline for triggering retraining to detect model drift or data drift, trigger retraining - Working knowledge of AWS Lambda, Sagemaker, AWS Step Functions Professional & Technical Skills: - Must To Have Skills: Proficiency in Machine Learning Operations. - Creation of CI,CD Pipelines for ML algorithms, training, prediction pipelines - Work with business, data scientists to ensure value realization, ROI on operationalization of models - Strong understanding of statistical analysis and machine learning algorithms. - Containerization, packaging of ML models - Endpoint creation for prediction - Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI. - Hands-on experience implementing various machine learning algorithms. - Solid grasp of data munging techniques, including data cleaning, transformation, and normalization to ensure data quality and integrity. Skill Descriptors Core Application Systems: Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations. Level Working Knowledge: • Helps create contingency plans to mitigate impact of disruption on core applications. • Identifies key players, criticalities, roles, and responsibilities. • Investigates application-related issues with both business and IT professionals. • Recommends enhancements for a major application system or related subsystems. • Works with core application systems for a major business unit or function. 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 application design and architecture principles and practices; ability to utilize application design methodologies, tools, and techniques to convert business requirements and logical models into a technical application design. Level Extensive Experience: • Analyzes system requirements and translates them into detailed design specifications. • Designs complex application architectures that meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements. • Evaluates and selects appropriate pattern, components, technologies, and tools for application development; integrates them with technical design. • Leads application design reviews and walkthroughs to ensure alignment between business requirements and technical solution. • Troubleshoots complex design issues and provides innovative solutions. • Prepares technical design documents and blueprints for applications. 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 organization's application software. • Drafts application software usage for the department's needs. • Provides instant support for end users of application software. • Implements a specific application software under the supervision of management. Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project. Level Working Knowledge: • Follows policies, practices and standards for determining functional and informational requirements. • Confirms deliverables associated with requirements analysis. • Communicates with customers and users to elicit and gather client requirements. • Participates in the preparation of detailed documentation and requirements. • Utilizes specific organizational methods, tools and techniques for requirements analysis. 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 system's ability to recover from hardware or software failures. This position requires working onsite five days a week. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. Posting Dates: Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community .