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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.\nJob Summary:\nHelp shape the data foundation behind a variety of programs across Cat Digital as a Data Specialist. Partner with business and engineering teams to turn complex data challenges into scalable models that connect information, enable trusted insights, and support better business decisions.\nWhat You Will Do:\nDesign and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models supporting a variety of programs across Cat Digital.\nPartner with business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to translate program requirements into scalable data structures and relationships.\nDefine consistent data entities, business definitions, and modeling standards to promote reuse and alignment across programs.\nCollaborate with data engineers to implement models across databases, data platforms, and integration pipelines.\nValidate and optimize data models to improve data quality, integrity, query performance, and usability.\nMaintain model documentation, source-to-target mappings, and data lineage while assessing the impact of changes across dependent systems.\nWhat You Will Have:\nCommunicating 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.\nAgile Development: Knowledge of agile methodologies and the agile development lifecycle; ability to utilize formal agile methodologies, disciplines, practices and techniques for the delivery of new and enhanced applications.\nCloud Computing: Knowledge of cloud-based solutions and their applications; ability to design, implement, and manage cloud-based solutions to meet business needs and improve operational efficiency.\n Database Design (Logical & Physical): Knowledge of database systems; ability to establish a data model for designing an organization's database that runs effectively and efficiently for better business outcome.\n ETL Process: Knowledge of the extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) process; ability to develop a database through the ETL process.\nModeling: Data, Process, Events, Objects: Knowledge of data, process and events; ability to use tools and techniques for analyzing and documenting logical relationships among data, processes or events.\nTop Candidates Will Have:\nPrevious experience designing complex data models across multiple programs\nDeep knowledge of DDL and query optimization\nDeep knowledge of relational and non-relational databases\nDemonstrated ability to analyze large data sets using transactional databases and warehouse environments. 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