Overview
Remote
On Site
USD 144,200.00 - 288,400.00 per year
Full Time
Skills
Health Care
FOCUS
Innovation
Operational Efficiency
Emerging Technologies
VMware vSphere
Scalability
High Availability
Cloud Storage
Recovery
Data Security
Enterprise Storage
Disaster Recovery
Cloud Security
Firewall
Intrusion Detection
Identity Management
HIPAA
PCI DSS
Puppet
Provisioning
IaaS
Log Analysis
Capacity Management
Enterprise Architecture
Mentorship
IT Management
Continuous Improvement
Infrastructure Architecture
Virtualization
VMware
Hyper-V
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Hypervisor
Optimization
Computer Networking
MPLS
SD
WAN
Storage
SDS
Backup
Network
Regulatory Compliance
Terraform
Ansible
Orchestration
Grafana
Splunk
General Skills
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud
Soft Skills
Leadership
Collaboration
Analytical Skill
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Effective Communication
Computer Science
Information Technology
VMware Certified Professional
NCP
Red Hat Linux
OpenStack
Management
Finance
Coaching
Job Details
At CVS Health, we're building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.
As the nation's leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues - caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Infrastructure Architect with expertise in Private Cloud environments. This role will focus on designing, building, and scaling private cloud solutions to meet our enterprise's compute, network, storage, and security needs. You will drive innovation, efficiency, and agility in our core infrastructure to support business-critical applications and services.
*This position is open to Remote or Hybrid workers.
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Experience
Technical Skills
General Skills
Soft Skills
Education
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$144,200.00 - $288,400.00
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company's equity award program.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits - investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:
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We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 06/30/2025
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
As the nation's leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues - caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Infrastructure Architect with expertise in Private Cloud environments. This role will focus on designing, building, and scaling private cloud solutions to meet our enterprise's compute, network, storage, and security needs. You will drive innovation, efficiency, and agility in our core infrastructure to support business-critical applications and services.
*This position is open to Remote or Hybrid workers.
Key Responsibilities
- Private Cloud Strategy & Architecture
- Lead the design and development of private cloud infrastructure solutions to improve scalability, performance, and operational efficiency.
- Develop a long-term strategy for private cloud adoption, including on-premise infrastructure and hybrid cloud integration.
- Ensure infrastructure aligns with business objectives, leveraging industry best practices and emerging technologies.
- Establish private cloud standards, governance, and operational models for consistent delivery.
- Compute Infrastructure - Private Cloud
- Architect virtualized compute solutions leveraging technologies like VMware vSphere, Nutanix, or OpenStack.
- Optimize private cloud compute resources for reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Integrate high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies into compute designs.
- Private Cloud Networking
- Design and implement SDN (Software Defined Networking) solutions to enable flexible, programmable network architectures.
- Develop overlay and underlay networking strategies to enhance private cloud connectivity.
- Implement hybrid network solutions to securely integrate on-premises private cloud with public cloud platforms.
- Storage Infrastructure in Private Cloud
- Architect private cloud storage solutions, including software-defined storage (SDS), to optimize performance and redundancy.
- Design scalable backup, recovery, and data protection solutions.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise storage policies and disaster recovery requirements.
- Private Cloud Security
- Define and implement private cloud security controls, including segmentation, firewalls, micro-segmentation, and intrusion detection/prevention.
- Enforce identity and access management (IAM) policies for private cloud resources.
- Ensure regulatory compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS) within private cloud infrastructure.
- Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Leverage IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet) to automate private cloud infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
- Promote self-service capabilities for infrastructure resources through automation and orchestration.
- Drive infrastructure lifecycle automation for monitoring, scaling, and patching.
- Monitoring & Observability
- Implement advanced monitoring and observability tools to gain insights into private cloud infrastructure performance.
- Develop frameworks for predictive monitoring, log analysis, and capacity planning.
- Collaboration & Leadership
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture, operations, and application teams to deliver private cloud solutions that align with business goals.
- Mentor infrastructure teams and provide technical leadership on private cloud best practices.
- Advocate for continuous improvement in private cloud capabilities and processes.
Required Qualifications
Experience
- Minimum 10 years of infrastructure architecture experience, with 5+ years specializing in private cloud environments.
- Demonstrated success in designing, implementing, and scaling private cloud solutions.
- Strong understanding of virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V, KVM) and software-defined infrastructure.
Technical Skills
- Compute: Expertise in virtualized environments, hypervisor optimization, and private cloud compute scaling.
- Network: Proficiency in SDN, overlay networking, and hybrid connectivity (MPLS, SD-WAN).
- Storage: Deep understanding of SDS, SAN/NAS, and backup solutions for private cloud.
- Security: Experience implementing network segmentation, micro-segmentation, and security compliance in private cloud.
- Automation: Hands-on experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) and orchestration platforms.
- Monitoring: Knowledge of private cloud monitoring solutions like Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
General Skills
- Familiarity with hybrid cloud models integrating private cloud with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to stakeholders across the organization.
Soft Skills
- Excellent leadership and team collaboration abilities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks effectively.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Master's degree or relevant certifications (e.g., VMware VCP, Nutanix NCP, Red Hat OpenStack, or equivalent) preferred.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$144,200.00 - $288,400.00
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company's equity award program.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits - investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:
- Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
- No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
- Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.
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We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 06/30/2025
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
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