Senior Cloud Operations Engineer

Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.
 
Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

Position Summary

This role is for a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer who will provide expertise, support, and development for critical infrastructure components.  This position is responsible for automating, optimizing, and modernizing both the physical and cloud environments for the Enterprise Server infrastructure.  The engineer would ensure the reliability, performance, optimization, and security of CVS Health’s Infrastructure systems. The infrastructure spans over 40,000 servers and includes multiple datacenters and multi-cloud environments.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing public cloud solutions, preferably across multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • 3+ years of experience infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, PowerShell).
  • 2+ years with private cloud technologies, such as Hyper-V and VMware, coupled with hands-on experience in managing virtualized environments.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficient in coding across multiple infrastructure environments, demonstrating versatility and adaptability in various coding languages.
  • Extensive experience coding with Python, leveraging its capabilities to automate and streamline infrastructure processes.
  • Skilled in utilizing Bash scripting to efficiently manage and automate tasks within the infrastructure environment.
  • Profound expertise in DevOps principles, automation strategies, and advanced container orchestration, with a strong understanding of tools such as Kubernetes.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills, particularly with PowerShell, enabling the creation of robust and efficient automation solutions.
  • Familiarity with security and compliance standards, such as HIPAA and NIST, ensuring adherence to industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
  • Preferred experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools like Terraform and Ansible, leveraging their capabilities to provision and manage infrastructure resources.
  • Knowledge of Config Manager (SCCM) administration, enabling effective management and deployment of software and configurations across the infrastructure environment.
  • A robust leadership track record, particularly in technology and operations, with a proven history of organizational impact.
  • Deep understanding of cloud architecture principles, distributed systems, and microservices.
  • Expertise in cloud governance, security, and compliance frameworks (e.g., CIS, NIST, GDPR, HIPAA).
  • A strategic thinker with the ability to convert vision into detailed, actionable plans, driving progress and innovation.
  • Exceptional communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities, making the candidate a capable collaborator with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (High School Diploma and 4 years relevant experience)

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$92,700.00 – $185,400.00

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. 
 
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities.  The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.  Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees.  The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners.  As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.