Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CVS Health is working to create a more connected, convenient, and compassionate health experience. The Senior Platform Engineer will design and implement platforms for distributed event streaming, databases, messaging, and data warehouses, while improving performance, reliability, security, scalability, and automation. The role also includes mentoring engineers, supporting critical services, and contributing to the technical roadmap.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain key components of our data platform automation for provisioning, backups, and user management
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex performance and reliability issues in our data systems, often serving as an escalation point for the team
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve data streaming services, security, scalability, and automation
- Participate in an on-call rotation to support the team's critical services
- Mentor junior engineers on the team, providing guidance on database administration, query optimization, and DBRE principles
- Contribute to the technical roadmap by researching new data technologies and proposing innovative solutions
Skills
- 5 years of applicable experience
- Strong experience with messaging platforms (Kafka/Redis)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Proficient in at least one scripting language (e.g., Bash, Python)
- Solid experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure or AWS preferred) and their managed offerings
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Azure or AWS preferred
- A product mindset and empathy for developer customers, with experience helping teams design scalable data models
- A pragmatic approach to problem-solving and a proven ability to deliver complex technical projects
- Experience with GitHub Actions or similar pipeline technologies
Benefits
- This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
- Remote work / work from home arrangement.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, based on eligibility
- Paid time off, based on eligibility
- Retirement savings options, based on eligibility
- Wellness programs, based on eligibility
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