Principal Architect, Data Architecture and Solution Engineering

Overview

We’re building a world of health around every individual—shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, we foster innovation, safety, and quality to simplify health care for people.

• Provide data technology leadership, oversight, and guidance to ensure the solution adheres to PSS Architecture Guiding Principles while maximizing reuse.
• Perform buy‑vs‑build analysis with qualitative and quantitative assessment to recommend the best option.
• Lead architecture design reviews, identify gaps, and recommend design changes.
• Drive modernization opportunities for PBM data technologies within our complex technology landscape.
• Develop reference data architectures, guardrails, and guidelines; coach engineering and product teams.
• Lead proofs‑of‑concept and technology deep dives, especially leveraging AI to power business analytics.
• Assist application development teams with technical roadblocks such as performance challenges.

• Hands‑on experience developing data designs, including data models for complex transformation programs.
• Rich experience building automated workflows for data profiling and anomaly detection.
• Experience designing robust metadata tagging systems for retrieval‑augmented generation.
• Experience with streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka.
• 10+ years overall design/development experience; hands‑on work in Python or functional languages like Scala.
• 5+ years hands‑on cloud platform experience with GCP, Azure, or AWS.
• 2+ years hands‑on AI/ML (including GenAI) experience and process automation.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.

• Health‑care industry domain knowledge.
• Understanding of both SQL and No
  
  SQL database technologies.
• Experience creating data architecture to modernize legacy mainframe/mid‑range AS400 applications.
• Master’s degree in computer science or related field.

• Bachelor’s in computer science, or related field (required).
• Master’s in computer science, or related field (preferred).

Base range: USD–USD per year. Actual salary will depend on experience, education, geography and other factors.

Eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and equity award program.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws.