[Remote] Senior Manager- Platform Engineering/DevOps
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CVS Health is a healthcare company focused on creating a more connected, convenient, and compassionate health experience. The Senior Manager, Platform Engineering/DevOps will lead enterprise-scale GCP platform engineering and DevOps initiatives, managing engineers and delivery across multiple workstreams. The role oversees cloud platform reliability, security, SRE practices, stakeholder coordination, incident response, strategic planning, and adoption of automation and AI-driven operations.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute the H100 platform engineering roadmap, aligned to enterprise priorities and program milestones
- Drive delivery of GCP-based platform capabilities (GKE, networking, IAM, CI/CD, observability)
- Establish and enforce engineering standards, best practices, and ADR compliance
- Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and governance requirements (SOC2, HIPAA)
- Partner with client stakeholders and cross-functional teams (security, networking, applications)
- Provide clear status reporting, risk identification, and mitigation strategies
- Coordinate dependencies across teams and delivery streams
- Act as a technical and delivery point of contact for platform-related discussions
- Oversee implementation of GCP landing zone components (resource hierarchy, IAM, networking)
- Guide adoption of GitOps models and CI/CD frameworks (Config Sync, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions)
- Monitor platform SLOs and operational metrics (uptime, MTTR, deployment frequency)
- Identify risks, capacity constraints, and improvement opportunities
- Lead incident response and escalation management, including post-mortems
- Ensure availability of runbooks, documentation, and operational procedures
- Support SRE practices and production readiness models
- Maintain platform reliability and operational stability
- Lead a team of engineers (FTE + Contractors)
- Provide guidance, mentorship, and performance direction
- Support knowledge sharing and onboarding for contractor teams
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement and accountability
- Identify opportunities for automation and platform optimization
- Support integration of AI-driven operations and intelligent tooling
- Evaluate tools related to cloud security posture and DevOps efficiency
- Encourage adoption of modern platform engineering practices
- Drive sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and Agile execution
- Manage resource allocation and contractor utilization
- Track SOW deliverables, milestones, and dependencies
- Provide regular reporting on progress, risks, and capacity
Skills
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or SRE
- 4+ years of experience in team leadership, management, or technical lead roles, leading mid-sized teams (5–10 engineers)
- 3+ years of experience with technical foundation in: Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (GKE, IAM, networking, monitoring)
- Kubernetes and container-based systems
- CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
- Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, KCC, Kustomize)
- 4+ years of experience with: Agile/Scrum delivery and sprint execution
- Incident management and operational support (SRE practices)
- Cross-team coordination and stakeholder communication
- 1+ years of AI-driven operations or automation frameworks
- 3+ years of experience designing, implementing and troubleshooting cloud networking, including VPCs routing, load balancing, firewalls, DNS, hybrid connectivity and secure communication between applications
- 3+ years of experience working in support, production environment and periodic on call rotation
- 3+ years experience with any of the following databases SQL, Oracle, Mongo DB, Cassandra, Cloud Spanner, Kafka
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience (High School diploma + 4 years of relevant experience)
- Ability to manage delivery in structured programs with multiple dependencies
- Experience in regulated industries (e.g., healthcare)
- Certifications such as: PMP, Scrum Master (CSM), or SAFe
- GCP Professional Cloud Architect
- Exposure to: Cloud security tools (Wiz, SCC)
- Networking/security platforms (Palo Alto, F5)
Benefits
- Eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
- An award target in the company’s equity award program.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, based on eligibility.
- Paid time off, based on eligibility.
- Retirement savings options, based on eligibility.
- Wellness programs and other resources supporting the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families, based on eligibility.
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