[Remote] Senior Platform Engineer, Data & Performance Enablement

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CVS Health is building a more connected, convenient, and compassionate health care experience for individuals, families, and communities. 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, collaborating with customer teams, 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
• * 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 comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Retirement savings options
• Wellness programs
• Other resources, based on eligibility
• CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above

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