AI Network & Data Center Director

CVS Health; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity awards

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director of AI Network & Data Center Engineering to shape strategy, design and delivery of the network infrastructure for enterprise apps and AI/ML workloads. You will guide high-performance teams and partner with cloud, security and platform leaders to drive modern architectures and secure, scalable solutions.

You will define standards, drive automation, and focus on reliability, low latency, and efficiency to support long-term growth and digital transformation

Qualifications

• 10+ years in network and/or data center engineering.
• 5+ years in strategic leadership with people management.
• 5+ years in large-scale enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and enforce network architecture standards, security controls, and compliance policies.
• Establish best practices for configuration, deployment, and operations.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise governance frameworks (HIPAA, NIST, PCI, HITRUST, CSA).
• Advise executives on network strategy, roadmaps, emerging technologies, and industry trends.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated, secure and scalable solutions.
• Engage vendors on solution architectures, design, contracts, and delivery.
• Design and implement data center fabrics (leaf-spine, Clos, EVPN/VXLAN).
• AI/GPU-optimized networking and related technologies; optimize performance for GPU workloads.
• Drive network monitoring and performance optimization (SolarWinds, NetFlow, Wireshark).
• Support SaaS and multi-tenant environments with zero trust patterns.
• Oversee 24/7 network operations across cloud and data centers.
• Lead incident response and ensure high availability, resiliency and scalability.
• Build and mentor high-performing engineering teams.
• Foster collaboration and continuous learning.
• Advance networking for AI/ML infrastructure and GPU clusters.
• Champion automation and IaC; contribute to industry initiatives.
• Own network architecture strategy and roadmap; define standards for AI/cloud/data centers.
• Support budgeting, risk management, and long-term planning.

Skills

Network engineering

Data center engineering

Strategic leadership

Enterprise environments

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SolarWinds

NetFlow

Wireshark

Cisco Nexus/ACI

NVIDIA GPUs

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director of AI Network & Data Center Engineering to shape strategy, design and delivery of the network infrastructure for enterprise apps and AI/ML workloads. You will guide high-performance teams and partner with cloud, security and platform leaders to drive modern architectures and secure, scalable solutions.

You will define standards, drive automation, and focus on reliability, low latency, and efficiency to support long-term growth and digital transformation