Director, AI Network & Data Center Engineering

CVS Health; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director, AI Network & Data Center Engineering to shape strategy and deliver scalable data center and cloud networking for large‑scale AI/ML workloads. The role leads a high‑performing team, partners with cloud, platform, and security leaders, and drives architecture standards, automation, and performance optimization to support enterprise growth and digital transformation.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in network/data center engineering, strong leadership, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in network and/or data center engineering.
• 5+ years' experience in a strategic leadership position with people management.
• 5+ years' experience 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 (platform, cloud, security, infrastructure) 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 (low latency, high throughput) and related technologies, GPU cluster networking, traffic optimization, and congestion management.
• Drive network monitoring and performance optimization (SolarWinds, NetFlow, Wireshark).
• Oversee 24/7 network operations across cloud and data centers.
• Lead incident response and ensure high availability, resiliency and scalability across network and cloud environments.
• Build and mentor high‑performing engineering teams.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Own network architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Define standards for AI, cloud, and data center environments.
• Support budgeting, risk management, and long‑term planning.

Skills

Leadership

Network architecture

Data center engineering

AI/ML networking

Cloud networking

Vendor engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Cisco Nexus/ACI

SDN

Automation tooling (IaC)

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director, AI Network & Data Center Engineering to shape strategy and deliver scalable data center and cloud networking for large‑scale AI/ML workloads. The role leads a high‑performing team, partners with cloud, platform, and security leaders, and drives architecture standards, automation, and performance optimization to support enterprise growth and digital transformation.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in network/data center engineering, strong leadership, and