Director, AI Network & Data Center Engineering

CVS Health; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

Comprehensive benefits

Equity awards eligibility

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director for AI Network & Data Center Engineering to set the strategy, design, and delivery of our high‑performance infrastructure supporting enterprise apps and AI/ML workloads.

You will lead a top‑tier team of network and data center engineers, align capabilities with security and business needs, and partner with cloud, platform, and cybersecurity leaders to drive automation and scalable solutions.

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)
• Design AI/GPU‑optimized networking (low latency, high throughput) and related technologies
• Optimize performance for GPU workloads (RDMA, RoCE, ECN, PFC)
• GCP and multi‑cloud network architectures
• Routing & switching (BGP, OSPF, MPLS; Cisco, Juniper, Arista)
• High‑speed networking (100/200/400Gb+)
• GPU cluster networking, traffic optimization, and congestion management
• 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 across network and cloud environments
• Build and mentor high‑performing engineering teams
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning
• Advance networking capabilities for AI/ML infrastructure and GPU clusters (NVIDIA architectures)
• High‑performance networking (RoCE, PFC, ECN)
• Champion automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Contribute to industry and open‑source initiatives
• Own network architecture strategy and roadmap
• Define standards for AI, cloud, and data center environments
• Support budgeting, risk management, and long‑term planning

Skills

Network architecture

Data center engineering

Strategic leadership

People management

Enterprise networking

Cloud networking

Automation / IaC

Security & compliance

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Cisco Nexus/ACI

EVPN/VXLAN

BGP/OSPF/MPLS

SDN & network automation

Cloud networking tools

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director for AI Network & Data Center Engineering to set the strategy, design, and delivery of our high‑performance infrastructure supporting enterprise apps and AI/ML workloads.

You will lead a top‑tier team of network and data center engineers, align capabilities with security and business needs, and partner with cloud, platform, and cybersecurity leaders to drive automation and scalable solutions.