Director, AI Network & Data Center Engineering

CVS Health; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director of AI Network & Data Center Engineering to shape strategy and deliver high‑performance, secure data center and cloud networking for enterprise AI workloads. You will lead a team of engineers and collaborate with cloud, platform, and cybersecurity leaders to enable scalable GPU environments and modern architectures.

The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and governance across LEAN, HIPAA, NIST, and CSA frameworks, while driving cost-effective expansion

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; performance optimization for GPU workloads; RDMA, RoCE, ECN, PFC; GCP and multi-cloud network architectures; routing & switching (BGP, OSPF, MPLS, STP); high-speed networking (100/200/400Gb+); GPU cluster networking; traffic optimization and congestion management; network monitoring (SolarWinds, NetFlow, Wireshark); zero trust patterns for SaaS/multi-tenant environments
• 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; high-performance networking; automation and IaC; open-source initiatives
• Own network architecture strategy and roadmap; define standards for AI, cloud, and data center environments; support budgeting and risk management

Skills

Network engineering

Data center design

Strategic leadership

People management

Enterprise networking

Security & compliance

IaC / automation

GPU cluster networking

Cisco Nexus/ACI

Cloud networking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Cisco Nexus/ACI

Terraform

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director of AI Network & Data Center Engineering to shape strategy and deliver high‑performance, secure data center and cloud networking for enterprise AI workloads. You will lead a team of engineers and collaborate with cloud, platform, and cybersecurity leaders to enable scalable GPU environments and modern architectures.

The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and governance across LEAN, HIPAA, NIST, and CSA frameworks, while driving cost-effective expansion