Director, AI Network & Data Center Engineering

CVS Health; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Wellness programs

Other benefits

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director for AI Network & Data Center Engineering in New York to lead strategy, design, and delivery of high-performance, low-latency data center and cloud networking supporting enterprise AI/ML workloads.

You will guide a high-performing team, establish architectural standards, and drive automation and secure connectivity to enable large-scale GPU environments and modern application platforms.

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 to deliver integrated, secure and scalable solutions.
• Engage vendors on solution architectures, design, contracts, and delivery.
• Design and implement data center fabrics and AI/GPU-optimized networking for low latency and high throughput.
• Optimize performance for GPU workloads and multi-cloud architectures.
• Oversee 24/7 network operations and incident response.
• Build and mentor high-performing engineering teams.
• Advance networking capabilities for AI/ML infrastructure and GPU clusters.

Skills

10+ years’ experience in network and/​

Strategic leadership experience

Large-scale enterprise environments

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Certifications: CCIE/CCNP, PCNSE, CISSP, Cloud networking

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director for AI Network & Data Center Engineering in New York to lead strategy, design, and delivery of high-performance, low-latency data center and cloud networking supporting enterprise AI/ML workloads.

You will guide a high-performing team, establish architectural standards, and drive automation and secure connectivity to enable large-scale GPU environments and modern application platforms.