Platform Engineering Director - AI, DevOps & Cloud Scale

CVS Health; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Equity awards

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking an Engineering Leader to guide cross‑functional teams in building scalable multi‑cloud platforms, DevOps, and internal tools. You will drive strategy, design, and operational excellence across the software lifecycle with a focus on reliability, cost optimization, and security.

The ideal candidate brings a track record of delivering large programs, mentoring high‑performing teams, and partnering with architecture, product, PMO, and business stakeholders in a fast‑paced

Qualifications

• 10 years leading large software engineering programs with KPI reporting.
• 8 years leading teams in a matrix organization.
• 4 years partnering with architecture, product and PMO teams.
• 2 years coordinating across software cross-functional teams.
• 2 years influencing stakeholders and managing vendor/budget relationships.
• 2 years mentoring resources and leading complex initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Platform Strategy & Delivery: Define and drive the Platform strategy and delivery with Architecture, Technical Product owners and AppDev teams.
• Platform Engineering & Developer Experience: Build and scale internal platforms, golden paths, and self‑service tools.
• DevOps & Automation Leadership: Scale CI/CD, IaC, GitOps, and DevSecOps practices with security/observability.
• Solution Engineering & Integration: Design scalable, cost‑effective technical solutions and integrations.
• Team & Budget Management: Mentor and lead cross‑functional teams, manage cloud spend and vendor relations.
• Metrics & Governance: Track productivity and reliability metrics while managing cloud costs and compliance.
• Emerging Technology Integration: Evaluate and integrate AI/ML tools and cloud‑native services.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Strategy development

Communication skills

Mentoring

Budget management

Stakeholder management

DevOps leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

IaC

GitOps

Job description

CVS Health is seeking an Engineering Leader to guide cross‑functional teams in building scalable multi‑cloud platforms, DevOps, and internal tools. You will drive strategy, design, and operational excellence across the software lifecycle with a focus on reliability, cost optimization, and security.

The ideal candidate brings a track record of delivering large programs, mentoring high‑performing teams, and partnering with architecture, product, PMO, and business stakeholders in a fast‑paced