Remote Senior Data Architect - Data Mesh & Governance

CVS Health Corporation; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation is seeking a Principal Data Architect to lead data architecture for Aetna Technology. You will define reference architectures, govern data across a multivendor, multicloud estate, and set the data strategy with a strong design authority.

The role emphasizes domain ownership, data products, secure data access, and enabling AI and analytics while maintaining PHI safety and regulatory controls.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in technology with hands-on data architecture experience.
• Expert-level data platform architecture across multivendor, multicloud environments.
• Strong governance, lineage, quality, and regulated-data controls (PHI).
• Experience with data mesh, domain ownership, and systems-of-record design.

Responsibilities

• Own data reference architectures across a multicloud data estate.
• Define the data mesh operating model with domain-owned data products.
• Protect authoritative datasets and their consumption patterns.
• Design golden paths for pipelines and data products.
• Embed governance, lineage, and quality as automated gates.
• Establish zero-trust data access and PHI protection.

Skills

Data architecture

Multicloud data platforms

Data governance

Data modeling

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Snowflake

GCP/BigQuery

AWS

Terraform

Job description

CVS Health Corporation is seeking a Principal Data Architect to lead data architecture for Aetna Technology. You will define reference architectures, govern data across a multivendor, multicloud estate, and set the data strategy with a strong design authority.

The role emphasizes domain ownership, data products, secure data access, and enabling AI and analytics while maintaining PHI safety and regulatory controls.