Senior Cloud Architect: Multi-Cloud Strategy & Security

CVS Health; Rhode Island; Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Principal Cloud Architect to lead cloud strategy across Aetna Technology, defining reference architectures and the paved road for AWS as the primary platform with GCP/Azure by exception. This senior IC sets direction, mentors engineers through design reviews, and partners with security, FinOps, and data teams to drive scalable, secure, and cost-aware workloads.

The role supports remote work from anywhere in the continental USA and requires deep AWS expertise, multicloud

Qualifications

• 12+ years in technology with hands-on cloud architecture at enterprise scale.
• Expert AWS architecture with multicloud knowledge across GCP/Azure.
• Ownership of landing zones and paved-road/golden-path patterns.
• Strong command of cloud security, zero-trust, and cost-aware design.

Responsibilities

• Own the Aetna Technology cloud reference architectures and landing zones.
• Set multicloud placement criteria for workloads (AWS primary).
• Design and maintain paved road patterns and guardrails for teams.
• Escalate deep cloud design decisions and guide engineers without direct reports.

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Principal Cloud Architect to lead cloud strategy across Aetna Technology, defining reference architectures and the paved road for AWS as the primary platform with GCP/Azure by exception. This senior IC sets direction, mentors engineers through design reviews, and partners with security, FinOps, and data teams to drive scalable, secure, and cost-aware workloads.

The role supports remote work from anywhere in the continental USA and requires deep AWS expertise, multicloud