Senior Data Platform Engineer (Databricks, Python)

CVS Health; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 102,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to build, run, and evolve our Azure Databricks data platform, ingesting, validating, and protecting data for business domain teams.

The role blends software engineering and DevOps with data engineering know-how; production systems experience is highly valued as we shift toward operations. Remote work in the US is considered.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building or operating cloud data platforms.
• Strong Python, packaging, pytest, and multi-env CI/CD experience.
• Hands-on Terraform managing Azure and Databricks resources.
• Production Spark/PySpark, SQL, data ingestion and data quality validation.
• Experience with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and Delta Live Tables.
• DevOps/SRE mindset with incident response, runbooks and disaster recovery.
• Clear communication and ability to work with remote stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain platform libraries and configuration-driven onboarding frameworks.
• Own GitHub Actions pipelines and release processes for multi-environment deployments.
• Support the production platform; improve observability and runbooks.
• Maintain data governance, security controls, and regulatory compliance in health data.
• Collaborate with domain teams to onboard data sources and enable self-service features.

Skills

Python

CI/CD

Spark/PySpark

Databricks/Azure

Tools

Terraform

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Databricks

GitHub Actions

ADLS Gen2

Job description

We're building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you'll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger - helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time. We are looking for a Senior Data Platform Engineer to help build, run, and evolve our Azure Databricks data platform, which ingests, validates, and protects data for the business domain data engineering teams.We run the platform like a software product: domain teams onboard through configuration, shared Python frameworks handle ingestion, data quality, monitoring, and data protection, and every change ships through code review, automated testing, and CI/CD.This is not a pure data pipeline role. We want an engineer with software engineering and DevOps discipline and enough data engineering experience to understand what our users need. As the team shifts toward operations, experience running production systems is highly valued.***We will consider remote in the US for this rolePlatform Development: Build and maintain the shared Python libraries and configuration-driven frameworks that let domain teams onboard and run their pipelines with minimal platform help.CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code: Own the GitHub Actions pipelines and release process that promote Databricks Asset Bundles from sandbox to production, and extend Terraform coverage of our Azure and Databricks infrastructure.Operations, Reliability & Recovery: Support the production platform, build enhanced observability, triage incidents, lead root cause analysis, and turn lessons learned into runbooks, automation, and permanent fixes. Track performance, reliability and delivery metrics from a data and platform perspective.Security & Governance: Maintain necessary platform and data controls with Unity Catalog, and support sensitive data protection and governance in a regulated healthcare environment.Domain Enablement: Partner with domain teams to onboard data sources, resolve escalated issues, and turn recurring needs into self-service features.

• ~2+ years building or operating cloud data platforms or production data systems.
• ~ Software Engineering & CI/CD: Strong Python skills (packaging, modular and testable code, pytest), Git-based code review, and proven experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred) for multi-environment deployments.
• ~ Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on Terraform experience managing Azure and Databricks resources.
• ~ Data Engineering: Production experience with Spark/PySpark and SQL, including batch and incremental ingestion, schema evolution, medallion data modeling, and data quality validation.
• ~ Databricks & Azure: Practical experience with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Jobs, and Delta Live Tables / Lakeflow (Asset Bundles and system tables a plus), and working knowledge of ADLS Gen2, Entra ID, Key Vault, and cloud networking.
• ~ Operations: Experience supporting production systems in a DevOps, SRE, or platform role: monitoring and alerting, incident response, on-call, root cause analysis, runbooks, and disaster recovery planning.
• ~ Clear communication and documentation, and the ability to work well on a remote team with technical and business stakeholders.

Full time Pay Range101,970.00 - $203,940.00 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.

Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments .

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 11/29/2026 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.