Senior Data Platform Engineer — Performance & Automation

CVS Health Corporation; Idaho; Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation in Idaho is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer on the Data & Performance Enablement team to design and implement the platforms that manage distributed event streaming technologies. You will own development of features for database, messaging, and data warehouse platforms, mentoring engineers, and shaping the technical roadmap.

You will design, build, and maintain data platform automation, troubleshoot complex issues, and collaborate across teams to improve security,

Qualifications

• 5 years of applicable experience.
• Strong experience with messaging platforms (Kafka/Redis).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Proficient in at least one scripting language (e.g., Bash, Python).
• Solid experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure or AWS preferred).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain key components of our data platform automation for provisioning, backups, and user management.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex performance and reliability issues in our data systems, often serving as an escalation point for the team.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve data streaming services, security, scalability, and automation.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support the team's critical services.
• Mentor junior engineers on the team, providing guidance on database administration, query optimization, and DBRE principles.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap by researching new data technologies and proposing innovative solutions.

Skills

Kafka/Redis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Job description

CVS Health Corporation in Idaho is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer on the Data & Performance Enablement team to design and implement the platforms that manage distributed event streaming technologies. You will own development of features for database, messaging, and data warehouse platforms, mentoring engineers, and shaping the technical roadmap.

You will design, build, and maintain data platform automation, troubleshoot complex issues, and collaborate across teams to improve security,