Senior Data Platform Engineer: Performance & Enablement

ISHE; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Wellness programs

Bonus / incentive program

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer on the Data & Performance Enablement team to design and implement platforms that manage distributed event streaming technologies. You will own the development of features for database, messaging and data warehouse platforms, enabling high-performance data-intensive applications.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with customer teams, and contribute to the technical roadmap, while participating in on-call rotations and driving automation,

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) and their managed offerings.

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

5 years of experience

Kafka/Redis

IaC

Bash/Python

Azure or AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer on the Data & Performance Enablement team to design and implement platforms that manage distributed event streaming technologies. You will own the development of features for database, messaging and data warehouse platforms, enabling high-performance data-intensive applications.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with customer teams, and contribute to the technical roadmap, while participating in on-call rotations and driving automation,