Senior Data Platform Engineer - Streaming & Performance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation 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 features for database, messaging, and data warehouse platforms while mentoring engineers and shaping the technical roadmap.

You will design, build, and maintain data platform automation, troubleshoot complex performance issues, contribute to security and scalability, participate in on-call

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).

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 experience

Kafka/Redis

IaC

Scripting Bash/Python

Cloud providers (Azure/AWS)

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in CS/IT

Tools

GitHub Actions

Job description

CVS Health Corporation 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 features for database, messaging, and data warehouse platforms while mentoring engineers and shaping the technical roadmap.

You will design, build, and maintain data platform automation, troubleshoot complex performance issues, contribute to security and scalability, participate in on-call