Senior Data Platform Engineer - Streaming & Performance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Retirement savings

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation in the United States is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer on our Data & Performance Enablement team to design and implement platforms that manage distributed event streaming technologies. You will own the development of features for our database, messaging, and data warehouse platforms.

You will mentor other engineers, collaborate with customer teams, and contribute to the technical roadmap, with responsibilities including provisioning automation, performance

Qualifications

• 5 years of applicable experience.
• Proficient with messaging platforms (Kafka/Redis).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Scripting in Bash or Python.
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure or AWS).
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field, or equivalent experience.

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

IaC

Bash

Python

Azure

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Job description

CVS Health Corporation in the United States is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer on our Data & Performance Enablement team to design and implement platforms that manage distributed event streaming technologies. You will own the development of features for our database, messaging, and data warehouse platforms.

You will mentor other engineers, collaborate with customer teams, and contribute to the technical roadmap, with responsibilities including provisioning automation, performance