Senior Data Platform Engineer: Streamline Performance & Automation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design and implement scalable data platforms that manage distributed streaming technologies. You will own development of core features for database, messaging, and data warehouse platforms, mentor engineers, and influence the technical roadmap.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to deliver high-performance data solutions, participate in on-call rotations, and apply IaC, cloud, and scripting skills to improve reliability and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in platform engineering or similar.
• Strong experience with messaging platforms (Kafka/Redis).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Proficient in at least one scripting language (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

IaC

Bash

Python

Azure

AWS

GitHub Actions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Job description

CVS Health Corporation is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design and implement scalable data platforms that manage distributed streaming technologies. You will own development of core features for database, messaging, and data warehouse platforms, mentor engineers, and influence the technical roadmap.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to deliver high-performance data solutions, participate in on-call rotations, and apply IaC, cloud, and scripting skills to improve reliability and