Senior Observability Platform Engineering Lead

CVSHealth; Sarasota (FL); On-site; USD 118,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health in the United States is seeking a Senior Manager, Observability Data Platform Engineering to lead the strategy, engineering, operations, and evolution of the enterprise Observability Data Platform. You will guide telemetry ingestion, data services, and platform capabilities across multiple teams, ensuring secure, scalable and cost-efficient observability enterprise-wide.

The role requires deep technical expertise in observability, data platforms, cloud platforms, and leadership of

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise-scale data, platform, infrastructure, observability, or cloud engineering environments.
• 5+ years of leadership experience building high-performing teams and delivering complex, cross-functional technical initiatives.
• 5+ years of experience operating large-scale cloud and/or hybrid platforms with responsibility for reliability, monitoring, incident management, and operational excellence.
• 3+ years of experience leading complex, enterprise-wide engineering initiatives across multiple stakeholder groups, business functions, and technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering, operations, and continuous evolution of the enterprise Observability Data Platform.
• Own platform reliability, scalability, availability, performance, and operational health.
• Oversee telemetry ingestion, observability data services, and platform capabilities supporting enterprise monitoring and analytics.
• Define and execute the platform strategy and roadmap in partnership with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and Engineering stakeholders.
• Drive automation, operational efficiency, performance optimization, capacity planning, and continuous service improvement.
• Establish engineering standards, governance processes, and security controls to ensure platform integrity, compliance, and lifecycle management.
• Champion platform adoption, stakeholder engagement, and user enablement across the enterprise.
• Lead, coach, and develop high-performing engineering teams while fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and operational excellence.
• Manage strategic vendor relationships and technology partnerships to support platform capabilities and business objectives.

Skills

Leadership experience

Observability data platforms

Cloud/hybrid platforms

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Splunk

Cribl

OpenTelemetry

Databricks

Azure

Kafka

Job description

CVS Health in the United States is seeking a Senior Manager, Observability Data Platform Engineering to lead the strategy, engineering, operations, and evolution of the enterprise Observability Data Platform. You will guide telemetry ingestion, data services, and platform capabilities across multiple teams, ensuring secure, scalable and cost-efficient observability enterprise-wide.

The role requires deep technical expertise in observability, data platforms, cloud platforms, and leadership of