Senior Principal: AI & Cloud Transformation Architect

CVS Health

New Jersey

Hybrid

USD 144,000 - 288,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Principal Engineer, Architecture, AI & Enablement to lead modernization initiatives across enterprise applications and platforms. You will translate technology strategy into practical roadmaps, set standards, and enable adoption of cloud-native and AI-driven capabilities while partnering with security, product, and infrastructure teams.

The role emphasizes driving architectural decisions, fostering engineering excellence, and mentoring senior engineers in a large,

Qualifications

10+ years in software engineering or architecture; technical leader roles.
5+ years leading modernization, cloud adoption, or enterprise architecture initiatives.
Deep expertise in enterprise architecture, software engineering practices, distributed systems, and modern delivery methodologies.
Experience partnering with architecture and engineering to drive enterprise strategy and execution.
Strong experience with cloud platforms and platform engineering concepts.
Experience implementing DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, engineering automation, and developer productivity solutions.
Experience evaluating and enabling AI-assisted engineering capabilities and emerging technology adoption.
Demonstrated success influencing decisions across large organizations without direct authority.
Strong communication with engineering teams, executives, and business leaders.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted technical advisor to engineering leaders, architects, product teams, and stakeholders.
Translate enterprise standards into actionable guidance and implementation patterns.
Influence technology strategy, engineering practices, modernization priorities, and architectural decisions.
Drive alignment between long-term strategy and engineering execution.
Promote consistency in enterprise technology standards and best practices.
Lead modernization initiatives across applications, platforms, and services.
Develop modernization roadmaps for cloud adoption and platform evolution.
Evaluate landscapes and define future-state architectures for scalability and resilience.
Guide teams through complex transformations while balancing business goals and technical debt.
Identify opportunities to improve delivery and engineering efficiency through reusable patterns.