Staff GCP engineer

9025 CVS Shared Services Resources LLC; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a GCP Platform Support Engineer with SRE and CI/CD expertise to ensure reliability and performance of cloud-based services on Google Cloud Platform. You will implement CI/CD pipelines, monitor systems, and collaborate with development teams to troubleshoot issues in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes automation, security best practices, and incident response, with opportunities to optimize IaC, monitoring, and deployment processes across the CVS Health cloud

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, including Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Functions.
• 3+ years experience with SRE principles and practices, including monitoring, incident management, and performance optimization.
• 3+ years experience with CI/CD tools and practices, including Google Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
• 3+ years experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• 3+ years experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and with IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Google Deployment Manager).
• 3+ years experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Google Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for GCP-based applications and services, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Automate repetitive tasks and processes using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Google Deployment Manager).
• Implement security best practices for cloud resources, including IAM, data encryption, and network security.
• Monitor and manage cloud resources, including VMs, containers, databases, and networking components.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Google Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
• Set up and manage monitoring and alerting systems using Google Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Participate in incident response and post-mortem analysis to identify root causes and implement preventive measures.
• SRE best practices, including SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
• Work with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure smooth deployment and operation of applications.
• Create and maintain documentation for system architecture, processes, and procedures.

Skills

SRE principles

CI/CD practices

Analytical skills

Communication

Cloud expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or similar

Tools

Terraform

Google Deployment Manager

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Google Cloud Build

Kubernetes

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

Google Cloud Monitoring

Compute Engine

Cloud Storage

Cloud Functions

Job description

We're building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health® you'll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

We are seeking a skilled GCP Platform Support Engineer with expertise in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of our cloud-based applications and services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You'll work closely with development teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, monitor system performance, and troubleshoot issues in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for GCP-based applications and services, ensuring high availability and performance
• Automate repetitive tasks and processes using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Google Deployment Manager)
• Implement security best practices for cloud resources, including identity and access management (IAM), data encryption, and network
• Monitor and manage cloud resources, including virtual machines, containers, databases, and networking components
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Google Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar
• Set up and manage monitoring and alerting systems using tools like Google Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, or Grafana to ensure system health and performance
• Participate in incident response and post-mortem analysis to identify root causes and implement preventive measures
• SRE best practices, including service level objectives (SLOs), service level indicators (SLIs), and error budgets
• Work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure smooth deployment and operation of applications
• Create and maintain documentation for system architecture, processes, and procedures

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, including Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Functions
• 3+ years experience with SRE principles and practices, including monitoring, incident management, and performance optimization
• 3+ years experienc with CI/CD tools and practices, including experience with Google Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar
• 3+ years experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker
• 3+ years experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Google Deployment Manager)
• 3+ years experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Google Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to work under pressure
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Professional DevOps Engineer certifications
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and practices
• Experience with ETL/data pipeline and orchestration tools (e.g. Cloud Composer, Cloud Data Fusion, Dataflow and Dataproc)
• Knowledge of database technologies (e.g., Cloud SQL, BigQuery) and data management practices

Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or similar
• 1 year of professional work experience required for every year of college degree not completed, in addition to required years of experience

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is: $130,295.00 - $260,590.00 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company's equity award program.

Benefits

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families. This full-time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility. Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 09/30/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.