Principal Cloud Architect - Infrastructure
Principal Cloud Architect - Infrastructure
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$ 144200 - 288400
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Job Description
At CVS Health were building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.
As the nations leading health solutions company we reach millions of Americans through our local presence digital channels and more than 300000 purposedriven colleagues caring for people where when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart each and every day.
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Infrastructure Architect with expertise in Private Cloud environments. This role will focus on designing building and scaling private cloud solutions to meet our enterprises compute network storage and security needs. You will drive innovation efficiency and agility in our core infrastructure to support businesscritical applications and services.
*This position is open to Remote or Hybrid workers.
Key Responsibilities
Private Cloud Strategy & Architecture
Lead the design and development of private cloud infrastructure solutions to improve scalability performance and operational efficiency.
Develop a longterm strategy for private cloud adoption including onpremise infrastructure and hybrid cloud integration.
Ensure infrastructure aligns with business objectives leveraging industry best practices and emerging technologies.
Establish private cloud standards governance and operational models for consistent delivery.
Compute Infrastructure Private Cloud
Architect virtualized compute solutions leveraging technologies like VMware vSphere Nutanix or OpenStack.
Optimize private cloud compute resources for reliability performance and scalability.
Integrate high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies into compute designs.
Private Cloud Networking
Design and implement SDN (Software Defined Networking) solutions to enable flexible programmable network architectures.
Develop overlay and underlay networking strategies to enhance private cloud connectivity.
Implement hybrid network solutions to securely integrate onpremises private cloud with public cloud platforms.
Storage Infrastructure in Private Cloud
Architect private cloud storage solutions including softwaredefined storage (SDS) to optimize performance and redundancy.
Design scalable backup recovery and data protection solutions.
Ensure compliance with enterprise storage policies and disaster recovery requirements.
Private Cloud Security
Define and implement private cloud security controls including segmentation firewalls microsegmentation and intrusion detection/prevention.
Enforce identity and access management (IAM) policies for private cloud resources.
Ensure regulatory compliance (HIPAA PCI DSS) within private cloud infrastructure.
Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Leverage IaC tools (Terraform Ansible or Puppet) to automate private cloud infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
Promote selfservice capabilities for infrastructure resources through automation and orchestration.
Drive infrastructure lifecycle automation for monitoring scaling and patching.
Monitoring & Observability
Implement advanced monitoring and observability tools to gain insights into private cloud infrastructure performance.
Develop frameworks for predictive monitoring log analysis and capacity planning.
Collaboration & Leadership
Collaborate with enterprise architecture operations and application teams to deliver private cloud solutions that align with business goals.
Mentor infrastructure teams and provide technical leadership on private cloud best practices.
Advocate for continuous improvement in private cloud capabilities and processes.
Required Qualifications
Experience
Minimum 10 years of infrastructure architecture experience with 5 years specializing in private cloud environments.
Demonstrated success in designing implementing and scaling private cloud solutions.
Strong understanding of virtualization technologies (e.g. VMware HyperV KVM) and softwaredefined infrastructure.
Technical Skills
Compute: Expertise in virtualized environments hypervisor optimization and private cloud compute scaling.
Network: Proficiency in SDN overlay networking and hybrid connectivity (MPLS SDWAN).
Storage: Deep understanding of SDS SAN/NAS and backup solutions for private cloud.
Security: Experience implementing network segmentation microsegmentation and security compliance in private cloud.
Automation: Handson experience with IaC tools (Terraform Ansible etc. and orchestration platforms.
Monitoring: Knowledge of private cloud monitoring solutions like Prometheus Grafana or Splunk.
General Skills
Familiarity with hybrid cloud models integrating private cloud with public cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP).
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to stakeholders across the organization.
Soft Skills
Excellent leadership and team collaboration abilities.
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
Effective communication skills both verbal and written.
Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks effectively.
Education
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
Masters degree or relevant certifications (e.g. VMware VCP Nutanix NCP Red Hat OpenStack or equivalent) preferred.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$144200.00 $288400.00
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual fulltime 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 shortterm incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the companys equity award program.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers patients members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits investing in the physical emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages our great benefits include:
Affordable medical plan options a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions) and an employee stock purchase plan.
Nocost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings tobacco cessation and weight management programs confidential counseling and financial coaching.
Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off flexible work schedules family leave dependent care resources colleague assistance programs tuition assistance retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.
For more information visit anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 06/30/2025 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal state and local laws.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
