Lead Director - Solution Engineering (Infrastructure and DevOps)

Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.
 
Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

Overview:
Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.

Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

Join CVS Health as a Lead Director – Solution Engineering (Infrastructure and DevOps) – Pharmacy and Consumer Wellness.

Position Summary:
We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Director - Solution Engineering (Infrastructure & DevOps) to join our Pharmacy and Consumer wellness team. This role requires expertise in Infrastructure and DevOps practices, release management, and cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on scalability, security, and cost optimization. You will work closely with cross functional teams that create best-in-class solutions that integrate technology, information, and business processes. As the Lead Director you will be accountable for designing comprehensive Infrastructure and DevOps solutions that meet business requirements while managing existing legacy systems as they evolve to more modern technologies. 
 

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or a related role
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, with a strong focus on automation, cloud platforms, and CICD practices
• 3+ years of experience in release management, including managing and streamlining release workflows for platforms or application libraries

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP services
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure automation tools
• Expertise in CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions CI/CD
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Experience managing containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes and/or Ranchers
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and Linux/Windows system administration
• Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, or AppDynamics
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Certifications in AWS (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer), Azure, or Kubernetes (CKA/CKS)
• Experience with database administration (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.)
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies like Istio or Linkerd

Responsibilities: 

• As a senior figure within the Technology team, will lead Infrastructure and DevOps initiatives, drive the implementation of best practices and continuous improvement strategies to optimize the pharmacy & consumer wellness software engineering, Infrastructure and deployment processes
• The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in DevOps, agile methodologies, cloud infrastructure, and automation tools, utilizing their extensive experience to drive transformative change and ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our technology operating environment
• Design, implement, and maintain GitOps and CICD pipelines using tools such as Github Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, ArgoCD, Harness and other modern technologies
• Design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud and on-prem infrastructure using AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
• Monitor system health and performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, or ELK Stack
• Automate configuration management, provisioning, and deployment processes
• Ensure security best practices and compliance f