
Lead Director, Software Development Engineering – SRE, Retail Pharmacy
CVS Health
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Woonsocket • Arizona • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $144,200 - $288,400 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead a global team of technical professionals
- Align SRE strategies with enterprise goals
- Execute on a multi-year roadmap for observability, automation, and reliability improvements
- Define and implement standardization and process improvements
- Define and maintain Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and business KPIs
- Build and optimize dashboards, visualizations, and alerting systems
- Provide weekly and monthly reporting on KPIs and other operational-based metrics
- Develop and implement strategic communication plans to support organizational goals
- Reduce operational costs and increase efficiency through automation and platform engineering
- Lead major incident management
- Champion modern cloud, edge, and AI-driven monitoring solutions
- Partner with architects, product engineering, and infrastructure teams
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience with cloud platform technologies such as: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
- 8+ years of experience in a technical leadership or people management role
- 8+ years of experience leading complex technical initiatives using Agile/continuous improvement methodologies
- 8+ years of managing distributed technology environments
- 5+ years of experience in container orchestration (Kubernetes) and using monitoring tools (Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Prometheus, Splunk, Grafana, etc.)
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure components (compute, storage, networking, security)
- Strong knowledge of Point of Sale (POS), pharmacy systems, handheld devices, store servers, and network infrastructure
- Exceptional communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
- Experience leading performance reviews, career development planning, and team capacity management
- Mastery of incident management, observability, automation, and operational excellence practices
- Adept at resource planning, program delivery, and change leadership at enterprise scale
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- paid time off
- retirement savings options
- wellness programs
- comprehensive benefits package designed to support physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud platform technologiesAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesDynatraceAppDynamicsPrometheusSplunkGrafana
Soft Skills
communicationdecision-makingproblem-solvingtechnical leadershippeople managementperformance reviewscareer development planningteam capacity managementresource planningchange leadership