CVS Health

Principal Architect – Distributed Systems

CVS Health

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: ArizonaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $144,200 - $288,400 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Provide technical ownership and architectural leadership for the Vulnerability Services Engine (VSE) platform, including data ingestion, analytics, distributed processing, and application layers
  • Own the technical specifications, data architecture, and evolution of vulnerability and exposure data products
  • Design, document, and enforce: System and solution architectures Component and framework selection Implementation and integration standards
  • Lead distributed systems and big-data design for large-scale telemetry ingestion, processing, and analytics using platforms such as Apache Spark, Databricks, and Apache Kafka.
  • Define and implement integration strategies for internal CVS Health platforms and external vendor systems across multi-cloud environments (Azure, GCP, AWS)
  • Provide hands-on engineering leadership through code contributions, design reviews, and deep technical troubleshooting
  • Establish and lead performance engineering and observability practices, including throughput optimization, scalability testing, and system tuning
  • Serve as technical lead for vendor evaluations and proofs-of-concept, assessing architectural fit, performance, and scalability
  • Act as a senior technical advisor to Exposure Management and broader ISTS teams, influencing standards and platform direction through example and implementation

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems
  • 5+ years of experience with big-data platforms and high-volume data integration
  • 5+ years of experience building web and service-based applications
  • Hands-on coding proficiency in at least one of Java, Python, Javascript
  • 5+ years in senior technical leadership roles such as Architect, Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or equivalent, with demonstrated hands-on ownership
  • Proven ability to operate in enterprise-scale, mission-critical environments with strong performance and reliability requirements
Benefits
  • medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • paid time off
  • retirement savings options
  • wellness programs
  • comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families
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Hard Skills & Tools
data architecturedistributed systemsbig-data designdata ingestionanalyticsApache SparkDatabricksApache KafkaJavaPython
Soft Skills
technical leadershipproblem-solvingcommunicationinfluencingcollaborationperformance engineeringobservability practicesdesign reviewstroubleshootingmentorship