
Principal Architect – Distributed Systems
CVS Health
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Arizona • United 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data architecturedistributed systemsbig-data designdata ingestionanalyticsApache SparkDatabricksApache KafkaJavaPython
Soft Skills
technical leadershipproblem-solvingcommunicationinfluencingcollaborationperformance engineeringobservability practicesdesign reviewstroubleshootingmentorship