Principal Cloud Engineer

CVS Health

Principal Cloud Engineer leading private cloud storage platform design and engineering. Responsible for large-scale storage architecture, data protection, and resiliency technologies at CVS Health.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeRemote • Arizona, Florida, New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $144,200 - $288,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityOpenShiftVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect and engineer enterprise storage platforms that ensure data integrity, availability, security, and disaster recovery readiness
Design and implement end-to-end storage solutions, including Software Defined Storage, SAN, NAS, and object storage across private cloud and data center environments
Drive strategic technology decisions by evaluating emerging products, tools, and standards supporting storage, data protection, cloud, and compute platforms
Lead infrastructure initiatives involving storage modernization, data protection, cyber recovery, data migration, and resilience engineering
Develop and execute enterprise strategies for backup, recovery, cyber vaulting, and business continuity
Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of storage architectures, configurations, policies, and operational procedures
Partner closely with enterprise security teams to define and enforce controls protecting sensitive data from cyber threats and unauthorized access
Stay current on emerging technologies in cloud storage, data protection, resiliency, and cybersecurity, recommending innovations to enhance performance and reduce cost
Provide expert-level guidance for multi-vendor storage technologies, ensuring optimal lifecycle, supportability, and performance outcomes
Mentor and guide engineering teams, fostering technical excellence and continuous improvement
Serve as a senior technical advisor to application, operations, and leadership teams, influencing strategy for compute, storage, cloud, and data protection services
Drive standardization, automation, and orchestration to optimize storage operations and improve infrastructure efficiency

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering with deep expertise in cloud storage, data protection, and cyber recovery
Expert-level knowledge of SAN, NAS, Object Storage, Software Define Storage, architectures and related ecosystem technologies
Experience leading data center consolidation, large-scale data migrations, and cloud storage modernization efforts
Strong multi-vendor management experience across major storage, backup, and cloud platform providers such as Dell PMAX, PFLEX, PowerScale, ObjectScale, Vast.
Demonstrated expertise developing backup, recovery, and cyber resiliency strategies for mission-critical workloads
Experience with virtualization platforms (e.g., OpenShift, VMware, Hyper-V); networking fundamentals a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision coverage
paid time off
retirement savings options
wellness programs
other resources, based on eligibility

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Hard Skills & Tools

enterprise storage platformsdata integritydata availabilitydata securitydisaster recoverySoftware Defined StorageSANNASobject storagedata migration

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringstrategic decision-makingcollaborationinfluencing strategytechnical excellencecontinuous improvement