Principal Observability Data Infrastructure Engineer

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.CVS Health invites a seasoned and highly skilled Principal Observability Data Infrastructure Engineer to join our team. In this critical role, you will be the technical lead for development, management, and continuous refinement of our observability data platforms. This individual will be responsible for providing guidance to other engineers, and leading efforts with a hands-on approach to enhance data integrity and governance, optimize performance, streamline data processes, and broaden the scope of actionable insights derived from complex operational datasets. The ideal candidate is experienced in building and managing enterprise data pipelines and large-scale analytics architectures including Splunk, has experience establishing and enforcing processes and standards for data and platform/solutions governance, is proficient in query languages like SPL2, SQL, and has programming, source management, DevOps, and database management experience.**Key Responsibilities:**+ Develop and implement advanced data collection, storage, and analysis solutions to support real-time monitoring and alerting.+ Implement and refine data models with a focus on bolstering data performance, reliability, and operational intelligence.+ Continuously improve our observability data platforms to meet evolving business needs and technological advancements.+ Enhance data integrity by establishing and enforcing robust data governance processes and standards.+ Work with our partners to drive value through actionable insights derived from operational datasets.+ Ensure compliance with industry regulations and internal policies regarding data security and privacy.+ Spearhead development of sophisticated data pipelines, utilizing an array of modern technologies to enable seamless data collection and near real-time data processing at massive scale.+ Optimize data flows, data tiering, classification, transformation, reduction, storage and retrieval strategies to ensure efficient data processing and delivery.+ Implement performance tuning and optimization techniques to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of data infrastructure.+ Analyze, optimize, and report on resource utilization to minimize costs while maintaining high performance and reliability.+ Provide mentorship and guidance to other engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.+ Lead cross-functional teams in the design, development, and deployment of observability solutions.+ Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into technical requirements and solutions.+ Utilize proficiency in query languages like SPL2 and SQL to write and optimize complex queries for data extraction and manipulation.+ Apply programming skills and DevOps practices to automate workflows, manage source code, and ensure seamless integration and deployment of data solutions.+ Oversee data management and lifecycle activities, ensuring data consistency, security, and availability.**Required Skills and Qualifications:**+ 10+ years of experience managing massive data platforms in a large enterprise, reflecting a deep understanding of observability, data pipelines, and analytics platforms in a complex ecosystem.+ Pipeline Mastery: 6+ years of mastery in crafting and maintaining high-volume data pipelines, with hands-on proficiency in industry-leading tools.+ Data Modeling: A deep understanding of contemporary data modeling techniques, data architecture strategies, and the intricacies of data platform architecture.+ Collaboration: A proven track record of effective cross-disciplinary collaboration, exhibiting the ability to meld technical prowess with business acumen.+ Problem-Solving: Exceptional problem-solving aptitude, adept at navigating the fast-paced challenges inherent in a dynamic healthcare IT environment.+ Communication: Stellar communication skills, capable of distilling complex technical data solutions into comprehensible insights for diverse audiences.+ Project Management: Experience with project management as a driver and/or key contributor.+ Query and Programming Proficiency: Proficiency developing queries in languages like SPL2 and SQL. Hands-on experience with source code management, DevOps practices and platforms, database management, and developing automation using scripting and programming languages.**Education**Bachelor degree from accredited university or equivalent work experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)**BUSINESS 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. We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities**Pay Range**The typical pay range for this role is:$144,200.00 - $288,400.00This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health (https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits)We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 11/30/2024Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.