Lead DevOps Engineer

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to lead vendor application deployments and accelerate automation of vendor application installations and D2D (day-to-day) operational processes across enterprise environments. This role focuses on building reliable deployment pipelines, reducing manual effort, strengthening change/release execution, and enabling repeatable operational runbooks through automation. 

Note on “D2D”: In our internal context, D2D commonly refers to day-to-day activities related to administration, support, and configuration; this role is accountable for automating those repeatable operational tasks. EG: Bi-weekly data dictionary/Edit code processing and quarterly vendor patching

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years in DevOps/SRE/Automation/Platform Engineering with hands-on ownership of pipelines and production deployments.
• Proven experience deploying and supporting vendor/third-party applications across multiple environments with formal release/change coordination.
• 5+ years of strong automation and scripting skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash, and/or similar) and experience automating operational tasks.
• Experience with automation tooling and source control workflows (e.g., Ansible and GitHub-based practices). 
• Solid understanding of change/release practices and how to execute them without slowing delivery.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building automation that updates inventory/CMDB or integrates with ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow) and creates relationships between systems.
• Previous experience with maintaining and migrating Claimsxten product
• Experience improving observability/monitoring stacks and operational metrics.
• Experience with container platforms and/or cloud-native operations (Kubernetes, platform engineering concepts).

Education
Bachelor's degree

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

This 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. 
 

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.

• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

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