Senior HP NonStop Engineer

At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.

As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

POSITION SUMMARY

As an essential figure within the PSS Delivery Support Services Systems Engineering organization, the Senior HP NonStop Engineer is instrumental in driving the development and implementation of innovative solutions for our critical infrastructure.  With a strong focus on HP NonStop application development, this role is primarily responsible for delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance software solutions.  In this position, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that our applications not only meet business requirements but also exceed industry standards.  Your deep expertise in HP NonStop architecture and understanding of application development principles will be paramount in creating innovative solutions.  With your exceptional critical thinking skills and commitment to excellence, you will contribute to the operational success of our organization.

Key Responsibilities

Development:  Deliver superior-level development for HP NonStop systems, including system architecture, software optimization, and debugging.  Identify and rectify system issues and software challenges, ensuring minimal impact on business operations and transactions.  Regularly enhance software performance, recommending and implementing improvements for efficiency and reliability.  Participate in system upgrades, patches, and migrations, coordinating with vendors and internal teams.  Conduct system health checks, capacity planning, and resource utilization analysis, adhering to industry standards and security protocols.  Ensure all software documentation, including system designs, configurations, procedures, and debugging guidelines, is precise and up to date.

Performance Maximization/Capacity Planning:  Monitor and optimize software performance proactively, suggesting and implementing enhancements to bolster efficiency and reliability.  Conduct system health checks, capacity planning, and resource utilization analysis, ensuring compliance with industry standards and security protocols.  Analyze software performance metrics, perform performance tests to identify improvement areas, and optimize accordingly.  Collaborate with cross-functional teams to anticipate system resource requirements and ensure scalability and performance meet business needs.  Recommend and implement improvements to the HP Nonstop software infrastructure to achieve peak performance and reliability.

Audit and Compliance/Risk Management:  Develop and enforce security measures to safeguard the software from cyber threats.  Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations related to data security and privacy.  Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conduct regular security audits and risk assessments, implementing necessary remediation measures.  Contribute to the formulation and maintenance of disaster recovery plans and business continuity strategies for the HP software infrastructure.

Leadership and Mentorship:  Serve as a subject matter expert, providing guidance, training to junior software developers, and fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and skill development.  Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain highly efficient and scalable software solutions.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of quantifiable experience in software development, specifically focusing on HPE Tandem NonStop systems and Guardian utilities
• 5+ years of demonstrable understanding and direct experience with SQL MP/MX, Data Definition Language (DDL), and ENFORM, substantiated by the specific number of systems worked on
• 5+ years of documented proficiency in languages such as TAL/pTAL/EPTAL/XPTAL, COBOL, and SCOBOL, and command prompt and scripting language like TACL, all illustrated through past projects and use-cases
• Ability to participate in an on-call rotation providing high-quality customer service (1 rotation every 3-4 weeks)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, proven by successful team projects and collaborations in a NonStop environment
• Robust critical thinking skills, evidenced by measurable success in troubleshooting and resolving complex software issues using the CrystalPoint OutsideView Tool
• Knowledge of fault-resilient architecture and disaster recovery concepts, backed by instances of successful implementation on NonStop systems
• Experience in monitoring and tuning HPE Tandem NonStop application performance
• Experience with designing and implementing high availability and disaster recovery solutions for NonStop systems, including configuring redundancy, developing backup strategies, and ensuring business continuity, all supported by measurable outcomes

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree or, equivalent 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.

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$40.11 - $98.05

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. 
 

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

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 05/30/2025

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.