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Position Summary

The Principal Solution Architect is accountable for the business solution designs for key strategic initiatives including (but not limited to) developing architectures that represent business, applications/integration, data, infrastructure, platform, and security architectures.

In this role you will act as the chief SME architect for a key strategic initiative(s) within PSS IT tower leveraging significant enterprise experience in architecture and hands-on delivery of solutions to achieve business outcomes. This includes having the strong ability to look around the corner at emerging technologies and advise senior leadership around the strategic technical vision for the tower. You will play a key role in furthering the modernization journey for Pharmacy Services Segment (PSS) IT in alignment with the Enterprise IT strategy.

Provide technology leadership, solution oversight, and guidance to ensure that the solution adheres to Pharmacy Services Architecture Guiding Principles and standards while maximizing reuse of technology assets.

• Help drive and lead architecture, selection, design, engineering and implementation of integration platforms and solutions

• Create the high-level designs of well-engineered integration solutions and guide implementation teams on the choice of integration solutions (e.g., Rest, GraphQL, and Event Driven) and patterns to use in the detailed design and implementation.

• Design integrations and APIs

• Advise technical teams on performance, scalability, reliability, monitoring and other operational concerns of integration solutions.

• Design reusable assets, components, standards, frameworks, and processes to support and facilitate APIs, and microservices.

• Establish DevSecOps and Operational design for the Integration Solutions

• Work on POCs

• Cradle to Grave Solution Leadership: Ultimate accountability and oversight for driving solutions for key strategic initiatives from cradle to grave for a given domain by providing leadership and oversight to engineers and application architects who are intimately familiar with the application architectures within their specific domain.

• Buy vs Build Analysis: In depth experience in performing Buy vs Build analysis based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis across the available options to provide a final recommendation based on the rationale.

• Architecture and design reviews: Play a key leadership role in architecture design reviews and identify gaps and recommend design changes. Actively lead and participate in the Architecture community to drive modernization opportunities for the advancement of PBM technology while keeping in mind the complexities of our IT landscape.

• Develop Reference architecture and implementation: Providing leadership, coaching and guidance to App Dev, Technology Services and Solutions and EA to develop/assemble PBM-applicable reference architectures for cloud-native applications to be applied to PBM apps targeted for refactor and optimization.

• Value Pool Rationalization: Rationalize portfolio at the value pool level by working with value pool Leaders and the Portfolio Management Team

• Proof of concept technology support: Lead and drive proofs-of-concept and technology deep-dives specific to partner technologies

• “Roll up your sleeves and help clear technical roadblocks”: Advise and assist App development teams with technical roadblocks such as performance challenges within a solution in key strategic initiatives

• Cost optimization identification: Engage with appropriate stakeholders to recommend or assess opportunities to drive cost efficiencies aimed at simplicity, configurability and eventual elimination of technical debt associated with Pharmacy Services applications.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in design/development experience

• 2+ years of hands-on cloud implementation experience

• Best in class technical subject matter expertise and domain knowledge

• SME level understanding of cloud design and architecture for one or more public cloud provider (Azure, AWS, GCP) to deliver large-scale distributed solutions across the full enterprise stack

• SME level technical skills in the following areas: application and integration architecture, security and automation along with a working knowledge of IT operations

• SME level understanding of APIs and microservices-based architecture is a must

• In depth knowledge in Domain Driven Design

• Experience working with technologies that work as glue between modern apps and legacy infrastructure leveraging streaming platforms like Apache Kafka

• Ability to collaborate with Digital, IT, EA, Ops and Security to deliver solutions

• Experience in enterprise development tools and methodologies (XP, Agile) including DevSecOps and DataOps

• Hands-on technologist with coding skills and proficient in modern technology stacks (Cloud, DevSecOps, Kafka etc.)

• Ability to solve business problems using AI/ML and Robotics Process Automation

• Understanding of both SQL and NoSQL database technologies

• Demonstrable hands-on experience is a must

• Facilitates adoption of cloud-native/cloud-first architectures.

• Experience integrating with legacy mainframe/mid-range AS400 applications including developing roadmaps for modernization of the applications

Soft Skills:

• Ability to teach and upskill talent within the organization.

• Thought leadership and mentoring

• Excellent communication

• Deep collaboration skills. Ability to work as a team player seeking alignment and able to influence business outcomes

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the PBM Industry

• GCP/Azure Architect cloud certification

• Data Engineering and Machine Learning experience

Education

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field required

• Masters Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$144,200.00 - $288,400.00

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.

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: 12/31/2024

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

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