Lead Solution Architect

CVS Health • Buffalo Grove, IL

3d • Remote

About The Position

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 The Lead Solution Architect serves as a solution expert, at the business unit level developing the most advanced end-to-end solution architecture for highly complex and significant initiatives in partnership with key business and IT stakeholders. Exposes current state architecture and identifies options for future state architecture. Works closely with business and IT stakeholders creating solutions that balance competing interests and concerns. Develops plans for and facilitates the migration from current to selected future state by providing technical leadership to multiple initiatives. Mentors those in less senior positions. We are open to multiple CVS locations to include remote.

Requirements

• 10+ years in design/development experience
• 2+ years of hands-on cloud implementation experience

Nice To Haves

• 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
• Experience working with technologies that work as glue between modern apps and legacy infrastructure leveraging streaming platforms like Apache Kafka
• Experience in enterprise development tools and methodologies (XP, Agile) including DevSecOps and DataOps
• Hands-on technologists with coding skills and proficient in modern technology stacks (Cloud, DevOps, Kafka etc.)
• 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
• Platform: GCP/AKS – Kubernetes
• DB: PostgreSQL, Mongo DB, Cloud SQL, Spanner
• Front end: Angular 17 & MFE components with MicroStrategy SDK, Typescript; CSS: PrimeFlex
• Backend: Spring boot 3.3, Apache POI

Responsibilities

• Accountability and oversight for driving solutions for key strategic initiatives from cradle to grave for a given domain by providing leadership and oversight to solution engineers and architects who are intimately familiar with the application architectures within their specific domain.
• Provide technology leadership, solution oversight, and guidance to ensure that the solution adheres to PSS Architecture Guiding Principles and standards while maximizing reuse of technology assets.
• 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
• 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.
• Lead and drive proofs-of-concept and technology deep-dives specific to partner technologies
• Advise and assist App development teams with technical roadblocks such as performance challenges within a solution in key strategic initiatives

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees