Principle Architect

CVS Health

5d

About The Position

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. A Brief Overview: Designs and develops IT architecture solutions—spanning integrated processes, applications, data, cloud, and emerging technologies—to address complex business problems in alignment with enterprise architecture standards. Performs technical planning, architecture development, AI/ML integration, and modification of specifications. Develops specifications for new products/services, applications, and service offerings. Evaluates the compatibility and interoperability of products and services proposed as standards to ensure an integrated architecture across interdependent technologies and cloud ecosystems.

Requirements

• 15+ years of relevant work experience (10+ years in architecture)
• 10+ years of experience building large scale business applications using modern technologies and architecture.
• 10+ years of experience designing complex integrations with a focus on performance engineering and loose coupling using APIs, microservices, and event-driven architecture.
• 8+ years of experience and proficiency with modern languages, frameworks, and technologies.
• 6+ years of experience facilitating implementation of north star architectures by delivery teams through mentoring and building POCs, starter code, and other collaborative activities.
• Expert-level understanding of architectural methodologies/best practices, business climate, and/or regulation that affect architecture decisions.
• Recognized technical leader with full stack technology knowledge and recognized as an expert in one or more technical subjects.
• Experience recognizing the impact architectural approaches can have on strategic business decisions.
• Substantial experience with requirements analysis, estimation, systems and application design, and testing.
• Expert understanding of architectural methodologies and the development of standards, architectural governance, design patterns and best practices.
• A diverse technical background with key areas of depth around AI/ML/Agentic AI, cloud, data platforms, hybrid solutions and operating at scale.
• Experience with requirements analysis, estimation, systems design, and application design.
• Excellent collaboration, influencing, negotiation, coaching and coalition-building skills.
• Bachelors Degree is a must.

Nice To Haves

• Masters Degree
• Experience developing architecture using agile methodology or SAFe practices.
• Experience in AI architecture and practical application of AI technologies.
• Experience with the concepts and practical application of Generative AI, Agentic AI.
• A self-starter that is naturally inquisitive.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Strategy & Maturity Develop an architectural maturity model and strategic roadmap that moves teams from project delivery to production readiness and scales toward modern cloud-native, AI-enabled architectures. Lead the transition of work execution into Agile and AI-augmented delivery frameworks.
• AI/ML, Cloud, and Generative AI Integration Define and evolve enterprise patterns for AI/ML workloads, including model lifecycle, data pipelines, inference scalability, observability, and responsible AI controls. Drive the adoption of cloud-native architectures across platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) to support scalability, cost optimization, and modernization initiatives. Introduce Generative AI and Agentic AI capabilities to enhance automation, developer efficiency, customer experiences, and decision intelligence. Establish architectural guardrails for LLM integration, prompt engineering, vector search, and AI agents within enterprise applications. Partner with Data, Cloud, and Security teams to ensure that AI-powered and cloud-based solutions meet regulatory, privacy, performance, and resiliency requirements.
• Insights & Visualization Build actionable insights using in-house reporting tools, AI-driven analytics, and architectural visualizations to enhance decision-making, transparency, and competitive advantage.
• Process Development & Governance Develop standard processes that improve decision-making speed, increase transparency, and support AI-enabled observability into team practices. Inspect architecture patterns to ensure the right models—cloud-native, microservices, event-driven, AI/ML, and GenAI-enabled—are leveraged for scalability, resiliency, reliability, stability, and availability.
• Deployment Support & Technical Guidance Apply advanced architectural knowledge to support teams in building seamless deployment and rollback strategies for key initiatives (e.g., Air Support, Omnichannel, Mail to Retail), including cloud and AI-powered components.
• Cross-Functional Consultation & Leadership Consult with key stakeholders across Digital, Business, AI, Cloud, and IT functions to understand impacts, communicate changes, and define best practices for architectural schematics and AI-enabled workflows. Develop processes to identify skill gaps and implement upskilling programs around cloud architecture, AI/ML engineering, GenAI, and modern delivery practices.
• Relationship Building & Strategy Partner with Digital, Business, and IT organizations to drive innovative cloud and AI strategies across the retail pharmacy line of business. Lead architectural decision-making to ensure compliance with enterprise standards, including cloud governance, AI ethics, and emerging technology guidelines.

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