[Hiring] Staff Cloud Automation Engineer @CVS Health

Role Description

CVS Health is hiring a Staff Cloud Automation Engineer to help define, build, and scale the next generation of enterprise cloud platforms that power infrastructure delivery across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and private cloud environments. As a Staff Cloud Automation Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for advancing the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) capabilities that enable thousands of engineers to securely provision, deploy, govern, and operate infrastructure at enterprise scale.

The Staff Cloud Automation Engineer will help drive a modern cloud platform ecosystem focused on:

• Automation
• Developer productivity
• Governance
• Security
• Reliability
• Operational excellence

Key platform capabilities include:

• AI-powered developer experiences running on Kubernetes
• Policy-driven governance powered by Open Policy Agent (OPA)
• GitOps-based deployment and configuration management utilizing ArgoCD, Helm, and Ansible
• Terraform-based provisioning and reconciliation services
• Temporal-based workflow orchestration
• Artifactory and ORAS publishing platforms
• Enterprise observability solutions built on OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, and Mimir

You will design and develop cloud-native software, automation frameworks, platform services, APIs, and shared engineering capabilities using technologies such as:

• TypeScript
• Go
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• Helm
• Azure AI Foundry
• GitHub Actions
• Ansible
• ServiceNow
• Modern cloud services

You will partner closely with:

• Cloud architects
• Platform engineers
• Security teams
• Software developers
• Technology leaders

The Staff Cloud Automation Engineer will provide technical leadership for strategic platform investments and may ultimately own one or more critical platform domains, including:

• AI-powered engineering solutions
• Developer platforms
• Terraform reconciliation services
• Governance and policy systems
• Workflow orchestration services
• Observability platforms
• Publishing ecosystems
• Shared infrastructure automation capabilities

You will influence platform architecture, establish engineering standards, mentor engineers, and help shape the long-term roadmap for enterprise cloud platform modernization.

The ideal Staff Cloud Automation Engineer combines deep expertise in:

• Cloud platforms
• Software engineering
• Infrastructure as Code
• Kubernetes
• Automation
• Distributed systems

Successful candidates are motivated by building secure, scalable, resilient, and reusable platforms that empower engineering teams across CVS Health.

Qualifications

• 7+ years delivering cloud engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, software engineering, or cloud automation solutions within large-scale enterprise environments.
• 6+ years architecting, deploying, and operating solutions across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including cloud-native platforms, distributed systems, and enterprise-scale infrastructure.
• 5+ years designing and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, Ansible, or comparable cloud-native technologies.
• 5+ years building software, platform services, automation frameworks, APIs, developer tooling, or cloud-native applications using Go, TypeScript, Python, Node.js, or similar programming languages.
• 3+ years leading technical initiatives involving CI/CD, GitOps, cloud governance, policy-as-code, observability, security, reliability, and modern platform engineering practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building AI-powered developer platforms, AI agents, agentic workflows, or developer productivity solutions leveraging Azure AI Foundry, large language models (LLMs), and modern AI engineering frameworks.
• Experience with Temporal, event-driven architectures, workflow orchestration platforms, and large-scale automation systems operating in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience serving as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, or Lead Platform Engineer, providing technical leadership for cloud platform, infrastructure, or developer experience initiatives.
• Experience implementing observability and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices utilizing OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Mimir, and related monitoring, telemetry, and reliability platforms.
• Experience with Artifactory, ORAS, GitHub Actions, ServiceNow integrations, Docusaurus, and highly regulated healthcare, payer, pharmacy, or Fortune 500 enterprise environments.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or equivalent work experience (High School Diploma/GED plus 4 years of relevant experience).

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is: $130,295.00 - $260,590.00. 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Retirement savings options
• Wellness programs
• Other resources, based on eligibility