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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 :

CVS Health is recruiting for a Principal Engineer specializing in VMware, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Storage, and Compute platforms. In this high-impact role, you will lead the design and implementation of cutting-edge virtualization and container orchestration platforms that underpin our enterprise compute infrastructure. This role demands a systems thinker who thrives in large-scale hybrid environments, prioritizes platform reliability and operational excellence. The Principal Engineer needs to have a proven track record of building enterprise container and virtualization platforms from scratch. You'll help drive the execution of our hybrid infrastructure strategy spanning traditional virtualization and modern container orchestration while ensuring seamless workload migrations, automation at scale, and platform orchestration across VMware vSphere, Kubernetes, and OpenShift environments. The Principal Engineer will serve as a thought leader for platform engineering teams, ensuring our infrastructure approach is robust, innovative, and aligned with evolving business objectives.

You will make an impact by :

Strategic Platform Design & Build

• Drive the end-to-end designs for highly scalable, hybrid virtualization and container platforms (VMware vSphere, Kubernetes, OpenShift), ensuring alignment with business goals and operational requirements
• Partner with other Distinguished Engineers, Architects, and leadership to shape the long-term infrastructure modernization roadmap, with specific milestones for container adoption and hybrid cloud integrations
• Champion best practices for high-availability, performance, security, and cost optimization across virtualized and containerized workloads

Platform Development & Automation

Hybrid Infrastructure & Emerging Technologies

Cross-Functional Leadership & Mentoring

Enterprise Governance & Operations

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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.

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.

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We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on : 01 / 01 / 2026

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