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Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Infrastructure Architect with expertise in Private Cloud environments. This role will focus on designing, building, and scaling private cloud solutions to meet our enterprise's compute, network, storage, and security needs. You will drive innovation, efficiency, and agility in our core infrastructure to support business-critical applications and services.

*This position is open to Remote or Hybrid workers.

Key Responsibilities

Private Cloud Strategy & Architecture
- Lead the design and development of private cloud infrastructure solutions to improve scalability, performance, and operational efficiency.
- Develop a long-term strategy for private cloud adoption, including on-premise infrastructure and hybrid cloud integration.
- Ensure infrastructure aligns with business objectives, leveraging industry best practices and emerging technologies.
- Establish private cloud standards, governance, and operational models for consistent delivery.
Compute Infrastructure – Private Cloud
- Architect virtualized compute solutions leveraging technologies like VMware vSphere, Nutanix, or OpenStack.
- Optimize private cloud compute resources for reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Integrate high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies into compute designs.
Private Cloud Networking
- Design and implement SDN (Software Defined Networking) solutions to enable flexible, programmable network architectures.
- Develop overlay and underlay networking strategies to enhance private cloud connectivity.
- Implement hybrid network solutions to securely integrate on-premises private cloud with public cloud platforms.
Storage Infrastructure in Private Cloud
- Architect private cloud storage solutions, including software-defined storage (SDS), to optimize performance and redundancy.
- Design scalable backup, recovery, and data protection solutions.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise storage policies and disaster recovery requirements.
Private Cloud Security
- Define and implement private cloud security controls, including segmentation, firewalls, micro-segmentation, and intrusion detection/prevention.
- Enforce identity and access management (IAM) policies for private cloud resources.
- Ensure regulatory compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS) within private cloud infrastructure.
Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Leverage IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet) to automate private cloud infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
- Promote self-service capabilities for infrastructure resources through automation and orchestration.
- Drive infrastructure lifecycle automation for monitoring, scaling, and patching.
Monitoring & Observability
- Implement advanced monitoring and observability tools to gain insights into private cloud infrastructure performance.
- Develop frameworks for predictive monitoring, log analysis, and capacity planning.
Collaboration & Leadership
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture, operations, and application teams to deliver private cloud solutions that align with business goals.
- Mentor infrastructure teams and provide technical leadership on private cloud best practices.
- Advocate for continuous improvement in private cloud capabilities and processes.

Required Qualifications

Experience

Minimum 10 years of infrastructure architecture experience, with 5+ years specializing in private cloud environments.
Demonstrated success in designing, implementing, and scaling private cloud solutions.
Strong understanding of virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V, KVM) and software-defined infrastructure.

Technical Skills

Compute: Expertise in virtualized environments, hypervisor optimization, and private cloud compute scaling.
Network: Proficiency in SDN, overlay networking, and hybrid connectivity (MPLS, SD-WAN).
Storage: Deep understanding of SDS, SAN/NAS, and backup solutions for private cloud.
Security: Experience implementing network segmentation, micro-segmentation, and security compliance in private cloud.
Automation: Hands-on experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) and orchestration platforms.
Monitoring: Knowledge of private cloud monitoring solutions like Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.

General Skills

Familiarity with hybrid cloud models integrating private cloud with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to stakeholders across the organization.

Soft Skills

Excellent leadership and team collaboration abilities.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks effectively.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Master’s degree or relevant certifications (e.g., VMware VCP, Nutanix NCP, Red Hat OpenStack, or equivalent) 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

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 04/30/2025

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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