CVS Health · 1 day ago
Principal Solution Architect - Finance PSS
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $288K/yr
10+ years expCVS Health is building a world of health around every individual, emphasizing a connected and compassionate health experience. The Principal Solution Architect will oversee business solution designs for key strategic initiatives, providing leadership in architecture and modernization efforts within the Finance Pharmacy Services IT tower.
Health CareMedicalPharmaceuticalRetailSales
Responsibilities
Ultimate accountability and oversight for driving solutions 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
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
Providing leadership, coaching and guidance to App Dev, ETS and TAI develop/assemble PBM-applicable reference architectures for cloud-native applications to be applied to PBM apps targeted for refactor and optimization
Leverage significant technical expertise and domain knowledge to identify PBM apps targeted for refactor and optimization for cloud
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
Engage with appropriate stakeholders to recommend or assess opportunities to drive cost efficiencies aimed at simplicity, configurability and eventual elimination of technical debt associated with PSS applications
Qualification
Required
10+ years in design/development experience
2+ years of hands-on cloud implementation experience
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, preferably 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 is a must
Domain Driven Design: Be able to map the domain scope to Bounded Contexts /Microservices
Experience working with technologies that work as glue between modern applications and legacy infrastructure leveraging streaming platforms like Apache Kafka
Ability to collaborate with Digital, IT, EA, Ops and Security to deliver solutions
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 as well as Cloud 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
Preferred
Experience in the finance domain is a PLUS
Benefits
Affordable medical plan options
401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
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
Company
CVS Health
CVS Health is a health solutions company that provides an integrated healthcare services to its members.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4BKey Investors
Michigan Economic Development CorporationStarboard Value
2025-08-15Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2025-07-17Grant· $1.5M
2019-11-25Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
David Joyner
President and Chief Executive Officer, CVS Health
Chandra McMahon
SVP & CISO
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