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Principal Engineer, Specialty Pharmacy Platform Database Architecture & Modernization
Principal Engineer, Specialty Pharmacy Platform Database Architecture & Modernization-November 2024
Buffalo Grove
Nov 1, 2026
ABOUT CVS HEALTH
CVS Health is a healthcare innovation company. Together, we are helping people on their path to better health.
10,000+ employees
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About Principal Engineer, Specialty Pharmacy Platform Database Architecture & Modernization

  Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

  Position Summary

  The Principal Engineer of Specialty Pharmacy Systems Platform Database Architecture and Modernization is responsible for leading the transformation of existing pharmacy systems into a modern, cloud-based, suite of independent products, defined by the pharmacy value chain with the aim of improving business agility, enabling innovation, improving availability, resiliency, and scalability, and achieving these objectives without disrupting business-as- usual.

  The leader will be the driving force behind strategic vision, operational excellence, and risk management. With advanced expertise in the field, he/she will provide leadership through complex data analysis, contributing to CVS Health's growth and success.

  This dynamic leader will engage with senior business and technology leaders to understand business strategies and data needs and be accountable for defining and leading a modernization strategy that is closely aligned with our business strategy and technology vision. He / She will have the ability to influence will directly impact the organization's goals and maintain its leadership in the healthcare sector

  This leader will create a multi-year roadmap of modernization phases that align with an aggressive set of business priorities, establish common enterprise level capabilities, detail cost and time estimates, identify benefits and define the overall approach to transform and modernize the Specialty Pharmacy Systems, while partnering with Enterprise Pharmacy Platform Modernization teams across Retail and Mail systems.

  This leader will work to achieve agreement across the many senior level business and IT stakeholders and then drive execution of the approved strategy, adjusting as business and technical priorities shift.

  PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  Responsibilities: Develop and maintain a Strategic Roadmap of Modernization

  Develop a multi-year strategy for modernizing a mission-critical, high-volume, near-zero downtime application, which undergoes continuous change. Identify, detail and promote opportunities for common enterprise capabilities and define a migration path toward implementing them.

  Influence business and IT stakeholders to achieve approval of cost, timeline and approach. 20% Lead Execution/Delivery of the Modernization Roadmap: Direct and manage a multi-disciplinary cross-functional team of IT resources in executing the modernization roadmap, collaborating with application owners and managers and many other IT stakeholders. Adjusting as needed when business and technical priorities shift. 50% Develop the Team: Manage staff and coordinate staff activities, including hiring permanent and temporary staff, developing the team and focusing on professional and career development opportunities. 20% Ensure Funding, Track progress, Report status, Adjust: Ensure modernization strategy remains properly funded thru demonstrated value. Collaborate with the Project Management Office, Business and IT stakeholders to track progress against cost, value, timeline and deliverables, adjusting as needed. 10%

  Required Qualifications

  Demonstrated experience with high-volume, mission-critical, near-zero downtime systems Working knowledge of Cloud platforms and the technologies that make them work. (Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Pivotal Cloud Foundry etc)

  Experience with strategies for incremental migration away from legacy systems with a mindset for modernizing applications

  Ability to build trusted relations with business and technology partners across the organization to ensure the system strategy maximizes and unlocks business value Highly effective collaborator, able to build cross-functional teams and communicate at all levels of the organization with demonstrated excellent communications skills and natural authority; develop strong internal credibility to leverage non-direct staff and in working with other executives Relationship Management, Influencing and Negotiating: Promotes ideas and proposals persuasively; able to work through conflicts to negotiate win/win solutions that benefit the business and technology teams Strong business and financial acumen, which enables teams to create compelling business cases, effectively align and drive outcomes Change agent capable of driving cultural and technical change throughout the organization

  15+ years of relevant experience with 8-10 years of people management experience and 8+ years in a Principal Database Architect role with strong project management and delivery experience

  3+ years of agile delivery experience

  8+ years in a Principal Architect role

  8+ years working with Relational Databases (primarily Oracle 19g, PL/SQL)

  Experience with automation for testing, continuous integration, code coverage, and build processes.

  Strong background in Oracle, PL/SQL and other database systems, extending beyond conventional database roles.

  Understanding of the crucial role of automation, demonstrated through handling complex tasks across large-scale environments.

  Able to work effectively under pressure, independently, and within a collaborative team-oriented environment using sound judgment in decision making.

  Preferred Qualifications

  Familiarity with emerging technologies and trends, enabling effective estimation of their impact on decisions and services.

  Proven track record of successfully implementing strategies that enhance customer/user satisfaction.

  Knowledge of healthcare market trends and ability to adapt strategies for revenue expansion.

  Experience in resource optimization and allocation, contributing to efficient project management.

  Background in managing projects with substantial scale and complexity.

  Understanding of regulatory compliance and security considerations within the healthcare sector.

  Education

  Bachelor’s Degree

  Pay Range

  The typical pay range for this role is:

  $175,100.00 - $334,800.00

  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 jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefits

  CVS Health requires certain colleagues to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any booster shots if required), where allowable under the law, unless they are approved for a reasonable accommodation based on disability, medical condition, religious belief, or other legally recognized reasons that prevents them from being vaccinated.

  You are required to have received at least one COVID-19 shot prior to your first day of employment and to provide proof of your vaccination status or apply for a reasonable accommodation within the first 10 days of your employment. Please note that in some states and roles, you may be required to provide proof of full vaccination or an approved reasonable accommodation before you can begin to actively work.

  CVS Health is committed to recruiting, hiring, developing, advancing, and retaining individuals with disabilities. As such, we strive to provide equal access to the benefits and privileges of employment, including the provision of a reasonable accommodation to perform essential job functions. CVS Health can provide a request for a reasonable accommodation, including a qualified interpreter, written information in other formats, translation or other services through [email protected] If you have a speech or hearing disability, please call 7-1-1 to utilize Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS). We will make every effort to respond to your request within 48 business hours and do everything we can to work towards a solution.

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