Senior Manager- Platform Engineering/DevOps

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Senior Manager, Platform Engineering /DevOps

Who are you

You are an experiencedSenior Manager / emerging Staff-level leader in DevOps and Platform Engineering with strong technical depth and demonstrated leadership in delivering enterprise-scale cloud platforms. You bring a balanced mix ofhands-on engineering expertise, team leadership, and execution rigor.

You excel in driving outcomes incomplex, multi-stakeholder environments, guiding teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality platform solutions. You are comfortable leading engineers, managing stakeholders, and owning delivery across multiple workstreams.

You demonstrate:

• A strongownership mindset with accountability for delivery and outcomes
• Ability totranslate business needs into actionable engineering roadmaps
• Solid expertise incloud-native platforms, DevOps practices, and SRE principles
• Capability tolead teams and influence without requiring extensive tenure

Role Responsibilities

Development & Enforcement

• Own and execute theH100 platform engineering roadmap, aligned to enterprise priorities and program milestones
• Drive delivery ofGCP-based platform capabilities (GKE, networking, IAM, CI/CD, observability)
• Establish and enforceengineering standards, best practices, and ADR compliance
• Ensure adherence tosecurity, compliance, and governance requirements (SOC2, HIPAA)

Collaboration & Expertise

• Partner withclient stakeholders and cross-functional teams (security, networking, applications)
• Provideclear status reporting, risk identification, and mitigation strategies
• Coordinatedependencies across teams and delivery streams
• Act as atechnical and delivery point of contact for platform-related discussions

Analysis & Configuration

• Oversee implementation ofGCP landing zone components (resource hierarchy, IAM, networking)
• Guide adoption ofGitOps models and CI/CD frameworks (Config Sync, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions)
• Monitorplatform SLOs and operational metrics (uptime, MTTR, deployment frequency)
• Identify risks, capacity constraints, and improvement opportunities

Operational Support

• Leadincident response and escalation management, including post-mortems
• Ensure availability ofrunbooks, documentation, and operational procedures
• SupportSRE practices and production readiness models
• Maintainplatform reliability and operational stability

Mentorship & Training

• Lead a team ofengineers (FTE  + Contractors)
• Provideguidance, mentorship, and performance direction
• Supportknowledge sharing and onboarding for contractor teams
• Promote a culture ofcontinuous improvement and accountability

Innovation and Research

• Identify opportunities forautomation and platform optimization
• Support integration ofAI-driven operations and intelligent tooling
• Evaluate tools related tocloud security posture and DevOps efficiency
• Encourage adoption ofmodern platform engineering practices

Strategic Planning

• Drivesprint planning, backlog prioritization, and Agile execution
• Manageresource allocation and contractor utilization
• TrackSOW deliverables, milestones, and dependencies
• Provideregular reporting on progress, risks, and capacity

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or SRE
• 4+ years of experience in team leadership, management, or technical lead roles , leadingmid-sized teams (5–10 engineers)
• 3+ years of experience with technical foundation in:
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (GKE, IAM, networking, monitoring)
  • Kubernetes and container-based systems
  • CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
  • Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, KCC, Kustomize)
• 4+ years of experience with:
  • Agile/Scrum delivery and sprint execution
  • Incident management and operational support (SRE practices)
  • Cross-team coordination and stakeholder communication
• 1+ years ofAI-driven operations or automation frameworks
• 3+ years of experience designing, implementing and troubleshooting cloud networking, including VPCs routing, load balancing, firewalls, DNS, hybrid connectivity and secure communication between applications
• 3 + years of experience working in support , production environment and periodic on call rotation
• 3+ years experience with any of the following databases SQL, Oracle, Mongo DB, Cassandra , Cloud Spanner , Kafka

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability tomanage delivery in structured programs with multiple dependencies
• Experience inregulated industries (e.g., healthcare)
• Certifications such as:
  • PMP, Scrum Master (CSM), or SAFe
  • GCP Professional Cloud Architect
• Exposure to:
  • Cloud security tools (Wiz, SCC)
  • Networking/security platforms (Palo Alto, F5)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience (High School diploma + 4 years of relevant experience)

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$118,450.00 - $284,280.00

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 offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and onBenefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 08/11/2026

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