CVS Health · 1 day ago
Lead Solution Architect
Buffalo Grove, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$130K/yr - $261K/yr
10+ years expCVS Health is the nation’s leading health solutions company, dedicated to transforming health care for millions of Americans. The Lead Solution Architect will develop advanced end-to-end solution architecture for complex initiatives, providing technical leadership and mentoring while collaborating with business and IT stakeholders.
Health CareMedicalPharmaceuticalRetailSales
Responsibilities
Accountability and oversight for driving solutions for key strategic initiatives 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
Provide technology leadership, solution oversight, and guidance to ensure that the solution adheres to PSS Architecture Guiding Principles and standards while maximizing reuse of technology assets
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
Develop Reference architecture and implementation. Providing leadership, coaching and guidance to App Dev, Technology Services and Solutions and EA to develop/assemble PBM-applicable reference architectures for cloud-native applications to be applied to PBM apps targeted for refactor and optimization
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 in key strategic initiatives
Qualification
Required
Accountability and oversight for driving solutions for key strategic initiatives 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
Provide technology leadership, solution oversight, and guidance to ensure that the solution adheres to PSS Architecture Guiding Principles and standards while maximizing reuse of technology assets
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
Develop Reference architecture and implementation. Providing leadership, coaching and guidance to App Dev, Technology Services and Solutions and EA to develop/assemble PBM-applicable reference architectures for cloud-native applications to be applied to PBM apps targeted for refactor and optimization
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 in key strategic initiatives
10+ years in design/development experience
2+ years of hands-on cloud implementation experience
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field required
Preferred
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, 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
Experience working with technologies that work as glue between modern apps and legacy infrastructure leveraging streaming platforms like Apache Kafka
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
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
Platform: GCP/AKS – Kubernetes
DB: PostgreSQL, Mongo DB, Cloud SQL, Spanner
Front end: Angular 17 & MFE components with MicroStrategy SDK, Typescript; CSS: PrimeFlex
Backend: Spring boot 3.3, Apache POI
Benefits
Affordable medical plan options
A 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
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.
Company
CVS Health
CVS Health is a health solutions company that provides an integrated healthcare services to its members.
10001+ employees
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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 CEO
Chandra McMahon
SVP & CISO
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