Principal Cloud Architect

CVS Health

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Work type: Remote
Location: CO
Salary: $144,200–$288,400 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Dec 31, 2026
Nearby: 33 roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $216k

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This role pays more than 73% of similar roles. Most pay $169,550–$225,937 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $198k for comparable roles.

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About CVS Health

CVS Health is a leading American healthcare company operating retail pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management services, and a health insurance segment through Aetna, one of the nation''s largest health insurers. Industry: Healthcare & Pharmacy

CVS Health currently has 88 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $118,450–$284,280 across 84 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Cloud Architect

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The Principal Cloud Architect serves as a senior individual contributor within Aetna Technology, acting as the primary technical authority for cloud architecture across the organization. This role is responsible for designing reference architectures, landing zones, and paved road patterns to ensure workloads are securely and cost-effectively deployed on AWS, with supporting infrastructure on GCP and Azure. The architect will build out the underlying infrastructure for AI/ML capabilities, including model serving and multi-model orchestration, while embedding zero-trust security and FinOps principles into all designs. Key responsibilities include defining multicloud placement strategies, establishing automated guardrails, and providing technical leadership to engineering teams through influence rather than direct reporting. The role requires expertise in cloud networking, identity management, infrastructure-as-code, and experience within highly regulated industries like healthcare or health insurance.

Skills

AWS GCP Azure Cloud Architecture zero-trust FinOps infrastructure-as-code multicloud Network Segmentation Reference Architecture Landing Zones Model Serving

What you'll do

Own and maintain cloud reference architectures including landing zones, networking, identity, and workload patterns across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Design "paved road" golden patterns and guardrails to enable engineering teams to deploy services quickly without repeating solved problems.
Serve as the primary technical authority for resolving complex cross-cutting cloud design decisions and infrastructure challenges.
Embed zero-trust security, identity management, and network segmentation into all reference architectures by default.
Manage cloud cost architecture by integrating FinOps discipline to ensure architectural choices are cost-effective.
Provide the underlying cloud infrastructure and guardrails for AI/ML capabilities including model serving and data access.
Author automated governance standards and evaluate emerging cloud-native services to provide directional adoption recommendations.
Influence senior leadership and peer architects by translating complex technical trade-offs into clear, decision-oriented narratives.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
12+ years of experience in technology with deep, hands-on cloud architecture experience at scale.
Expert-level AWS architecture skills including compute, networking, identity, data, and security.
Working proficiency in GCP and Azure to support multicloud placement and design decisions.
Experience in healthcare, health insurance, or other similarly regulated industries.
Hands-on background with AI/ML platform infrastructure, including model serving and multi-model orchestration.
Relevant cloud certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automated policy or guardrail enforcement.

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