Staff Cloud Engineer

CVS Health

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Work type
On-site
Location
Woonsocket, RI
Salary
$130,295–$260,590 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Sep 22, 2026 (soon)

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $200k
This role $195k
$115k most similar roles pay here $276k

This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$238,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $195k versus about $200k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 73 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $130,295–$284,280 across 72 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Staff Cloud Engineer

As a Staff Cloud Engineer, you will serve as a key technical contributor within the GCP Cloud Engineering and Platform teams. You will design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and production-grade Google Cloud Platform landing zones in highly regulated environments. Your daily responsibilities include managing resource hierarchies, networking architectures like Shared VPC and VPC Service Controls, and implementing identity management solutions. You will develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Kubernetes Config Connector while maintaining CI/CD pipelines and observability tools such as Datadog and PagerDuty. The role requires expertise in GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, and Python or Go scripting. You will solve complex infrastructure challenges by building self-service capabilities and ensuring compliance with standards like HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2 to support secure cloud adoption for enterprise-scale operations.

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain enterprise GCP Landing Zone capabilities including Shared VPC, project factories, and governance guardrails.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Kubernetes Config Connector to manage cloud resources.
  • Build and manage secure networking solutions including VPC Service Controls, Cloud NAT, and hybrid connectivity.
  • Deploy and support private GKE clusters using Workload Identity, Binary Authorization, and least-privilege IAM practices.
  • Develop self-service platform capabilities and automated CI/CD pipelines to enable independent team deployments.
  • Implement observability solutions using Datadog, Cloud Monitoring, and PagerDuty to monitor system health and performance.
  • Manage secrets and encryption lifecycles using Secret Manager and Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK).
  • Mentor engineers on cloud best practices while authoring Architecture Decision Records for key platform initiatives.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of experience in infrastructure or cloud engineering.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) at enterprise scale.
  • 5+ years of experience owning a GCP organization including resource hierarchy, billing, and IAM.
  • 5+ years of technical leadership as a Principal Engineer or Platform Owner for a major enterprise cloud initiative.
  • 3+ years of experience implementing cloud best practices and Well-Architected Framework principles.
  • 6+ years of expertise across GCP services, Terraform, GitOps, and observability tools like Datadog.
  • 1+ year of experience implementing Agentic AI solutions and building AI agents.
  • Strong programming in Python and Go; Bash required (PowerShell preferred).
  • Experience operating production platforms in regulated environments such as HIPAA or PCI-DSS (preferred).
  • Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or DevOps Engineer certification (preferred).
  • HashiCorp Terraform Associate or Professional certification (preferred).

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