Lead Architect

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.
Position Summary
Senior enterprise architect who defines and delivers end-to-end technology solutions, ensuring business requirements, applications, data, and infrastructure align with CVS architecture standards while driving integration across complex systems.
Key Responsibilities
Design and develop enterprise IT architecture across processes, applications, data, and technology.
Translate business needs into scalable, integrated technical solutions.
Lead technical planning and architecture development activities.
Create and maintain specifications for new products, services, and application capabilities.
Evaluate technology, products, and services to ensure compatibility and integration with existing enterprise standards.
Ensure a cohesive architecture across interconnected technologies and platforms.
Required Qualifications
20+ years of Software frameworks design
20+ Years of Application development in Healthcare field
Adept at problem solving and decision making skills
Adept at collaboration and teamwork
Adept at growth mindset (agility and developing yourself and others) skills
Adept at execution and delivery (planning, delivering, and supporting) skills
Adept at business intelligence
LLM prompt engineering
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) - LLM prompt injection via API integration
Modern .Net Core
Modern Python 3.x, FastAPI, Jupyter Notebooks with Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib
Modern Java
Preferred Qualifications
IAM, IDP , OAuth 2, OIDC, 2FA
Docker containers; Kubernetes orchestration
Distributed services with Kafka, GRPC, REST
RDBMS: SQL, TSQL, PLSQL, PL/pgSQL, Snowflake SQL
Education
Bachelor's degree preferred/specialized training/relevant professional qualification
Pay Range
The Typical Pay Range For This Role Is
$118,450.00 - $236,900.00
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 on Benefits Moments.
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/21/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

Work arrangement
Yes