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Position Summary

The Lead Architect, Retail Pharmacy Solution Architecture, is responsible for providing optimal, scalable, reliable & extensible system & application architecture. This individual contributor position will be responsible for driving innovation for Retail Pharmacy applications. Partner and build trusted relationships across the organization & not limited to business analysts, enterprise architects, designers, engineers, testers & support team to ensure optimal solution delivery. The Lead Architect is responsible to provide vision, strategies, planning & laying out architecture foundation, road map of various Retail Pharmacy suite of applications & will work in an evolving organization with others to ensure innovative, scalable, extensible, on-time, within budget & high-quality delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Overall 10+ years of professional IT experience including Java EE, Angular/Node JS, SOA, API – REST/JSON, SOAP, Spring Framework, Design Patterns, Middleware (Weblogic, Apache/Tomcat, MQ) & various DB technologies such as Oracle, MySQL, MSQL, Maria, Big Data, Hadoop, MongoDB, OS - Linux, AIX,
• Cloud platform & technologies, specifically Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure
• 7+ years of experience in pharmacy systems or similar healthcare industry
• 5+ years of experience in leading resources both onsite & offshore & mentoring team members
• A minimum 5 years of experience leading, architecting and implementation of large scale, multi-tier, high-volume applications
• Must have 3 years of experience with JEE based enterprise applications, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), API design and implementation, Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), BigData, Data Modelling including Messaging Systems (MQ)
• Experience with any of the following approaches: Agile/Scrum development and management, the Scaled Agile Framework, iterative and incremental development, and/or continuous integration and delivery
• Advanced-level knowledge of technologies such as: mobile/web frameworks, omnichannel experience design, public/private/hybrid cloud, security and privacy, action arbitration, event streaming, AI/machine learning, consents, preferences, microservices, containerization, APIs, SOA, and/or messaging
• Experience leading a team to show high regard for adherence to quality standards, motivating team members and operating at maximum efficiency, actively seek ways to improve business software processes and interactions
• Leads with a sense of urgency in completing tasks and resolving issues in order to deliver a quality project on time and within budget, oversee and support the coaching and training of team members to ensure all necessary employees are confident in the use of software applications, collaborate with team members to determine best practices and requirements for software
• Assess overall business impact in efficient ways such that it will benefit retail systems from both performance & cost savings perspective, simplify, modernize, dis-aggregate various retail pharmacy applications, drive innovation, think & evaluate enterprise, industry wide standards & apply them within retail pharmacy applications
• Lead & facilitates status, discussions, which includes attending and/or conducting regular staff meetings
• Experience delivering comprehensive communications to management regarding the status and activities of the team both in written and presentation form, communicate easily with tech and non-tech teams, individuals and managers about your technology vision and how this creates value for them
• Experience leading multiple concurrent IT projects with varying degree of complexities, technologies and priorities, while meeting deadlines
• Proven experience leading architects in understanding business requirements and translating into software solutions
• A desire to work in a team setting and an excitement to share knowledge and ideas with others
• A strong work ethic, sense of professionalism, and a desire to constantly learn

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in pharmacy systems and/or similar healthcare industry
• 5+ years of experience in working & partnering with offshore teams
• Program management experience a plus
• Familiarity with Active/Active application configuration (including Oracle & various open source technologies) preferred
• Knowledge and understanding of the CVS Health software development lifecycle
• Google Cloud Architect certified or hands-on experience with other cloud platforms

Education

• Masters or Bachelor’s Degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related Technical field, or comparable work experience required.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$130,295.00 - $260,590.00

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. 
 
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities.  The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.  Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees.  The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners.  As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies. 
 
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/31/2024

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