Sr. Data Platform Engineer - Database Automation

at  CVS Health

Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.
Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3 to 5 years in proven experience as a Database Engineer or similar role, with a focus on automation
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python or Bash for automation tasks
• Experience with database automation frameworks and tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef or Terraform
• Experience with source code management tools like GitHub, GitLab
• Experience with CI/CD orchestration tool like Jenkins, GitHub Action
• Understanding of database architecture, replication and high availability concepts

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Proficiency in SQL and experience with database management systems such as DB2 on Mainframe
• Familiarity with Mainframe source code management like Endevor/Change Man
• Knowledge of database concepts, principles, and technologies of Mainframe Db2
• DevOps for Mainframe
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex database issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality database automation solutions

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field

• Designing, developing and maintain automated solutions for Database software upgrades, patches, and associated tools.
• Designing, developing and maintain automated solutions for database deployments, configuration, backup, and recovery, monitoring and performance tuning.
• Collaborating with software development teams to integrate database automation process into the software development cycle
• Implementing and maintain database automation frameworks, tools, and scrips to streamline database operations and enhance efficiency
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation within the database environment and proposing innovative solutions
• Troubleshooting and resolving database-related issues in collaboration with cross-functional teams, including system administrators, developers, and network engineers
• Ensuring high availability and performance of production databases through effective automation strategies and monitoring techniques
• Conducting regular performance analysis and capacity planning to optimize database resources
• Documenting database automation process, procedures and configuration to ensure knowledge sharing and compliance with organization standards
• Keeping up to date with the latest industry trends and advancement in database automation technologies