Senior Database Automation Engineer

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.

Position Summary:

As a Senior Database Automation Engineer on our Data Platform Engineering team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing automated solutions for managing and optimizing databases within an organization.  This role combines expertise in Open Source (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB) and DB2 LUW database technologies, CI/CD pipelines, programming, and automation to enhance the efficiency, reliability, and scalability of database systems.

*This position is remote and can be based anywhere in the United States.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain automated solutions for Open Source and DB2 LUW database deployments, configuration, backup and recovery, monitoring and performance tuning.

• Collaborate with software development teams to integrate database automation process into the software development cycle.

• Implement and maintain database automation frameworks, tools, and scripts to streamline database operations and enhance efficiency.

• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation within the database environment and propose innovative solutions.

• Perform troubleshooting and resolving database-related issues in collaboration with cross-functional teams, including system administrators, developers, and network engineers.

• Ensure high availability and optimal performance of production databases through effective automation strategies and monitoring techniques.

• Conduct regular performance analysis and capacity planning to optimize database resources.

• Document database automation process, procedures and configuration to ensure knowledge sharing and compliance with organization standards.

• Keep up to date with the latest industry trends and advancement in database automation technologies.

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Required Qualifications

• 7+ years work experience as a Database Engineer or similar role, with a focus on automation, including mentoring more junior level staff

• 4+ years of experience with database concepts, principles, and technologies focused on Open Source (PostgreSQL, MySQL or MariaDB) database technologies

• 4+ years of proficiency in scripting languages like Python or Bash for automation tasks

• 4+ years of experience with database automation frameworks and tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef or Terraform

• 2+ years of experience with source code management tools like GitHub/Actions and GitLab

• 2+ years of experience with CI/CD tools and methodology

• 2+ years experience with Cloud, e.g., Azure, GCP, etc.

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Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DB2 LUW database concepts, principles, and technologies

• Thorough understanding of database architecture, replication, and high availability concepts

• Proficiency in SQL and experience with other database technologies such as: Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, AlloyDB, Spanner, etc.

• Experience with AI/ML use cases

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex database issues

• Effective communication skills and the ability to work effectively through collaboration with cross-functional teams

• Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality database automation solutions

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Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (High School Diploma and 4+ years relevant experience)

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Business Overview

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.  We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day.  CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.  We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

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

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