Principal Operational Security 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.

Who You Are

• Strong technical expertise with building and operating secure, resilient infrastructure at scale, with a deep understanding of modern operational security challenges in observability, cloud security, and security control effectiveness.
• Strong technical expertise with automating security operations through engineered solutions, driving efficiency while improving the overall security posture of complex, distributed systems.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence within the team.
• Strong technical expertise with observability, anomaly detection, and incident response in distributed environments, using metrics like KPIs and KRIs to drive security improvements.
• Strong technical expertise with multi-cloud environments, including container/serverless and other microservice architectures.
• Strong technical expertise with implementing Zero Trust Security principles, ensuring tight access controls, identity management, and network segmentation across hybrid environments.
• Strong technical expertise with automating security workflows, such as patch management, security monitoring, and incident response, ensuring operational efficiency and security integration across systems.
• Strong technical expertise with security monitoring tools, Web Application Firewalls (WAF), and API security management to protect critical systems from external threats.

Role Responsibilities

Development & Enforcement

• Develop and enforce security engineering policies and standards focused on infrastructure, observability, and cloud environments, ensuring alignment with operational security goals.
• Lead the implementation of security operational automation, ensuring integration with systems such as SIEM, monitoring, and notification tools to improve operational efficiency and ensure security controls are functioning as intended.
• Regularly assess and enhance operational security policies and automation systems to address evolving threats, driving improvements across security operations.

Collaboration & Expertise

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including infrastructure, development, and operations, to ensure security is seamlessly integrated into operational processes and system monitoring.
• Serve as a key technical leader in driving secure operational engineering practices, providing hands-on expertise to ensure security controls are effective and aligned with business goals.
• Lead the implementation and management of observability and anomaly detection systems, ensuring prompt detection of security incidents and effective response through automation.

Analysis & Configuration

• Analyze, design, and configure operational security systems across cloud and on-prem environments, ensuring data integrity, confidentiality, and availability.
• Lead the deployment of advanced operational security technologies, focusing on automation, scalability, and adaptability to defend against evolving threats.
• Act as a subject matter expert in operational security, with a focus on maintaining security controls, continuous monitoring, and managing dynamic, cloud-native, and distributed environments.

Operational Support

• Ensure continuous operational monitoring and health of security controls, participating in 24/7 operational security support to rapidly detect, respond to, and mitigate security threats across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Utilize a metrics-driven approach to security operations, leveraging KPIs and KRIs to measure the organization’s security posture and improve response times.
• Manage Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and other application security tools to protect critical systems from potential vulnerabilities and attacks.

Mentorship and Training

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, developing a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and professional development to elevate the team’s technical and security skills.

Innovation and Research

• Drive security research and innovation by exploring next-generation tools and practices, staying current with industry trends, and encouraging team contributions to open-source and security communities.

Strategic Planning

• Lead the development of the organization’s operational security roadmap, contributing to long-term security strategies that align with business goals and ensuring security is a priority across engineering teams.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in leading and developing operational security technologies.
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Software Development, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required.
• Strong technical expertise with cloud security (AWS/Azure/GCP), security control automation, and Zero Trust Security principles.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Security-as-Code, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience with one or more general-purpose programming/script languages including but not limited to: Java, C/C++, C#, Python, JavaScript, Shell Script, PowerShell.
• Strong experience in designing and implementing security measures in multi-cloud and hybrid environments, with a focus on automation and scalability.
• Demonstrated experience in leading technical security initiatives and projects, showcasing strong project management skills and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong technical expertise in observability and anomaly detection tools, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and cloud-native security solutions.
• Strong technical expertise with cloud and container security practices, including Kubernetes and microservices architectures.
• Strong technical expertise in designing, implementing, and managing Zero Trust Security practices, ensuring continuous verification and access control across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Proven experience with implementing security automation programs, leveraging tools to ensure comprehensive and continuous security coverage.
• Proven ability to foster a collaborative team environment, encouraging cross-functional teamwork and knowledge sharing to solve complex security challenges.
• Experience in leading operational security initiatives, demonstrating the ability to manage change and drive security culture across diverse teams.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$144,200.00 - $288,400.00

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: 02/21/2025

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