Hiring: Principal Data Architect Company: CVS Health Location: Denver, CO Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:14:47 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, BigQuery, Data Mesh, Enterprise Architecture, Feature Store, GCP, Snowflake About the job Experience: •12+ years in technology, with deep, hands-on data architecture experience at Aetna Technology scale. Required Skills: •This role can work remotely from anywhere in the continental USA. •Data Architecture and Reference Design •Own the Aetna Technology data reference architectures — ingestion, storage, transformation, semantic, and consumption layers — across a multivendor, multicloud data estate. •Define the data mesh operating model: domain-owned data products with clear contracts, and the platform capabilities that make domain ownership viable rather than fragmenting. •Carve out and protect the singular systems of record — establishing which domain owns which authoritative dataset and how others consume it. •Design and maintain the golden paths for pipelines and data products — patterns for ingestion, modeling, and publishing that let teams ship without re-solving solved problems. •Embed data governance, lineage, and quality as automated gates in the pipeline, not as a downstream review. •Define controls for regulated and sensitive data (including PHI) — classification, access, masking, and retention inherited by default across the portfolio. Qualifications: •Expert-level data platform architecture across multivendor, multicloud environments (e.g., Snowflake, GCP/BigQuery, AWS); fluent across modeling, pipelines, and consumption layers. •Demonstrated ownership of enterprise data architectures and golden-path patterns for data products. •Strong command of data governance, lineage, quality, and regulated-data controls (PHI or equivalent). •Solid functional working knowledge of data mesh, domain ownership, and systems-of-record design. •Track record of driving technical outcomes through influence and design authority as an individual contributor. •Hands-on background with the data infrastructure behind AI/ML — feature stores, retrieval, and data contracts for model and agent workloads. •Operational familiarity with FinOps and cost-aware data architecture, able to tie design decisions to dollar impact. •Technical Depth — Aetna Technology's deepest data authority; credible with Principal Engineers and able to go deep on any layer of the data stack. •Systems Thinking — Sees the whole system; anticipates second-order effects across governance, cost, and downstream consumption. •Decisiveness — Makes directional calls with incomplete information and adjusts as context evolves. Compensation: •$144,200 - $288,400 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!