Staff Security Engineer

At CVS Health, we're building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care. As the nation's leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when, and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

POSITION SUMMARY

CVS Health is looking for a Staff Security Engineer that is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security measures to protect the organization's digital infrastructure. This role requires deep hands‑on expertise with security platforms, technologies, and frameworks, and is critical in safeguarding sensitive data and ensuring compliance with security standards and regulations.

What we expect of you

• Familiarize themselves with the capabilities of each tool in our security stack.
• Understand the standard operating procedures of the Security Platform team and stakeholders.
• Onboard, parse, and monitor data for the security platform.
• Troubleshoot any potential issues with the security platform.
• Partner with systems and security architecture, application, databases and storage teams.
• Create visualizations, queries, detections, and automations required for the functioning/use of the platform.
• Understand the Enterprise logs and acquire knowledge on the relevant processes needed for project delivery.
• Participate in the entire software lifecycle development, testing, CI/CD and production operations.
• Document platform processes, workflows, and systems for reference and knowledge-sharing purposes.
• Implement data quality checks and validation processes to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of the data.
• Provide technical guidance and solutions for Cyber Defense team members.
• Be a team player and work with team members for business solutions and implementations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of Information Security experience.
• 3+ years of experience with Python.
• 3+ years of experience with SQL or SQL‑like languages.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with a major cloud platform (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• 4+ years of admin experience with major datalake and/or SIEM platforms.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of experience with SOAR.
• 5+ years of experience with common scripting and programming languages such as Python, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• 5+ years of experience with SIEMs such as Splunk, ELK, LogRhythm, QRadar, Logpoint, Sentinel, Chronicle, etc.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

EDUCATION

Bachelor degree from an accredited university or equivalent work experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience).

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 delivering 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:
$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.

Great benefits for great people

• Affordable medical plan options , a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan .
• No‑cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

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We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/31/2025.

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