Release Engineer -SRE

About the role

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Responsibilities

• Develop, support, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to streamline application delivery.
• Standardize build, release, and deployment processes across applications and platforms.
• Establish repeatable, auditable, and traceable release management practices to ensure deployment consistency and compliance.
• Manage and support Git-based source control, branching strategies, and release workflows.
• Integrate automated testing, quality gates, security controls, and compliance checks into deployment pipelines.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and operations teams to improve deployment efficiency, reliability, and release governance.
• Continuously enhance deployment automation, monitoring, and observability capabilities to proactively identify and mitigate release risks.
• Lead the transition of manual release activities to automated deployment solutions and assist in building a path for Release Management resources to develop Release Engineering competencies, supporting the organization's modernization and automation strategy.

Requirements

• Experience: 3+ years in Release Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Build Engineering, Release Management, Software Engineering, or related technical roles; 2+ years supporting enterprise software deployment processes; 2+ years working in Agile and DevOps environments.
• Technical Skills: CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or equivalent); source control management (Git); scripting experience using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar languages; application deployment automation; cloud technologies (Azure, GCP, AWS); Linux and Windows server administration concepts; monitoring and observability tools; infrastructure automation and configuration management tools.
• Preferred Qualifications: equivalent combination of education and relevant experience; experience supporting healthcare, pharmacy, or highly regulated environments; DevOps, Cloud, or SRE certifications; experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, or Ansible; experience with ServiceNow Change and Release processes; ITIL Foundation certification.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical discipline.

Pay

The typical pay range for this role is $101,970.00 – $203,940.00 (base hourly rate or base annual full‑time salary). The position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission