Senior Manager, MQ and ACE Engineering at CVS Health in Illinois

Senior Manager, MQ and ACE Engineering
Location: IL - Work from home
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.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Senior Manager, MQ and ACE Engineering is responsible for leading the strategy, architecture, delivery, operations, and continuous evolution of enterprise messaging and integration platforms, including IBM MQ and IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE).. The Senior Manager, MQ and ACE Engineering oversees engineering teams responsible for platform reliability, integration services, automation, security, governance, and operational excellence across mission-critical enterprise environments. The Senior Manager, MQ and ACE Engineering partners closely with Application Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud Platform, Security, and Enterprise Architecture leaders to define and execute the integration platform strategy and roadmap. This role is accountable for delivering secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-efficient messaging and integration services that enable enterprise connectivity, digital transformation, and application modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in IBM MQ and ACE with strong leadership capabilities, operational excellence, and a proven ability to lead high-performing teams, influence stakeholders, and deliver complex enterprise platform initiatives.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead the engineering, operations, modernization, and continuous improvement of enterprise IBM MQ and IBM ACE platforms, ensuring reliability, scalability, security, and performance.
Define and execute the MQ and ACE platform strategy, roadmap, standards, and governance in partnership with engineering, infrastructure, security, and architecture stakeholders.
Drive platform automation, operational efficiency, performance optimization, capacity planning, disaster recovery readiness, and continuous service improvement through modern engineering practices.
Lead, coach, and develop high-performing engineering teams while fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
Manage strategic vendor relationships, support models, technology lifecycle planning, and delivery of complex enterprise integration initiatives.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
7+ years supporting enterprise integration, middleware, messaging, or platform engineering environments within large-scale organizations.
5+ years leading engineering, platform, infrastructure, or technology teams with accountability for delivery, operations, and talent development.
5+ years administering, architecting, and optimizing IBM MQ environments, including performance tuning, resiliency, troubleshooting, and operational support.
4+ years designing, developing, and supporting IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) or IBM Integration Bus (IIB) solutions across complex enterprise integration landscapes.
3+ years implementing high-availability architectures, disaster recovery capabilities, DevOps automation, CI/CD practices, and hybrid or cloud-based integration platforms.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud and hybrid integration environments.
Knowledge of Kafka, IBM Event Streams, API management platforms, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or container-based integration architectures.
Experience leading platform modernization, automation, and operational transformation initiatives within large enterprise environments.
Familiarity with Agile, SAFe, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and modern platform engineering practices.
IBM MQ, ACE, cloud, or other relevant technical certifications.
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or equivalent work experience (High School Diploma/GED plus 4 years of 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 deliver enhanced human-centric healthcare 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 healthcare 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 duty, veterans, reservists, National Guard members, and military spouses) to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$106,605.00 - $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.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/31/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.