The role
From Cardinal Health's own posting.
What Software & Information Platforms contributes to Cardinal Health
Information Technology oversees the effective development, delivery, and operation of computing and information services. This function anticipates, plans, and delivers Information Technology solutions and strategies that enable operations and drive business value.
Software & Information Platforms manages the technical configuration, design, administration, development, implementation and support of application and information frameworks that the organization's application solutions utilize. This job family partners with Application Development & Maintenance teams and other Information Technology function teams to identify enhancements for platforms and long-term capabilities.
What is expected of you and others at this level
Applies working knowledge in the application of concepts, principles and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks
Works on projects of moderate scope and complexity
Identifies possible solutions to a variety of technical problems and takes action to resolve
Applies judgment within defined parameters
Receives general guidance and may receive more detailed instruction on new projects
Work reviewed for sound reasoning and accuracy
Responsibilities
Validates hypotheses with data (e.g., partition skew, schema change, ACL/credential errors) and proposes fixes.
Applies improved problem‑solving approaches by analyzing why issues occur, assessing impacts, and proposing options.
Collaborates across apps, platforms, and SRE teams to resolve complex issues and prevent recurrences.
Communicates clear recommendation options (risk/effort/impact) to leads for decision making.
Develop and maintain Kafka producers and consumers using Java, Python, or similar technologies.
Assist in designing and implementing event-driven applications.
Create and maintain Kafka topics, consumer groups, and message schemas.
Develop integrations using Kafka Connect source and sink connectors.
Gains and maintains trust of project leaders (Managers) by independently resolving moderately complex issues and presenting clear, structured updates.
Demonstrates developing communication capabilities summarizes findings, risks, and recommendations.
Shows growing organizational awareness and understands how EDA components, teams, and processes interrelate.
Drives small technical tasks or efforts efficiently by coordinating with stakeholders and removing minor blockers.
Demonstrates growing business and organizational awareness and understanding how EDA components support broader product, domain, or portfolio objectives.
Shows diagnostic capability like correlating logs, metrics, schemas, and their relationships to understand underlying causes of system issues.
Understands how integration patterns, data flows, and event schemas impact downstream systems and business processes.
Begins recognizing technical issues, inefficiencies, and architectural risks, and communicates these to senior engineers.
Interprets project requirements and maps them to technical implementation details with increasing accuracy.
Proposes small process/tooling improvements (alerts, runbook steps, dashboards) and socializes them with the team.
Qualifications
2-4 years of experience, preferred
Bachelor's degree in related field preferred, or equivalent work experience, preferred
Anticipated salary range: $80,500.00 - $114,900.00
Bonus eligible: No
Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.
Medical, dental and vision coverage
Paid time off plan
Health savings account (HSA)
401k savings plan
Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Work-Life resources
Paid parental leave
Healthy lifestyle programs
Application window anticipated to close: 12/15/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.
The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity
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