Cloud Platform Engineer - GKE & CI/CD

Cardinal Health; India; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardinal Health India Affiliate seeks a Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and support containerized and serverless platforms on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and to evolve the Harness CI/CD platform. You will enable application teams to build, test, and deploy software through standardized, secure, and scalable pipelines.

The role emphasizes platform reliability, compliance, and developer experience, with focus on security integration, infrastructure as code, and cloud-native practices to

Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and IaC.
• Familiarity with GitOps tooling (ArgoCD/Flux).
• Knowledge of security controls in CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters and workloads on GKE.
• Operate Harness CI/CD platform and related pipelines.
• Develop Harness templates for build, test, and deployment stages.
• Onboard services to Harness and provide guidance to teams.
• Integrate CI/CD with Terraform and GitOps tools for repeatable deployments.
• Embed security controls and audit logging in pipelines.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps

Infrastructure as Code

Security integration

Tools

Terraform

ArgoCD

Flux

Harness CI/CD

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Job description

Company Overview:

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a is a global, integrated healthcare services and products company, providing customized solutions for hospitals, health systems, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, and physician offices worldwide. The company provides clinically proven medical products and pharmaceuticals and cost-effective solutions that enhance supply chain efficiency from hospital to home. Cardinal Health connects patients, providers, payers, pharmacists and manufacturers for integrated care coordination and better patient management. Backed by nearly 100 years of experience, with approximately 50,000 employees in 46 countries and Fiscal 2020 revenues of $152.9 billion, Cardinal Health ranks among the top 25 on the Fortune 500.

What Application Development & Maintenance 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.

Application Development & Maintenance performs configuration or coding to develop, enhance and sustain the organization's software systems in a cross-functional team environment through adherence to established design control processes and good engineering practices. This job family programs and configures end user applications, systems, databases and websites to achieve the organization's internal needs and externally-facing business needs. Application Development & Maintenance partners with business leaders, investigates user needs and conducts regular assessments, maintenance and enhancements of existing applications.

About Cardinal Health International India (CHII):

In Bangalore we are excited to create an Innovation and Capability Centre that allows us to further inhouse talent and scale that talent across our business. Our ambition is to build differentiated opportunities that allows our organization to advance rapidly, and develop the skill sets across Software-defined networking, machine learning and big data.

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer to help drive the evolution of our enterprise-scale cloud and CI/CD platforms.

Operating in a multi-cloud, multi-tenant environment, our platforms support thousands of developers across hundreds of teams, powering mission-critical workloads across IaaS, PaaS, and CaaS models. As part of the Serverless Platforms Team, you will help design, build, operate, and continuously improve our cloud-native and CI/CD platforms-including Kubernetes, serverless runtimes, and the enterprise Harness CI/CD ecosystem. You will work closely with application teams, security partners, and platform stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and repeatable deployment patterns using GitOps, infrastructure as code, and modern DevSecOps practices.

With a strong foundation in cloud-native development and platform engineering, you will help ensure our platforms are reliable, governed, and easy to consume-while fostering a culture of technical excellence, automation, and continuous improvement. If you are passionate about Kubernetes, CI/CD platforms, and solving complex platform-scale challenges, join us to help shape the future of healthcare technology.

Role Summary

As a Cloud Engineer, your primary responsibility will be to design, deploy, and support containerized and serverless platforms on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and to operate and evolve the enterprise Harness CI/CD platform. You will enable application teams to build, test, and deploy software through standardized, secure, and scalable pipelines while ensuring platform reliability, compliance, and developer experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters and workloads on GKE using Infrastructure as Code and GitOps practices.
• Operate and support the enterprise Harness CI/CD platform, including build, deploy, and infrastructure pipelines, ensuring availability, reliability, and consistent developer experience across teams.
• Develop and maintain standardized Harness pipeline templates for build, test, security scanning, and deployment to Kubernetes and serverless runtimes.
• Partner with application teams to onboard services to Harness, providing guidance, troubleshooting, and best-practice enablement.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines with Infrastructure as Code tooling (e.g., Terraform) and GitOps solutions (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux) to support repeatable and auditable deployments.
• Embed security and compliance controls into CI/CD workflows, including vulnerability scanning, policy enforcement, secrets management, and audit logging to meet HIPAA, SOX, and enterprise security requirements.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps and Application Security teams to shift security left within the SDLC, leveraging tools such as Trivy, Aqua, or equivalent scanners integrated into Harness pi