Purple Team Engineer – Risk & Exposure Management

Cardinal Health; India; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a Purple Team Engineer focused on Risk & Exposure Management to prioritize and quantify cyber risk. You will bridge security teams with leadership, align findings to risk tolerance, and support remediation strategies across cloud, identity, and network assets.

The role emphasizes balancing threat intel with business context, leveraging attack surface tools and D&A insights to drive secure investments and improved controls across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of experience in security operations, threat modeling, or risk management.
• Strong understanding of adversary tradecraft (MITRE ATT&CK) and vulnerability management lifecycles.
• Experience translating technical findings into business risk and communicating with leadership.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and correlate data from vulnerability management platforms and red/purple team exercises.
• Identify and prioritize real-world exploitable risks over theoretical findings.
• Model attack paths and exposure across identity cloud, networks and endpoints.

Skills

Threat modeling

Security operations

Risk management

MITRE ATT&CK

Tools

Attack surface management tools

Breach and attack simulation tools

Vulnerability management tools

Job description

Company Overview: Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a global, integrated healthcare services and products company connecting patients, providers, payers, pharmacists and manufacturers for integrated care coordination and better patient management. Backed by nearly 100 years of experience, with more than 48,000 employees in nearly 60 countries, Cardinal Health ranks among the top 20 on the Fortune 500 , America's Most Innovative Companies #51,Fortune Sector Leaders : Health Care #5 with a $223 billion. of revenue in FY25

About Cardinal Health International India (CHII): Cardinal Health International India (CHII) is part of the Cardinal Heath Global Technology and Business Services ( GTBS) team. CHII leverages technology to offer scalable and healthcare solutions to enhance efficiency and improve quality of care across the value chain. Our vision is to build a world class capability center that is an intersection of tech-innovation and learning, empowering our people to build solutions which will solve healthcare’s most complex challenges.

Department Overview

The Purple Team Engineer – Risk & Exposure Management focuses on prioritizing, quantifying, and managing cyber risk by correlating threat intelligence, vulnerability data, attack paths, and business impact. This role ensures the organization focuses remediation and defense efforts on the risks that matter most, not just individual findings. The engineer acts as a bridge between technical security teams and risk leadership, translating adversary behavior into measurable business exposure.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and correlate data from:
  • Vulnerability management platforms
  • Red team and purple team exercises
  • Threat intelligence and exploit trends
  • Attack surface management tools
• Identify and prioritize real-world exploitable risks rather than theoretical vulnerabilities
• Model attack paths and exposure scenarios across:
  • Identity Cloud environments
  • Network and endpoint assets
• Partner with Red and Blue teams to:
  • Assess likelihood and impact of attack techniques
  • Align technical findings to enterprise risk tolerance
• Support risk scoring and reporting frameworks (e.g., CVSS + exploitability + business context)
• Communicate risk posture to:
  • Security leadership GRC and compliance teams
  • Engineering and infrastructure owners
  • Track remediation progress and residual risk
  • Influence security investments based on risk reduction outcomes

Required Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of experience in security operations, threat modeling, or risk management
• Strong understanding of:
  • Adversary tradecraft (MITRE ATT&CK)
  • Vulnerability management and exploit lifecycles
  • Security control impact on risk reduction
• Experience translating technical security findings into business risk
• Strong analytical and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with:
  • Attack surface management or breach and attack simulation tools
  • Risk quantification models (FAIR or similar)
  • Cloud risk management (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Background in purple teaming, red teaming, or detection engineering
• Certifications such as CISSP, CRISC, GCIH, or threat-focused credentials

Why Join Cardinal Health?

Work for a Fortune 20 healthcare leader impacting millions of lives.

Be part of a rapidly growing cybersecurity organization.

Solve meaningful security challenges at global enterprise scale.

Learn from experienced security leaders and technical experts.

Access continuous learning, mentorship, and career development opportunities.

Thrive in a collaborative, supportive, and innovation-driven culture.

Join us in securing the future of healthcare while building a rewarding and impactful career.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background.

We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day.

Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities. We are a crucial link between the clinical and operational sides of healthcare, delivering end-to-end solutions and data-driving insights that advance healthcare and improve lives every day. With deep partnerships, diverse perspectives and innovative digital solutions, we build connections across the continuum of care. With more than 50 years of experience, we seize the opportunity to address healthcare's most complicated challenges - now, and in the future.