Cloud Engineer

Cardinal Health; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

401k savings plan

HSA

Job summary

Cardinal Health in the United States is seeking an Active Directory Engineer within Cloud Engineering to manage AD services, Entra ID, and identity infrastructure. You will administer users, groups, OUs, and directory permissions, and implement policy controls to support secure, scalable access.

You will drive automation with PowerShell, develop integrations using Graph APIs and REST, and participate in zero-trust and passwordless initiatives while coordinating upgrades and hybrid identity

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of experience with Active Directory and IAM.
• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with AD DS/AD LDS/AD CS and group policy management.
• Familiarity with Entra ID and cloud identity integration.

Responsibilities

• Administer Active Directory platforms and services.
• Perform platform upgrades, migrations, patch management, and lifecycle management.
• Monitor AD health, replication, authentication services, and directory performance.
• Develop PowerShell-based automation for user lifecycle, group management, and GPO deployment.
• Support enterprise authentication using LDAP, Kerberos, NTLM, and SAML.

Skills

Active Directory

PowerShell scripting

Identity & access management

Microsoft Entra ID

Group Policy

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph APIs

LDAP

Kerberos

NTLM

SAML

Job description

Position Summary, Active Directory Engineer

What Cloud Engineering contributes to Cardinal HealthInformation 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.Cloud Engineering analyzes the financial, operational, and technical feasibility of adopting external cloud based IT software, platform and infrastructure services. This job family evaluates the costs and benefits of cloud, virtual private networks, dedicated housing, and in-house solutions and identifies portions of the organization's IT infrastructure with the highest potential return for cloud deployment. Cloud Engineering also manages the implementation of cloud services and their integration with in-house applications and systems, coordinating with vendors and adhering to engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Active Directory Platform Administration
• Install, configure, administer, and maintain:
  • Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
  • Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
  • Microsoft Entra ID integration
  • Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
  • Group Policy infrastructure
  • DNS and DHCP services supporting AD
  • Hybrid identity synchronization services
• Perform platform upgrades, migrations, patch management, and lifecycle management.
• Monitor AD health, replication, authentication services, and directory performance.
• Manage domain controllers, forests, domains, trusts, sites, and services.
• Support directory consolidation, modernization, and cloud identity initiatives.
• Develop standards for directory services architecture and operational support.
• Directory Services & Identity Infrastructure
  • Administer users, groups, organizational units (OUs), and directory permissions.
  • Design and implement Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
  • Maintain Active Directory delegation models.
  • Support enterprise authentication services relying on LDAP, Kerberos, NTLM, and SAML.
  • Administer service accounts and managed service accounts.
  • Support certificate-based authentication and PKI integrations.
  • Maintain naming standards, OU structures, and directory governance.
• Automation & Engineering
  • Develop PowerShell-based automation solutions.
  • Create and maintain automation for:
    • User lifecycle management
    • Group management
    • Service account governance
    • GPO deployment
    • AD health monitoring
    • Certificate lifecycle management
  • Develop integrations using:
    • PowerShell, REST APIs, LDAP and Microsoft Graph APIs
  • Support Infrastructure-as-Code and platform automation initiatives where applicable.
  • Service Now Developer a plus
• Compliance & Governance
  • Support SOX, HIPAA, PCI, NIST, and internal security controls.
  • Assist with audit evidence collection and compliance reviews.
  • Maintain technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures.
  • Participate in risk assessments and remediation efforts.
  • Support policy enforcement through Group Policy and directory controls.
• Emerging Identity Capabilities
  • Support Zero Trust identity initiatives.
  • Enable passwordless authentication.
  • Support Entra ID modernization and cloud identity transformation.
  • Enhance automation of directory services operations.
  • Support identity telemetry, security analytics, and operational reporting.
  • Participate in Non-Human Identity (NHI) governance initiatives where directory services are involved.
• Directory Services
  • Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
  • Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
  • LDAP, Kerberos, NTLM
• Forest and Domain Administration
  • Trust Relationships
  • Replication and Sites & Services
• Automation
  • PowerShell (Advanced), Microsoft Graph APIs, REST APIs, JSON/XML
• Infrastructure Automation and Workflow Automation

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of experience, preferred
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• Typical KPIs
  • Active Directory platform availability (99.9%+)
  • Domain controller health and replication success rate
  • GPO compliance rate
  • AD-related incident reduction and resolution times
  • Successful completion of platform upgrades and modernization efforts
  • Service account governance compliance
  • Audit findings related to directory services
  • Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR) for AD incidents
  • Entra synchronization success rate
  • Reduction in manual directory administration activities
  • Automation adoption and time savings
• Future-State Focus for IAM Organization
  • Active Directory and Entra platform engineering.
  • Directory modernization and cloud identity integration.
  • AD and IAM platform resiliency.
  • Identity infrastructure automation and PowerShell development.
  • LDAP and directory service lifecycle management.
  • AD integration with Okta, SailPoint, CyberArk, and enterprise applications.
  • Platform operational excellence, governance, and compliance.
  • AD support for Zero Trust, passwordless authentication, and identity modernization initiatives

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects
• May contribute to the development of policies and procedures
• Works on complex projects of large scope
• Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
• Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives
• Completes work; independently receives general guidance on new projects
• Work reviewed for purpose of meeting objectives
• May act as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Salary & Benefits

Anticipated salary range: $96,300 - $137,600

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: 11/23/2026

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