Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud & Data Platforms

Cardinal Health; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 123,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

HSA

401k plan

Wage access

FSAs

Disability coverage

Work-Life resources

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health seeks a seasoned professional to lead the design, development, and ongoing enhancement of its software and information platforms. The role focuses on stabilizing cloud architectures, driving scalable platform practices, and delivering robust, reusable components across teams.

You will mentor engineers, translate business needs into architecture, and establish governance for platform standards, gearing initiatives toward long‑term operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience, preferred
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• 5+ years of hands-on GCP experience in products like Compute Engine, IAM and APIs
• Experience maintaining Databricks platform

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and enhancement of core software & information platforms
• Provide platform metrics & proactively identify patterns to improve platform stability
• Ability to break down complex initiatives into small actionable work items
• Troubleshoot complex platform and cloud issues, perform root‑cause analysis, and drive long‑term stability and performance improvements
• Establish platform standards, best practices, and governance across cloud architectures, integrations, and application frameworks
• Collaborate with Application Development, Infrastructure, and Architecture teams to translate business requirements into robust platform designs and reusable components
• Mentor and guide engineers across teams by providing architectural insights, code reviews, knowledge sharing, and technical leadership

Skills

GCP experience

Platform management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks

Google Cloud Platform

IAM & APIs

Job description

Cardinal Health seeks a seasoned professional to lead the design, development, and ongoing enhancement of its software and information platforms. The role focuses on stabilizing cloud architectures, driving scalable platform practices, and delivering robust, reusable components across teams.

You will mentor engineers, translate business needs into architecture, and establish governance for platform standards, gearing initiatives toward long‑term operational excellence.