Sr Analyst, Software/Info Platform

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

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.

2-4 years of experience, preferred

Bachelor's degree in related field preferred, or equivalent work experience, preferred

Bonus eligible: No

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.