Job Summary
Patch Engineering & Platform Management
• Design, test, certify, and maintain operating system patching solutions, patch catalogues, and platform enhancements.
• Support OS patch engineering, patch tooling integration, and automation capabilities across infrastructure and cloud platforms.
• Validate, test, and release patches to meet production, compliance, security, and operational requirements.
• Manage patch lifecycle activities, including patch availability, validation outcomes, release readiness, and operational handover.
• Develop and maintain engineering standards, procedures, and documentation related to patch governance and platform maintenance.
2. Security, Risk & Compliance
• Integrate vulnerability assessment, security validation, and compliance checks into patch management and platform engineering processes.
• Ensure operating system and platform configurations comply with internal policies, regulatory expectations, risk controls, and audit requirements.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and risk teams to assess vulnerabilities, prioritize remediation, and strengthen the security posture of infrastructure platforms.
• Support compliance evidence, operational reporting, and audit activities related to patching, platform maintenance, and vulnerability remediation.
3. Automation & Continuous Improvement
• Develop automation for patch deployment, validation, rollback checks, monitoring, reporting, and release readiness activities.
• Use Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, and scripting to reduce manual effort and improve repeatability across patching operations.
• Identify opportunities to optimize patching processes, improve release frequency, and support timely vulnerability remediation.
• Contribute to standardization of tools, processes, and engineering patterns across infrastructure platforms.
4. Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
• Act as a technical point of contact for platform, infrastructure, security, application, and operations teams.
• Work with stakeholders to understand patching requirements, production dependencies, service constraints, and compliance expectations.
• Provide technical guidance and best practices for patch governance, automation, platform stability, and release management.
• Operate effectively within a cross-functional Agile team and contribute to knowledge sharing, mentoring, and engineering excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Patch Engineering & Platform Management
• Design, test, certify, and maintain operating system patching solutions, patch catalogues, and platform enhancements.
• Support OS patch engineering, patch tooling integration, and automation capabilities across infrastructure and cloud platforms.
• Validate, test, and release patches to meet production, compliance, security, and operational requirements.
• Manage patch lifecycle activities, including patch availability, validation outcomes, release readiness, and operational handover.
• Develop and maintain engineering standards, procedures, and documentation related to patch governance and platform maintenance.
2. Security, Risk & Compliance
• Integrate vulnerability assessment, security validation, and compliance checks into patch management and platform engineering processes.
• Ensure operating system and platform configurations comply with internal policies, regulatory expectations, risk controls, and audit requirements.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and risk teams to assess vulnerabilities, prioritize remediation, and strengthen the security posture of infrastructure platforms.
• Support compliance evidence, operational reporting, and audit activities related to patching, platform maintenance, and vulnerability remediation.
3. Automation & Continuous Improvement
• Develop automation for patch deployment, validation, rollback checks, monitoring, reporting, and release readiness activities.
• Use Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, and scripting to reduce manual effort and improve repeatability across patching operations.
• Identify opportunities to optimize patching processes, improve release frequency, and support timely vulnerability remediation.
• Contribute to standardization of tools, processes, and engineering patterns across infrastructure platforms.
4. Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
• Act as a technical point of contact for platform, infrastructure, security, application, and operations teams.
• Work with stakeholders to understand patching requirements, production dependencies, service constraints, and compliance expectations.
• Provide technical guidance and best practices for patch governance, automation, platform stability, and release management.
• Operate effectively within a cross-functional Agile team and contribute to knowledge sharing, mentoring, and engineering excellence.
Skill Requirements
Senior-Level Experience:
• 10+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years in platform engineering, infrastructure operations, DevOps, or patch management.
• Experience managing enterprise-scale patching activities across Linux and Windows operating system platforms.
• Proven ability to design, test, certify, and release infrastructure or platform changes in production environments.
Operating System & Patch Management:
• Strong knowledge of OS patch engineering, patch catalogues, patch validation, release readiness, and lifecycle management.
• Hands-on experience with Linux platforms such as RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, Alpine, or similar distributions.
• Experience with Windows Server patching, operating system maintenance, and enterprise platform support.