Patch Management Administrator

About the role

People Drive Our Success Are you enthusiastic, highly motivated, and have a strong work ethic? If yes, come join our team! At Cathay Bank – we strive to provide a caring culture that supports your aspirations and success. We believe people are our most valuable asset and we proudly foster growth and development empowering you to achieve your professional goals. We have thrived for 60 years and persevered through many economic cycles due to our team members’ drive and optimism. Together we can make a difference in the financial future of our communities. The Patch Management Specialist is responsible for supporting the Bank’s endpoint patch management lifecycle to ensure timely, controlled, and compliant deployment of operating system, firmware, and application patches across the enterprise environment. This role performs endpoint patch installations, monitors patch deployment progress through completion, troubleshoots issues, coordinates remediation efforts, and conducts or supports post-patch application testing to validate system stability and business functionality.

Responsibilities

• Patch Deployment: Deploy security patches, updates, hotfixes, firmware, and approved software patches across endpoints and related infrastructure. Support patching for desktops, laptops, virtual endpoints, and other managed devices. Review and validate patch packages before deployment in accordance with change and release requirements. Execute patch deployments during approved maintenance windows.
• Patch Monitoring: Monitor patch deployment through completion across assigned endpoints. Identify and resolve failed, incomplete, or non-compliant installations promptly. Escalate persistent failures, compatibility issues, or deployment anomalies to the appropriate teams or vendors. Maintain patch compliance dashboards, reports, and status updates for management. Track exceptions, offline devices, and deferred patches to ensure closure or documented risk acceptance.
• Post-Patch Validation: Perform or coordinate post-patch testing to confirm functionality, compatibility, and stability. Verify that critical applications, endpoint security tools, and productivity services function as expected after patching. Document testing results, issues, remediation steps, and final resolution. Partner with application owners and support teams to resolve patch-related incidents and service impacts.
• Governance and Compliance: Adhere to IT governance, information security, and change management policies during patching activities. Maintain accurate documentation of patch schedules, procedures, outcomes, exceptions, and remediation. Support audits, regulatory reviews, and management reporting with evidence of patch execution and control effectiveness. Help maintain patch management procedures, standards, and runbooks. Ensure patching aligns with vulnerability management priorities and enterprise risk expectations.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field preferred. Relevant certifications are a plus, such as Microsoft, endpoint management, ITIL, cybersecurity, or systems administration credentials