Staff Analyst (Patch Management Lead Engineer)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide patch management strategy, planning, and execution across Windows, Linux, macOS environments and applications, ensuring compliance with security policies and guidelines.
• Collaborate with security, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure seamless patch deployment.
• Coordinate monthly patch cycles including testing, deployment, and validation phases.
• Manage emergency and out-of-band patching for critical security vulnerabilities.
• Develop and maintain patch compliance reporting and metrics dashboards.
• Implement automation for patching and vulnerability remediation workflows.
• Provide dashboards and executive reports on remediation progress and risk posture.
• Document patching procedures, runbooks and KB articles.

Required Technical Skills

• Extensive hands-on experience in planning, testing, and deploying patches across operating systems and applications in large-scale enterprise settings.
• Proven ability to manage end-to-end patching cycles, including pre-deployment validation, impact analysis, and rollback strategies.
• Deep understanding of CIS benchmarks and security hardening practices.
• Experience with 1 or more patch management tools (such as Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7) across multiple environments and applications.
• Hands-on and deep knowledge of Microsoft platform technologies such as Windows 10/11, M365/O365, AD/Entra ID is a must.
• Hands-on experience with SCCM, WSUS, or similar patching tools.
• Proficiency in scripting tools such as PowerShell, Python, Bash for automation.
• Broad understanding of common corporate applications and databases is required.
• Experience in patching CLOUD environments such as AWS, GCP a huge plus.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.
• Analytical mindset for risk-based decision-making.

Pay

The expected wage range for a new hire into this position is $106,500 to $159,750. Actual wage offered may vary depending on work location, experience, education, training, external market data, internal pay equity, or other bona fide factors.

Benefits

This position includes medical, vision and dental coverage, 401k, paid vacation, holidays, and sick time, and other benefits.