Senior Patch & Platform Engineer

 

 

 

1. 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.

 

 

•  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. 

Automation, Tooling & CI/CD: 

•  Strong scripting experience using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Groovy, or similar automation languages. 

•  Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms. 

•  Experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar technologies. 

Cloud & Container Platforms: 

•  Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), with Azure or AWS experience beneficial. 

•  Knowledge of container platforms including Docker, Kubernetes, GKE, OpenShift, or similar technologies. 

•  Understanding of cloud-native deployment patterns, image lifecycle management, and platform reliability practices. 

Security & Compliance: 

•  Strong understanding of vulnerability management, security hardening, compliance controls, and audit support. 

•  Experience working with cybersecurity, risk, and operations teams to remediate vulnerabilities and improve platform compliance. 

•  Ability to prepare evidence and support governance activities related to patching and platform operations. 

Core Competencies: 

•  Excellent communication, collaboration, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills. 

•  Ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and drive continuous improvement. 

•  Strong ownership mindset with the ability to manage priorities across production, compliance, and operational demands.