Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Value2Biz is an important healthcare organization seeking an experienced Senior Patching Engineer to lead and support patching and endpoint management initiatives across a large healthcare environment. The role involves managing enterprise patching processes, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations, and collaborating with various teams to maintain system security and availability.
Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain enterprise patching processes for Windows and Linux Servers, Windows workstations, and other supported platforms
- Plan, test, schedule, deploy, and validate security updates, cumulative updates, hotfixes, and feature upgrades
- Lead monthly patch cycles and emergency remediation activities for critical vulnerabilities
- Partner with Cybersecurity teams to identify, prioritize, and mitigate vulnerabilities based on risk and compliance requirements
- Develop patch deployment strategies that minimize downtime and maintain organizational service-level objectives
- Monitor patch compliance and drive remediation efforts to achieve established compliance targets
- Administer SCCM infrastructure including Software Update Points (SUP), Distribution Points, Boundary Groups, Collections, and Client Management
- Create, maintain, and optimize patch deployment packages and automated deployment rules
- Troubleshoot SCCM client health, software distribution, application deployments, and patching issues
- Develop compliance reporting and dashboards for executive leadership, IT management, and auditors
- Support operating system deployment (OSD) and endpoint lifecycle management initiatives
- Administer Microsoft Intune policies, update rings, Autopilot, endpoint compliance, and device management configurations
- Manage co-managed environments integrating SCCM and Intune
- Support endpoint configuration, enrollment, compliance monitoring, and policy enforcement
- Collaborate with Security teams to implement Endpoint Security and Conditional Access strategies
- Support patching and maintenance for Windows and Linux Server environments across on-premises and cloud platforms
- Coordinate maintenance windows with infrastructure, application, and clinical teams
- Validate application functionality following patch deployments
- Perform root cause analysis for deployment failures and service-impacting issues
- Ensure high availability and operational stability of endpoint management platforms
- Ensure systems comply with healthcare regulatory requirements including HIPAA, HITECH, and organizational security standards
- Produce audit-ready reports demonstrating patch compliance and vulnerability remediation
- Support internal and external audits related to system security and patch governance
- Maintain documentation, standard operating procedures, and technical runbooks
- Develop PowerShell scripts and automation solutions for patching, reporting, and endpoint management activities
- Identify opportunities to improve deployment efficiency, compliance, and operational effectiveness
- Participate in architecture reviews and technology modernization initiatives
- Recommend and implement best practices for endpoint security and lifecycle management
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience
- 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise endpoint management environments
- 3+ years of hands-on experience administering SCCM/MECM
- 3+ years of experience administering Microsoft Intune
- Experience managing patching operations for large-scale environments consisting of servers and endpoints
- Strong knowledge of:
- Microsoft SCCM/MECM
- Microsoft Intune
- Windows Update for Business (WUfB)
- Windows Server platforms
- Active Directory
- Group Policy
- PowerShell scripting
- Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
- Experience with vulnerability management platforms such as Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, or Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Familiarity with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments including Azure
- Experience with endpoint compliance reporting and audit preparation
- Relevant certifications such as:
- Microsoft Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
- ITIL Foundation
- CISSP (preferred)
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