What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Patch Engineer position at HCLTech?
HCLTech is looking for a highly talented and self- motivated Cloud Patch Engineer to join it in advancing the technological world through innovation and creativity.
Job Title: Cloud Patch Engineer
Req ID: 179549
Position Type: Full-time
Location: Jackson, Florida
Onsite
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.
Pay and Benefits
Pay Range Minimum: $ 114000 Per year
Pay Range Maximum: $ 198000 Per year
HCLTech is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to secure@hcltech.com for investigation.
Compensation and Benefits:
A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their work location, skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.
Salary : $114,000 - $198,000