Infrastructure Automation Architect – Patch & Vulnerability Management

LaVant Consulting, Inc.; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 125 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

LaVant Consulting, Inc. is seeking experienced Infrastructure Architects to lead automation and patch management transformations for a major Financial Services client in London.

You will design future-state architectures, automation strategies and roadmaps across enterprise infrastructure, driving remediation and governance improvements. The role requires hands-on delivery, collaboration with Cyber Security, IT Operations, DevOps and Engineering teams, and a focus on reducing vulnerability

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise infrastructure architecture, patch management and vulnerability remediation.
• Proven ability to implement automation strategies across servers, OS, networks, containers and databases.
• Strong collaboration with Infrastructure, Cyber Security, IT Operations and DevOps teams.

Responsabilités

• Assess and redesign end-to-end patch management and vulnerability remediation processes.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual activities and improve operational efficiency.
• Define architecture, tooling, processes and implementation roadmap for automation and patch management.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to drive transformation across enterprise infrastructure.

Connaissances

Infrastructure automation

Patch management

Vulnerability management

Security remediation

ITSM / Service Management

ServiceNow

DevOps

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Automation tooling

Outils

ServiceNow

Kubernetes

Description du poste

We are looking for experienced Infrastructure Automation Architects / Infrastructure Architects / Automation Architects / Platform Architects to support a major Financial Services organisation as part of a board-sponsored Vulnerability Management and Patch Management transformation programme.

This is a strategic and hands-on architecture role focused on enterprise infrastructure automation, patch management, vulnerability remediation, infrastructure transformation and operational process improvement.

You will help define and implement the future-state patch management operating model and automation strategy, working across complex enterprise infrastructure environments to improve patch compliance, automate remediation and significantly reduce the existing vulnerability backlog.

The Role

You will assess and redesign end-to-end patch management and vulnerability remediation processes, identifying opportunities to automate manual activities and improve operational efficiency.

Working closely with Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Information Security, IT Operations, Service Management, DevOps and Engineering teams, you will define the required architecture, tooling, processes and implementation roadmap.

Key areas will include:

• Enterprise Patch Management and Vulnerability Management
• Vulnerability remediation and backlog reduction
• Infrastructure automation and orchestration
• Automation strategy and future-state architecture
• Operating model and process transformation
• Patch compliance and remediation workflows
• Infrastructure tooling and technology assessment
• ServiceNow and ITSM processes
• Enterprise infrastructure architecture
• Automation across servers, operating systems, networks, containers and databases
• Stakeholder engagement across technical and executive teams
• Defining implementation roadmaps and transformation strategies
• Improving operational efficiency, governance and security posture

Key Skills & Experience

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience as an:

Infrastructure Architect | Infrastructure Automation Architect | Automation Architect | Platform Architect | Enterprise Architect | Infrastructure Transformation Architect | DevOps Architect | Cloud Infrastructure Architect

You should have strong experience in:

• Enterprise infrastructure architecture
• Infrastructure automation and orchestration
• Patch management / patching
• Vulnerability management
• Vulnerability remediation
• Security remediation and patch compliance
• ITSM / Service Management
• ServiceNow
• Large-scale infrastructure transformation
• Operational process improvement
• Automation strategy and tooling
• Enterprise server and operating system environments
• Network infrastructure
• Container platforms / Kubernetes
• Database platforms
• Working across Infrastructure, Cyber Security and Operations
• Senior stakeholder and executive communication

Experience of reducing large enterprise vulnerability backlogs, improving patch compliance or delivering large-scale patch management transformation would be highly desirable.

Contract

Duration: 6 months

Positions: 3-4

Sector: Financial Services

Focus: Infrastructure Automation / Patch Management / Vulnerability Management / Transformation