Walk-in | Windows Patching Engineer

NTT DATA; Hyderabad, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking experienced IT patch management professionals in India (Hyderabad or Bangalore) for hands-on Windows patching, WSUS, and vulnerability remediation. Face-to-face interviews and 2–4 years of experience are required.

You will coordinate across environments and work with security teams to ensure compliance and system availability. The role covers patch planning, testing, deployment, monitoring, change management, and incident response.

Qualifications

• Experience between 2 to 4 years.
• Face to face interview required.
• Willing to work in Hyderabad or Bangalore.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule Windows patch deployments.
• Review and evaluate Microsoft monthly updates (Patch Tuesday releases).
• Apply security, critical, cumulative, and feature updates.
• Ensure servers and workstations remain compliant with patching policies.
• Manage Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
• Monitor patch synchronization and update catalogs.
• Test patches in development or staging environments.
• Assess potential business impacts before production deployment.
• Validate application and server functionality after patch installation.
• Coordinate testing activities with application owners.
• Patch Windows Servers (2012, 2016, 2019, 2022, etc.).
• Patch Windows desktops.
• Schedule maintenance windows and perform reboots as required.
• Maintain high system availability during patch activities.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security standards.
• Address vulnerabilities identified through security scans.
• Work with cybersecurity teams to remediate critical CVEs.
• Monitor patch deployment success and failure rates.
• Generate compliance and patch status reports.
• Track systems with missing or failed updates.
• Investigate failed patch installations.
• Resolve WSUS, SCCM, Windows Update, and agent-related issues.
• Analyze Windows update logs and deployment errors.
• Roll back updates if they cause system instability.
• Review vulnerability scan results from tools such as: Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Tenable Nessus, Qualys, Rapid7.
• Prioritize remediation based on severity and risk.
• Validate vulnerability closure after patch deployment.
• Create and implement Change Requests (CRs).
• Follow ITIL change management processes.
• Participate in CAB meetings.
• Support incident and problem management activities related to patching.
• Coordinate patching activities across multiple environments.
• Maintain patching documentation and standard operating procedures.
• Support cloud environments (Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Update Manager).
• Ensure backup and recovery readiness before major patch deployments.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and security teams.

Skills

Patch management

WSUS administration

Vulnerability remediation

Incident management

Tools

Microsoft WSUS

SALT Stack

Altiris

Azure Update Manager

ServiceNow

Active Directory

Job description

We require experience candidates between 2 to 4 years and someone who can come for Face to Face interview

Serving notice / Immediate to 30 days only required

Candidate should be ready to work in Hyderabad or Bangalore location

Role & responsibilities

1. Patch Management

• Plan and schedule Windows patch deployments.
• Review and evaluate Microsoft monthly updates (Patch Tuesday releases).
• Apply security, critical, cumulative, and feature updates.
• Ensure servers and workstations remain compliant with patching policies.

2. WSUS/SALT STACK Administration

• Manage Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
• Monitor patch synchronization and update catalogs.

3. Patch Testing and Validation

• Test patches in development or staging environments.
• Assess potential business impacts before production deployment.
• Validate application and server functionality after patch installation.
• Coordinate testing activities with application owners.

4. Server maintenance

• Patch Windows Servers (2012, 2016, 2019, 2022, etc.).
• Patch Windows desktops.
• Schedule maintenance windows and perform reboots as required.
• Maintain high system availability during patch activities.

5. Security and Compliance

• Ensure compliance with organizational security standards.
• Address vulnerabilities identified through security scans.
• Work with cybersecurity teams to remediate critical CVEs.

6. Monitoring and Reporting

• Monitor patch deployment success and failure rates.
• Generate compliance and patch status reports.
• Track systems with missing or failed updates.

7. Troubleshooting

• Investigate failed patch installations.
• Resolve WSUS, SCCM, Windows Update, and agent-related issues.
• Analyze Windows update logs and deployment errors.
• Roll back updates if they cause system instability.

8. Vulnerability Remediation

• Review vulnerability scan results from tools such as:
  • Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
  • Tenable Nessus
  • Qualys
  • Rapid7
• Prioritize remediation based on severity and risk.
• Validate vulnerability closure after patch deployment.

9 . Change and Incident Management

• Create and implement Change Requests (CRs).
• Follow ITIL change management processes.
• Participate in CAB (Change Advisory Board) meetings.
• Support incident and problem management activities related to patching.

Additional Responsibilities

• Coordinate patching activities across multiple environments.
• Maintain patching documentation and standard operating procedures.
• Support cloud environments (Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Update Manager).
• Ensure backup and recovery readiness before major patch deployments.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and security teams.

Common Tools Used

• Microsoft WSUS
• SALT Stack
• Altiris
• Azure Update Manager
• ServiceNow
• Active Directory