Remote Patch Engineering Lead (Security & Compliance)

NexusTek; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four weeks PTO annually

Company-paid life insurance & short/ln

Discretionary 401k match

Job summary

NexusTek is seeking an experienced Patch Engineering Lead to drive patch management and vulnerability remediation across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments. You will deploy OS and third-party patches using Automox, N-able, and Microsoft Intune, while ensuring HIPAA compliance and audit-ready records.

You will coordinate with NOC, Service Desk, and Security teams, prioritize remediation by risk, and guide policy improvements to reduce MTTR across clients.

Qualifications

• At least 3–5 years in IT operations, systems administration, or security operations with patch/vulnerability focus.
• Experience administering patch/RMM platforms ( Automox, N-able N-central/N-sight, Microsoft Intune ).
• Familiarity with cloud patching (AWS Systems Manager, Azure Update Manager).

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end patch management lifecycle across Windows, Linux, macOS environments.
• Configure and operate patch platforms to deploy OS and app patches.
• Maintain HIPAA security alignment and audit-ready documentation.
• Coordinate emergency/ out-of-band patching for critical CVEs.
• Produce patch compliance and remediation reports for stakeholders.

Skills

Patch management

Automox

N-able N-central

Microsoft Intune

AWS Systems Manager

Azure Update Manager

Vulnerability management

HIPAA compliance

PowerShell

Bash

Python

ConnectWise/Autotask

TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP

Firmware updates

Education

IT operations or security operations experience

Tools

Tenable/Nessus

Qualys

Rapid7 InsightVM

WSUS/SCCM

IT Glue

Job description

NexusTek is seeking an experienced Patch Engineering Lead to drive patch management and vulnerability remediation across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments. You will deploy OS and third-party patches using Automox, N-able, and Microsoft Intune, while ensuring HIPAA compliance and audit-ready records.

You will coordinate with NOC, Service Desk, and Security teams, prioritize remediation by risk, and guide policy improvements to reduce MTTR across clients.