Senior Patch & Endpoint Automation Engineer

Synechron; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Commuter benefits

Employee training & development

Job summary

Synechron seeks a Patch Management & Application Deployment Engineer to lead enterprise patching across Windows and Linux environments, including systems, VMs, and cloud assets. You will own deployment automation, testing groups, and change control in a regulated setting.

Ideal candidates bring 7–15 years of hands‑on patching experience, strong PowerShell and scripting skills, and the ability to drive remediation roadmaps with cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field is required.
• 7–15 years of experience delivering patch‑management and deployment programs.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute OS, third‑party app, firmware, and agent patching across enterprise infrastructure and endpoints.
• Administer and improve patching, endpoint‑management, application‑deployment, imaging, and provisioning platforms.
• Define testing groups, deployment rings, maintenance windows, validation checks, reboot controls, rollback criteria, and emergency patching practices.
• Package and deploy enterprise applications with repeatable installation, upgrade, removal, validation, and rollback processes.
• Investigate and remediate failed patches, unhealthy clients, missing agents, and inventory gaps.
• Automate patching, compliance reporting, pre‑patch validation, and abnormal remediation workflows.
• Coordinate with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and other owners on priorities and SLAs.

Skills

Windows & Linux administration

PowerShell automation

Bash

Python

Microsoft Graph

Ansible

Change control & risk management

Vulnerability remediation

End‑to‑end patch management

Team leadership / project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, cybersecurity, engineering, or equivalent

Tools

SCCM/MECM

Intune

Patch Manager Plus

Rapid7

Autopilot

Imaging & task sequences

Job description

Synechron seeks a Patch Management & Application Deployment Engineer to lead enterprise patching across Windows and Linux environments, including systems, VMs, and cloud assets. You will own deployment automation, testing groups, and change control in a regulated setting.

Ideal candidates bring 7–15 years of hands‑on patching experience, strong PowerShell and scripting skills, and the ability to drive remediation roadmaps with cross‑functional teams.