Senior Patch Management Lead

The client is looking at hiring a Senior Patch Management Lead for their team at Riyadh.Experience: 10+ Years

Location: Saudi Arabia | On-siteJob Summary:We are looking for an experienced Senior Patch Management Lead to own and manage the end-to-end enterprise patch management lifecycle across infrastructure, applications, databases, network, security, and end-user computing environments.The candidate will be responsible for patch governance, planning, prioritization, deployment coordination, compliance, reporting, and ensuring vulnerabilities are remediated within defined SLAs.

Key Responsibilities

Own end-to-end patch management activities across the enterprise.Develop and maintain patching policies, standards, procedures, and governance.Coordinate patching activities across Windows, Linux, AIX, VMware, databases, applications, network, and security platforms.Review vulnerability and security advisories and prioritize patches based on risk and criticality.Develop monthly/quarterly patching calendars and deployment plans.Coordinate patching activities with infrastructure, application, database, network, security, and business teams.Ensure patches are properly tested before production deployment.Monitor patch compliance and remediation against defined SLAs.Manage patch exceptions, risk acceptances, and compensating controls.Provide management dashboards and compliance reports.Lead patch-related incident management, RCA, and remediation.Ensure patch management processes align with organizational security and regulatory requirements.Drive continuous improvement and automation of patch management processes.

Required Skills

Strong enterprise patch management experience.Excellent understanding of vulnerability management and remediation.Experience managing large-scale infrastructure environments.Knowledge of SCCM/MECM, WSUS, Linux patching, VMware, databases, and application patching.Strong ITIL/change-management knowledge.Experience with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms.Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills.Experience working in regulated environments such as banking/financial services is preferred.