Windows Patching, Automation Engineer

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💃 Latin America – Remote

💵 $2.2k - $2.5k / month

⏰ Full Time

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🟠 Senior

🤖 QA Automation Engineer

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BPCS, Comprehensive marketing solutions, ltd.

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1 - 10 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Marketing

BPCS, Comprehensive marketing solutions, ltd. is a marketing agency founded in 2015 by four friends and experienced advertising professionals. The company offers integrated marketing, business consulting, advertising, and marketing strategies. Positioned as a 'big little agency,' BPCS combines the resources of larger firms with the personal touch and commitment of smaller agencies, providing responsive and dedicated services to meet complex marketing challenges.

📋 Description

• Write, maintain, and troubleshoot PowerShell scripts for patch deployment, diagnostics, remediation, and reporting • Support monthly Windows security patch rollouts, including official and prerelease updates, antivirus updates, .NET updates, and related security and compliance components • Investigate Windows Update and MSU installation failures using Windows event logs, CBS logs, installer logs, and error codes • Analyze logs and telemetry across multiple systems to identify failure patterns, technical blockers, and remediation steps • Use KQL to investigate deployment results, monitor patch and vulnerability compliance, and identify systems requiring follow-up • Verify installed Windows updates, packages, operating system versions, and runtime versions • Build, validate, and publish patching components and packages across deployment rings and environments • Troubleshoot blockers related to machine state, network connectivity, capacity, installation failures, and environment-specific conditions • Maintain dashboards, monitoring, compliance reporting, and investigation notes • Coordinate with partner teams to resolve exceptions, manual interventions, and technical blockers, escalating issues with diagnostic evidence • Support a client engagement expected to last 18 months

🎯 Requirements

• Hands-on experience with PowerShell scripting and automation, including writing, modifying, and debugging scripts • Understanding of PowerShell’s object-based pipeline and filtering methods such as Where-Object • Strong debugging and troubleshooting capabilities across multiple systems using logs and telemetry • Working knowledge of Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and manual MSU installation • Experience troubleshooting Windows update or package installation failures through event logs, servicing or installer logs, and error-code investigation • Ability to verify installed Windows updates and packages using Get-HotFix, Get-WindowsPackage, DISM, or Windows Update history • Hands-on experience using KQL to query and investigate operational data in Kusto • Strong communication skills and ability to document findings clearly and collaborate with engineering, security, and compliance teams • Preferred: experience supporting patching or vulnerability compliance across a large, distributed Windows server environment • Preferred: experience with Azure DevOps build or deployment pipelines • Preferred: familiarity with .NET servicing and identifying installed .NET runtimes • Preferred: familiarity with antivirus servicing and vulnerability scanning tools • Preferred: experience connecting CVEs to patching or vulnerability remediation activities • Preferred: familiarity with deployment rings, safe deployment practices, Windows hotpatching, operating system baselines, STIGs, or WinPE

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • 401(k) retirement plan • Competitive paid time off • Parental leave • Professional growth and development opportunities • Benefits, statutory entitlements, and any additional required payments follow applicable local employment requirements