Description
Your role, your impact
As a Pod Lead, you’ll play a critical role in leading the VPM Patch Management offshore pod and driving enterprise patch management operations across Linux and Windows environments. You’ll leverage your expertise in Ansible Tower (AAP2), Linux patch automation, orchestration frameworks, and enterprise patch management to lead end-to-end patch lifecycle delivery, expand automation coverage, and ensure compliance-driven remediation outcomes.
Your ability to architect automation solutions, lead technical execution, mentor engineers, and collaborate across infrastructure, network, and application teams will directly contribute to operational stability, remediation velocity, compliance objectives, and the continued evolution of patch management automation capabilities.

Responsibilities
Your day-to-day
- Own end-to-end patch lifecycle activities across assigned application portfolios, including planning, scheduling, execution, validation, and compliance tracking;
- Lead patch management activities across internet-facing, DMZ,



and enterprise infrastructure environments;
- Drive expansion of Ansible Tower (AAP2) automation across Linux environments and associated infrastructure platforms;
- Architect, develop, and maintain reusable Ansible playbooks and orchestration pipelines supporting reboot sequencing, dependency management, startup and shutdown logic, and health checks;
- Lead onboarding of applications, middleware platforms, and infrastructure dependencies into automated patch management frameworks;
- Collaborate with application teams to integrate technologies such as JBoss, Oracle Database, and related middleware components into automated workflows;
- Operate a dual-track patch management model supporting both automated and manual remediation activities where automation gaps exist;
- Lead and mentor a pod team of engineers by assigning workstreams, reviewing deliverables, and ensuring delivery accountability;
- Support surge capac

📌 Infrastructure Automation Lead, VPM Patch Management (Hyderabad)
🏢 Alithya
📍 Hyderabad