Business Analyst Network Patching
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Job Location:
Phoenix, NM - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position Title
Business Analyst Network Patching
Role Overview
The Business Analyst Network Patching is responsible for analyzing coordinating and driving network patching activities across enterprise environments This role acts as a bridge between technical networksecurity teams and business stakeholders to ensure timely compliant and riskaligned patch deployment The analyst will support patch lifecycle planning reporting change management coordination and continuous process improvement
Key Responsibilities
1 Patching Planning Coordination
Collaborate with network engineering security and infrastructure teams to gather patch requirements and identify impacted assets
Assist in creating patch deployment schedules in alignment with maintenance windows and business constraints
Ensure prerequisites dependencies and test plans are clearly understood and documented
2 Requirement Analysis Documentation
Translate security advisories vulnerability assessments and vendor patch notes into actionable business and technical requirements
Maintain detailed documentation such as patch calendars runbooks impact assessments and change tickets ITIL framework preferred
Support creation of user stories and acceptance criteria for patchingrelated initiatives
3 Change Risk Management
Work with Change Advisory Board CAB to ensure patch changes are logged approved and tracked
Assess potential risks associated with patch deployments and recommend mitigation strategies
Monitor compliance against internal controls security policies and regulatory standards
4 Reporting Analytics
Develop dashboards and reports on patch compliance SLA adherence and vulnerability remediation progress
Identify bottlenecks and recurring issues using datadriven insights
Present patching performance metrics to leadership and stakeholders
5 Stakeholder Communication
Act as the primary liaison between technical teams and business units regarding patching activities
Communicate planned outages risks timelines and postpatch updates clearly and proactively
Facilitate meetings workshops and status reviews
6 Continuous Improvement
Evaluate existing patching processes and propose improvements to reduce downtime and increase automation
Support implementation of new patch management tools scripts and monitoring mechanisms
Contribute to knowledge base and best practice guidelines
Required Skills Qualifications
Technical Skills
Strong understanding of network infrastructure routers switches firewalls load balancers
Familiarity with network OS patching Cisco IOSIOSXENXOS Fortinet Palo Alto Juniper etc
Experience with patch management tools SolarWinds WSUS SCCM Tanium Ansible etc
Basic knowledge of vulnerability management frameworks CVSS NIST
Comfortable interpreting vendor patch advisories and security bulletins
Business Analytical Skills
Strong analytical and requirementgathering capabilities
Experience writing BRDs FRDs process maps root cause analyses and reports
Understanding of ITIL processes Incident Problem Change
Soft Skills
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Strong documentation and presentation ability
Ability to work under pressure during maintenance and deployment windows
Detailoriented with strong organizational skills
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science IT Engineering or related field
ITIL Foundation Certification preferred
Certifications in networkingsecurity CCNACCNP CompTIA Network Security
Experience working in large enterprise or global environments
Exposure to automation frameworks for network or patch management
Skills
Mandatory Skills : Cisco-sdn-network-administration
Key Skills
- IDS
- Network Support
- Tcp/IP
- LAN
- Computer Networking
- Windows
- TCP
- Perl
- Telecommunication
- Operating Systems
- Juniper
- Dns
