diff --git a/examples/client.go b/examples/client.go
index 8160678..e1e3411 100644
--- a/examples/client.go
+++ b/examples/client.go
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ func main() {
 		job = realis.NewJob().
 			Environment("prod").
 			Role("vagrant").
-			Name("docker-compose").
+			Name("docker-compose-test").
 			ExecutorName("docker-compose-executor").
 			ExecutorData("{}").
 			CPU(0.25).
-			RAM(64).
+			RAM(512).
 			Disk(100).
 			IsService(true).
 			InstanceCount(1).
@@ -192,14 +192,15 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Println("Creating service")
 		settings := realis.NewUpdateSettings()
 		job.InstanceCount(3)
-		_, resp, err := r.CreateService(job, *settings)
+		resp, result, err := r.CreateService(job, settings)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(err)
+			fmt.Println("error: ", err)
+			fmt.Println("response: ", resp.String())
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		fmt.Println(resp.String())
+		fmt.Println(result.String())
 
-		if ok, err := monitor.JobUpdate(*resp.GetKey(), 5, 50); !ok || err != nil {
+		if ok, err := monitor.JobUpdate(*result.GetKey(), 5, 50); !ok || err != nil {
 			_, err := r.KillJob(job.JobKey())
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Println(err)
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 		if resp.ResponseCode == aurora.ResponseCode_OK {
-			if ok, err := monitor.Instances(job.JobKey(), currInstances-numOfInstances, 5, 50); !ok || err != nil {
+			if ok, err := monitor.Instances(job.JobKey(), currInstances-numOfInstances, 5, 100); !ok || err != nil {
 				fmt.Println("flexDown failed")
 			}
 		}
@@ -427,6 +428,39 @@ func main() {
 		jobUpdateKey := response.JobUpdateKey(resp)
 		monitor.JobUpdate(*jobUpdateKey, 5, 500)
 		break
+
+	case "pauseJobUpdate":
+		resp, err := r.PauseJobUpdate(&aurora.JobUpdateKey{
+			Job: job.JobKey(),
+			ID: updateId,
+			}, "")
+
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+		fmt.Println("PauseJobUpdate response: ", resp.String())
+
+	case "resumeJobUpdate":
+		resp, err := r.ResumeJobUpdate(&aurora.JobUpdateKey{
+			Job: job.JobKey(),
+			ID: updateId,
+		}, "")
+
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+		fmt.Println("ResumeJobUpdate response: ", resp.String())
+
+	case "pulseJobUpdate":
+		resp, err := r.PulseJobUpdate(&aurora.JobUpdateKey{
+			Job: job.JobKey(),
+			ID: updateId,
+			})
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+		fmt.Println("PulseJobUpdate response: ", resp.String())
+
 	case "updateDetails":
 		resp, err := r.JobUpdateDetails(aurora.JobUpdateQuery{
 			Key: &aurora.JobUpdateKey{
diff --git a/realis.go b/realis.go
index 03554aa..5a3b202 100644
--- a/realis.go
+++ b/realis.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type Realis interface {
 	AbortJobUpdate(updateKey aurora.JobUpdateKey, message string) (*aurora.Response, error)
 	AddInstances(instKey aurora.InstanceKey, count int32) (*aurora.Response, error)
 	CreateJob(auroraJob Job) (*aurora.Response, error)
-	CreateService(auroraJob Job, settings UpdateSettings) (*aurora.Response, *aurora.StartJobUpdateResult_, error)
+	CreateService(auroraJob Job, settings *aurora.JobUpdateSettings) (*aurora.Response, *aurora.StartJobUpdateResult_, error)
 	DescheduleCronJob(key *aurora.JobKey) (*aurora.Response, error)
 	FetchTaskConfig(instKey aurora.InstanceKey) (*aurora.TaskConfig, error)
 	GetInstanceIds(key *aurora.JobKey, states map[aurora.ScheduleStatus]bool) (map[int32]bool, error)
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ type Realis interface {
 	RollbackJobUpdate(key aurora.JobUpdateKey, message string) (*aurora.Response, error)
 	ScheduleCronJob(auroraJob Job) (*aurora.Response, error)
 	StartJobUpdate(updateJob *UpdateJob, message string) (*aurora.Response, error)
+
+	PauseJobUpdate(key *aurora.JobUpdateKey, message string) (*aurora.Response, error)
+	ResumeJobUpdate(key *aurora.JobUpdateKey, message string) (*aurora.Response, error)
+	PulseJobUpdate(key *aurora.JobUpdateKey) (*aurora.Response, error)
 	StartCronJob(key *aurora.JobKey) (*aurora.Response, error)
 	// TODO: Remove this method and make it private to avoid race conditions
 	ReestablishConn() error
@@ -549,6 +553,7 @@ func (r *realisClient) GetJobUpdateSummaries(jobUpdateQuery *aurora.JobUpdateQue
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
+
 func (r *realisClient)	GetJobs(role string) (*aurora.Response, *aurora.GetJobsResult_, error) {
 	var resp *aurora.Response
 	var result *aurora.GetJobsResult_
@@ -660,9 +665,9 @@ func (r *realisClient) CreateJob(auroraJob Job) (*aurora.Response, error) {
 }
 
 // This API uses an update thrift call to create the services giving a few more robust features.
-func (r *realisClient) CreateService(auroraJob Job, settings UpdateSettings) (*aurora.Response, *aurora.StartJobUpdateResult_, error) {
+func (r *realisClient) CreateService(auroraJob Job, settings *aurora.JobUpdateSettings) (*aurora.Response, *aurora.StartJobUpdateResult_, error) {
 	// Create a new job update object and ship it to the StartJobUpdate api
-	update := NewUpdateJob(auroraJob.TaskConfig(), &settings.settings)
+	update := NewUpdateJob(auroraJob.TaskConfig(), settings)
 	update.InstanceCount(auroraJob.GetInstanceCount())
 	update.BatchSize(auroraJob.GetInstanceCount())
 
@@ -695,7 +700,7 @@ func (r *realisClient) ScheduleCronJob(auroraJob Job) (*aurora.Response, error)
 	})
 
 	if retryErr != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(clientErr, retryErr.Error()+": Error sending Cron Job Schedule message to Aurora Scheduler")
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(clientErr, retryErr.Error()+"Error sending Cron Job Schedule message to Aurora Scheduler")
 	}
 	return resp, nil
 }
@@ -718,7 +723,7 @@ func (r *realisClient) DescheduleCronJob(key *aurora.JobKey) (*aurora.Response,
 	})
 
 	if retryErr != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(clientErr, retryErr.Error()+": Error sending Cron Job De-schedule message to Aurora Scheduler")
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(clientErr, retryErr.Error()+"Error sending Cron Job De-schedule message to Aurora Scheduler")
 	}
 	return resp, nil
 
@@ -859,6 +864,73 @@ func (r *realisClient) AbortJobUpdate(
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
+//Pause Job Update. UpdateID is returned from StartJobUpdate or the Aurora web UI.
+func (r *realisClient) PauseJobUpdate(updateKey *aurora.JobUpdateKey, message string) (*aurora.Response, error) {
+	var resp *aurora.Response
+	var clientErr error
+	retryErr := ExponentialBackoff(*r.config.backoff, func() (bool, error) {
+		resp, clientErr = r.thriftCallHelper(func() (*aurora.Response, error) {
+			return r.client.PauseJobUpdate(updateKey, message)
+		})
+
+		if clientErr != nil {
+			return false, clientErr
+		}
+
+		return true, nil
+	})
+	if retryErr != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(clientErr, retryErr.Error()+": Error sending PauseJobUpdate command to Aurora Scheduler")
+	}
+
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
+//Resume Paused Job Update. UpdateID is returned from StartJobUpdate or the Aurora web UI.
+func (r *realisClient) ResumeJobUpdate(updateKey *aurora.JobUpdateKey, message string) (*aurora.Response, error) {
+	var resp *aurora.Response
+	var clientErr error
+	retryErr := ExponentialBackoff(*r.config.backoff, func() (bool, error) {
+		resp, clientErr = r.thriftCallHelper(func() (*aurora.Response, error) {
+			return r.client.ResumeJobUpdate(updateKey, message)
+		})
+
+		if clientErr != nil {
+			return false, clientErr
+		}
+
+		return true, nil
+	})
+	if retryErr != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(retryErr, "Error sending ResumeJobUpdate command to Aurora Scheduler")
+	}
+
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
+//Pulse Job Update on Aurora. UpdateID is returned from StartJobUpdate or the Aurora web UI.
+func (r *realisClient) PulseJobUpdate(updateKey *aurora.JobUpdateKey) (*aurora.Response, error) {
+
+	var resp *aurora.Response
+	var clientErr error
+	retryErr := ExponentialBackoff(*r.config.backoff, func() (bool, error) {
+		resp, clientErr = r.thriftCallHelper(func() (*aurora.Response, error) {
+			return r.client.PulseJobUpdate(updateKey)
+		})
+
+		if clientErr != nil {
+			return false, clientErr
+		}
+
+		return true, nil
+	})
+	if retryErr != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(retryErr, "Error sending PulseJobUpdate command to Aurora Scheduler")
+	}
+
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
 // Scale up the number of instances under a job configuration using the configuration for specific
 // instance to scale up.
 func (r *realisClient) AddInstances(instKey aurora.InstanceKey, count int32) (*aurora.Response, error) {
diff --git a/realis_e2e_test.go b/realis_e2e_test.go
index 1538886..03720a2 100644
--- a/realis_e2e_test.go
+++ b/realis_e2e_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/paypal/gorealis"
 	"github.com/paypal/gorealis/gen-go/apache/aurora"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/paypal/gorealis/response"
 )
 
 var r realis.Realis
@@ -128,6 +129,91 @@ func TestRealisClient_CreateJob_Thermos(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestRealisClient_CreateJobWithPulse_Thermos(t *testing.T) {
+
+	fmt.Println("Creating service")
+	role := "vagrant"
+	job := realis.NewJob().
+		Environment("prod").
+		Role(role).
+		Name("create_thermos_job_test").
+		ExecutorName(aurora.AURORA_EXECUTOR_NAME).
+		ExecutorData(string(thermosPayload)).
+		CPU(1).
+		RAM(64).
+		Disk(100).
+		IsService(true).
+		InstanceCount(1).
+		AddPorts(1).
+		AddLabel("currentTime", time.Now().String())
+
+	pulse := int32(30)
+	timeout := 300
+	settings := realis.NewUpdateSettings()
+	settings.BlockIfNoPulsesAfterMs = &pulse
+	settings.UpdateGroupSize = 1
+	settings.WaitForBatchCompletion = true
+	job.InstanceCount(2)
+	resp, result, err := r.CreateService(job, settings)
+	fmt.Println(result.String())
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, aurora.ResponseCode_OK, resp.ResponseCode)
+
+
+	updateQ := aurora.JobUpdateQuery{
+	               Key:   result.GetKey(),
+	              Limit: 1,
+			}
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	for i := 0; i*int(pulse) <= timeout; i++ {
+
+		fmt.Println("sending PulseJobUpdate....")
+		resp, err = r.PulseJobUpdate(result.GetKey())
+		assert.NotNil(t, resp)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+		respDetail, err := r.JobUpdateDetails(updateQ)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+		updateDetail := response.JobUpdateDetails(respDetail)
+		if len(updateDetail) == 0 {
+			fmt.Println("No update found")
+			assert.NotEqual(t, len(updateDetail), 0)
+		}
+		status := updateDetail[0].Update.Summary.State.Status
+
+		if _, ok := aurora.ACTIVE_JOB_UPDATE_STATES[status]; !ok {
+
+			// Rolled forward is the only state in which an update has been successfully updated
+			// if we encounter an inactive state and it is not at rolled forward, update failed
+			if status == aurora.JobUpdateStatus_ROLLED_FORWARD {
+				fmt.Println("Update succeded")
+				break
+			} else {
+				fmt.Println("Update failed")
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println("Polling, update still active...")
+		time.Sleep(time.Duration(pulse) * time.Second)
+	}
+	end := time.Now()
+	fmt.Printf("Update call took %d ns\n", (end.UnixNano() - start.UnixNano()))
+
+	t.Run("TestRealisClient_KillJob_Thermos", func(t *testing.T) {
+		start := time.Now()
+		resp, err := r.KillJob(job.JobKey())
+		end := time.Now()
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, aurora.ResponseCode_OK, resp.ResponseCode)
+		fmt.Printf("Kill call took %d ns\n", (end.UnixNano() - start.UnixNano()))
+	})
+
+}
+
 func TestRealisClient_ScheduleCronJob_Thermos(t *testing.T) {
 
 	thermosCronPayload, err := ioutil.ReadFile("examples/thermos_cron_payload.json")
diff --git a/updatejob.go b/updatejob.go
index bffe285..a1be06a 100644
--- a/updatejob.go
+++ b/updatejob.go
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ func NewDefaultUpdateJob(config *aurora.TaskConfig) *UpdateJob {
 
 	req := aurora.NewJobUpdateRequest()
 	req.TaskConfig = config
-	s := NewUpdateSettings().Settings()
-	req.Settings = &s
+	req.Settings = NewUpdateSettings()
 
 	job := NewJob().(*AuroraJob)
 	job.jobConfig.TaskConfig = config
@@ -139,64 +138,18 @@ func (u *UpdateJob) RollbackOnFail(rollback bool) *UpdateJob {
 	return u
 }
 
-// TODO(rdelvalle): Integrate this struct with the JobUpdate struct so that we don't repeat code
-type UpdateSettings struct {
-	settings aurora.JobUpdateSettings
-}
 
-func NewUpdateSettings() *UpdateSettings {
-
-	us := new(UpdateSettings)
+func NewUpdateSettings() *aurora.JobUpdateSettings {
 
+	us := new(aurora.JobUpdateSettings)
 	// Mirrors defaults set by Pystachio
-	us.settings.UpdateOnlyTheseInstances = make(map[*aurora.Range]bool)
-	us.settings.UpdateGroupSize = 1
-	us.settings.WaitForBatchCompletion = false
-	us.settings.MinWaitInInstanceRunningMs = 45000
-	us.settings.MaxPerInstanceFailures = 0
-	us.settings.MaxFailedInstances = 0
-	us.settings.RollbackOnFailure = true
+	us.UpdateOnlyTheseInstances = make(map[*aurora.Range]bool)
+	us.UpdateGroupSize = 1
+	us.WaitForBatchCompletion = false
+	us.MinWaitInInstanceRunningMs = 45000
+	us.MaxPerInstanceFailures = 0
+	us.MaxFailedInstances = 0
+	us.RollbackOnFailure = true
 
 	return us
 }
-
-// Max number of instances being updated at any given moment.
-func (u *UpdateSettings) BatchSize(size int32) *UpdateSettings {
-	u.settings.UpdateGroupSize = size
-	return u
-}
-
-// Minimum number of seconds a shard must remain in RUNNING state before considered a success.
-func (u *UpdateSettings) WatchTime(ms int32) *UpdateSettings {
-	u.settings.MinWaitInInstanceRunningMs = ms
-	return u
-}
-
-// Wait for all instances in a group to be done before moving on.
-func (u *UpdateSettings) WaitForBatchCompletion(batchWait bool) *UpdateSettings {
-	u.settings.WaitForBatchCompletion = batchWait
-	return u
-}
-
-// Max number of instance failures to tolerate before marking instance as FAILED.
-func (u *UpdateSettings) MaxPerInstanceFailures(inst int32) *UpdateSettings {
-	u.settings.MaxPerInstanceFailures = inst
-	return u
-}
-
-// Max number of FAILED instances to tolerate before terminating the update.
-func (u *UpdateSettings) MaxFailedInstances(inst int32) *UpdateSettings {
-	u.settings.MaxFailedInstances = inst
-	return u
-}
-
-// When False, prevents auto rollback of a failed update.
-func (u *UpdateSettings) RollbackOnFail(rollback bool) *UpdateSettings {
-	u.settings.RollbackOnFailure = rollback
-	return u
-}
-
-// Return internal Thrift API structure
-func (u UpdateSettings) Settings() aurora.JobUpdateSettings {
-	return u.settings
-}