Wintel Engineer - Chef Automation
Posted 1 week ago by Xcede
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Senior Wintel Engineer focuses on automating patch management, vulnerability remediation, and enforcing CIS compliance within an on-premise environment. The position involves developing Chef Cookbooks and implementing infrastructure automation solutions in a Wintel server environment. This is a fully remote opportunity with an immediate start available for candidates in the UK and EU. The role requires collaboration with cloud and security stakeholders to improve infrastructure management processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain Chef Cookbooks for automating patching and compliance activities
- Implement infrastructure automation solutions in a Wintel server environment
- Support ongoing vulnerability remediation and CIS compliance initiatives
- Collaborate with cloud and security stakeholders across the platform team
- Contribute to process improvements and documentation
Key Skills:
- Proven expertise with Chef (this is non-negotiable)
- Strong experience in Wintel engineering within enterprise environments
- Solid understanding of patch management, compliance frameworks, and automation workflows
- Comfortable working independently and in cross-functional remote teams
- Exposure to large-scale on-prem and hybrid environments (nice-to-have)
- Familiarity with modern DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines (nice-to-have)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Senior Wintel Engineer (x2) (Chef Automation) – Remote – 6M
Overview: Our client, based in eastern EU is seeking two Senior Wintel Engineers to join their Cloud Platform team. This is a high-impact role focused on automating patch management, vulnerability remediation, and enforcing CIS compliance within an on-premise environment. You’ll be working on a key project stream (CSVM), helping to shape and streamline infrastructure management processes using Chef for configuration automation. This is a fully remote opportunity with immediate start available (UK, EU remote)
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain Chef Cookbooks for automating patching and compliance activities
- Implement infrastructure automation solutions in a Wintel server environment
- Support ongoing vulnerability remediation and CIS compliance initiatives
- Collaborate with cloud and security stakeholders across the platform team
- Contribute to process improvements and documentation
Must-Have Experience:
- Proven expertise with Chef (this is non-negotiable)
- Strong experience in Wintel engineering within enterprise environments
- Solid understanding of patch management, compliance frameworks, and automation workflows
- Comfortable working independently and in cross-functional remote teams
Nice-to-Have:
- Exposure to large-scale on-prem and hybrid environments
- Familiarity with modern DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines