Wintel Engineer - Chef Automation

ZipRecruiter; London; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the tech sector is seeking two Senior Wintel Engineers for their Cloud Platform team. This fully remote position focuses on automation of patch management and compliance initiatives, providing a unique opportunity for professionals with proven Chef expertise and Wintel engineering experience. Successful candidates will play a key role in shaping and streamlining infrastructure processes while collaborating with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise with Chef (non-negotiable).
• Strong experience in Wintel engineering within enterprise environments.
• Solid understanding of compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Chef Cookbooks for automating patching and compliance activities.
• Implement infrastructure automation solutions in a Wintel server environment.
• Collaborate with cloud and security stakeholders.

Skills

Chef

Wintel engineering

Patch management

Automation workflows

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Job DescriptionSenior Wintel Engineer (x2) (Chef Automation) – Remote – 6M

Overview:
Our client, based in eastern EUis 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, EUremote)

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