Wintel Engineer - Chef Automation

JR United Kingdom; Wakefield; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks two Senior Wintel Engineers to join their Cloud Platform team in a fully remote role. This high-impact position focuses on automating patch management and enforcing compliance in an on-premise environment. Candidates should have extensive experience with Chef and a solid understanding of Wintel engineering.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise with Chef is non-negotiable.
• Wintel engineering experience in enterprise environments required.
• Solid understanding of patch management and automation workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Chef Cookbooks for automation tasks.
• Support ongoing vulnerability remediation and compliance initiatives.
• Collaborate with cloud and security stakeholders.

Skills

Chef

Patch management

Compliance frameworks

Automation workflows

Wintel engineering

Collaboration

Tools

DevOps tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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Client:

Xcede

Location:

wakefield, United Kingdom

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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Job Description:

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