Devops Engineer

Hiring: DevOps / Platform Engineer On-Prem IIS + Azure
Location: Remote – India
Experience: 6+ Years
Project: Insurance Platform
Budget: 75K PM – 1 LPM
Engagement: Contract / Project-based
Gunvatta Kendrak Solutions is looking for an experienced DevOps / Platform Engineer to support an Insurance Platform where applications are currently hosted on on-premises Windows/IIS infrastructure and are being migrated to Microsoft Azure.
The engineer will own deployment to both environments, implementing reliable automated CI/CD and zero-downtime releases, while helping build and transition the platform to Azure.
Key Responsibilities

• Own CI/CD pipelines for deploying .NET 10 services and React SPA to on-premises Windows Server/IIS
• Work with self-hosted build agents/deployment groups inside restricted corporate networks
• Manage IIS hosting for ASP.NET Core applications
• Configure IIS App Pools, site bindings, SSL certificates and environment-specific configuration
• Manage ASP.NET Core Hosting Bundle versions and in-process/out-of-process hosting
• Configure and maintain web.config and server-specific application settings
• Implement zero-downtime / near-zero-downtime IIS deployments using blue-green or side-by-side deployment strategies
• Work with ARR/load balancers, health checks and rollback mechanisms
• Automate Windows/IIS server configuration using PowerShell, WinRM, Web Deploy (MSDeploy) or DSC
• Implement a build-once, deploy-anywhere model using common versioned artifacts
• Manage on-premises secrets and deployment configuration
• Support SQL Server and PostgreSQL migration/deployment gates
• Plan and execute migration from on-prem IIS to Azure App Service
• Support parity testing, DNS/traffic cutover and rollback during Azure migration
• Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize application/platform deployments
  Must-Have Experience
  6+ years of DevOps / Platform Engineering experience
  3+ years deploying .NET applications to Windows Server/IIS through automated CI/CD
  Strong hands-on IIS administration
  Experience with IIS App Pools, bindings, SSL certificates, URL Rewrite/ARR
  Strong understanding of ASP.NET Core Hosting Bundle
  Hands-on experience with PowerShell automation
  Experience with WinRM and Web Deploy/MSDeploy
  Experience with self-hosted Azure DevOps agents, deployment groups or GitHub self-hosted runners
  Experience working within restricted/on-prem corporate networks
  Experience implementing zero-downtime or near-zero-downtime releases on IIS
  Strong CI/CD and release automation experience
  Hands-on Azure experience
  Nice to Have
• Experience migrating on-prem IIS workloads to Azure App Service
• Azure Arc / hybrid monitoring with Azure Monitor
• F5, NetScaler or Windows NLB experience
• Windows Event Logs and Windows performance counters
• OpenTelemetry collector in on-prem environments
• Experience with SQL Server and PostgreSQL
• Experience with blue-green deployment and traffic cutover strategies
  Interview Focus
  Candidates should be prepared to discuss a real-world scenario:
  How would you design a CI/CD pipeline that deploys an application to 3 IIS servers behind a load balancer with zero downtime, health checks, and a reliable rollback path?
  We are specifically looking for candidates with hands-on IIS + Windows Server + Azure experience, not purely cloud/Kubernetes-focused DevOps profiles.