Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Windows Server

Responsibilities

• Engineer, deploy, maintain, and reimagining enterprise web hosting platforms.
• Provide engineering guidance to support teams using Windows Server, Microsoft IIS, .NET hosting, shared web farms, and content hosting environments.
• Provide engineering guidance to support teams using Linux-based web hosting capabilities, including Apache Tomcat and static content hosting.
• Analyze technical requirements and partner with application teams to develop reliable hosting solutions.
• Improve platform reliability, availability, security, and operational supportability.
• Guide the process to automate infrastructure tasks using tools such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
• Provide engineering guidance of lifecycle activities, including patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, certificate management, monitoring, capacity planning, and operational readiness.
• Diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure, web server, application runtime, middleware, performance, and availability issues.
• Integrate hosting capabilities with enterprise data center, virtualized, Azure, AWS, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, support procedures, runbooks, and engineering standards.
• Partner with product teams, security, architecture, operations, vendors, and peer infrastructure teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical direction, platform standards, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in infrastructure engineering, preferably with a focus on Windows Server Hosting, Microsoft IIS, .NET hosting, enterprise web hosting, or application platform support.
• Strong understanding of Windows Server administration, configuration, patching, troubleshooting, and operational support.
• Experience with Microsoft IIS, including application pools, websites, bindings, certificates, authentication, logging, and performance troubleshooting.
• Understanding of .NET hosting, shared web farm patterns, runtime dependencies, and common web application deployment practices.
• Knowledge of networking, DNS, load balancing, certificates, firewall rules, authentication, and web hosting security practices.
• Working knowledge of Azure and AWS, including how public cloud infrastructure, identity, networking, security, monitoring, and hosting patterns integrate with enterprise platforms.
• Experience with scripting and automation, especially PowerShell; experience with Python, Bash, or similar languages is also valuable.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with Linux-based web hosting concepts, including Apache Tomcat, Java runtime support, and static content hosting.