AIO & SEO-Optimized Website/Web-App Deployment on Microsoft Azure with CRM, Recruitment Integrations, Blog CMS, and Edge Security

Project Overview

We are seeking an experienced Full-Stack / DevOps Engineer to deploy and configure a modern corporate website with web-app functionality on Microsoft Azure.

This platform is primarily a high-performance marketing website designed to support SEO, AI Optimization (AIO), lead generation, and recruitment workflows, while also including supporting backend services and integrations.

The website will combine modern frontend technologies, structured content architecture, secure backend API integrations, and resilient infrastructure to ensure strong visibility in traditional search engines and emerging AI-driven search platforms.

Your responsibilities will include setting up the Azure hosting environment, deploying the website, migrating existing API proxy functions into a backend service, integrating our CRM and recruitment platforms, implementing a content publishing/blog module, and configuring an edge security and performance layer to improve resilience, speed, and protection from malicious traffic.

We already have a mock-up website available that demonstrates the intended look, feel, layout, and interaction style. This should be used as inspiration and reference during implementation.

Important: Proven experience deploying websites or web applications on Microsoft Azure is required. Experience with Cloudflare, bot protection, CDN configuration, WAF policies, and SEO-conscious deployment architecture is highly preferred.

Technology Stack (Flexible)

We are open to recommendations for the frontend and backend stack. The implementation should prioritize:

Performance

SEO and crawlability

AI search visibility

Security and resiliency

Maintainability and scalability

You may propose the most appropriate technologies based on these requirements.

Core Integrations (Required)

The following integrations are mandatory and must be securely implemented:

OpenAI API

Zoho (CRM and system integrations)

Manatal ATS

HeyMilo (Recruitment Career Module integration)

These systems will support both lead management and recruitment workflows, with the website acting as the primary frontend interface for capturing and routing data.

Hosting Environment (Required)

The platform must be deployed on:

Microsoft Azure

You will be responsible for recommending and configuring the most appropriate Azure architecture (VPS, App Service, or other suitable Azure services) for reliability, security, and performance.

Scope of Work
1. Azure Environment Setup & Deployment

Provision and configure a secure production environment on Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities include:

Deploying the website within an optimal Azure architecture

Configuring a production web server environment

Implementing security best practices and server hardening

Managing environment variables securely for API integrations

Configuring caching, compression, and performance optimization

Ensuring fast page delivery and strong infrastructure stability

2. Backend Service for API Integrations

The website currently uses serverless proxy functions to protect API keys. These should be migrated into a lightweight backend service.

Responsibilities include:

Building a backend layer to securely manage API calls

Supporting integrations for OpenAI, Zoho, Manatal, and HeyMilo

Ensuring secure handling of credentials and API requests

Implementing a reliable service architecture with automatic restart and uptime monitoring

Structuring the backend for long-term maintainability

3. CRM & Recruitment Integration

The website will serve as a frontend entry point for both lead generation and recruitment workflows.

Required integrations include:

Zoho CRM for lead capture and CRM workflows

Manatal ATS for applicant tracking

HeyMilo for the recruitment career module integration

Responsibilities include:

Connecting lead capture forms to Zoho

Enabling recruitment workflows through Manatal

Integrating the career module through HeyMilo

Ensuring secure API communication between the website and these systems

Supporting structured data flow for both leads and candidate applications

4. Blog / Content Publishing Module

Content publishing is essential for ongoing SEO growth and AI discoverability.

You will develop a simple CMS-style blog module that allows our team to easily publish blog posts and articles without developer involvement.

Requirements include:

Easy content publishing workflow

SEO-friendly rendering of blog pages

Clean URL structure optimized for search indexing

Smooth integration with the frontend website

Recommendation of the most efficient storage solution (database, markdown, or lightweight CMS)

5. Domain, Edge Security, CDN & Bot Protection

You will handle the production launch configuration, including domain routing, security hardening, and traffic protection.

Responsibilities include:

Connecting the custom domain to the Azure deployment

Configuring DNS settings

Installing SSL/TLS certificates

Setting up automatic certificate renewal where applicable

Configuring Cloudflare or a comparable edge platform in front of the Azure environment

Enabling CDN caching for static assets and performance improvement

Implementing Web Application Firewall (WAF) protections

Setting up rate limiting, bot mitigation, and anti-abuse protections for forms, APIs, and public-facing endpoints

Improving resilience against spam, scraping, malicious bots, and unwanted automated traffic

Ensuring legitimate crawlers such as Google, Bing, and AI search bots are not unintentionally blocked

Protecting the Azure origin infrastructure from unnecessary direct exposure where appropriate

Ensuring the website is fully served over HTTPS and follows production security best practices

6. SEO & AI Optimization (AIO) Compliance

A major focus of this project is ensuring the website performs strongly in both traditional search engines and AI search platforms.

Responsibilities include:

Ensuring proper crawlability and indexing

Serving dynamic sitemap.xml and robots.txt

Maintaining strong page load performance

Ensuring compatibility with AI crawlers and indexing systems

Structuring content and metadata for discoverability

Avoiding deployment patterns that block indexing or AI discovery

Preserving performance and accessibility while security protections are in place

The final deployment must support long-term SEO performance and AI-driven search visibility without compromising security or site speed.

7. Testing & Validation

Once deployed, the system must be fully tested.

This includes:

Testing all frontend routes and pages

Verifying all CRM and recruitment integrations

Testing backend API endpoints

Ensuring there are no CORS or latency issues

Validating the blog publishing system

Confirming stable site performance

Testing Cloudflare, WAF, caching, and rate-limiting rules

Verifying that legitimate crawlers and normal user traffic are not negatively impacted by security configurations

8. Documentation & Handover

This project requires a manual deployment with full documentation.

Deliverables must include:

Step-by-step server setup documentation

Environment variable and secrets management guide

DNS configuration documentation

Cloudflare / CDN / WAF / rate-limiting configuration notes

Instructions for future deployments or updates

Blog/CMS usage documentation

A final handover session will be required to walk our team through the production setup and ongoing management of the platform.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal developer should have:

Strong experience deploying websites or web applications on Microsoft Azure

Knowledge of SEO-focused and AIO-conscious web architecture

Experience with Cloudflare, CDN configuration, WAF rules, and bot mitigation

Experience integrating external APIs and SaaS platforms

Familiarity with CRM and ATS integrations

Ability to design clean backend services for integrations

Strong documentation and communication skills

Project Outcome

The final result will be a high-performance, resilient, AIO- and SEO-optimized corporate website hosted on Microsoft Azure that supports:

Lead generation and CRM integration

Recruitment and candidate workflows

Ongoing content publishing for SEO

AI-friendly search visibility

Bot protection and infrastructure resiliency

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