WordPress Maintenance and DevOps Consultant at Grounded
Grounded
Key Responsibilities:
WordPress Maintenance: Regularly update and maintain WordPress themes and plugins to ensure compatibility and security. Troubleshoot and resolve any issues that arise with the CMS.
DevOps & AWS Management: Monitor and manage the AWS infrastructure that hosts the site. Ensure uptime, optimize server performance, and handle any server-side updates or configurations.
Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor and improve site speed and responsiveness. Identify bottlenecks and recommend solutions.
Custom Development: Implement any necessary custom code changes or enhancements within the WordPress framework.
General Site Maintenance: Ensure that all website content updates are smoothly managed, either through the CMS or via minor HTML/CSS tweaks.
Marketing Support: Support digital marketing efforts including creation of GoogleUTMs, Meta Pixel connections, coupon creation.
Product Configurations: Light support on product changes, promos and offer scheduling.
Content Support: Update Careers and priority content pages in collaboration with team.
Systems & Coordination: Partner with internal stakeholders to translate business needs into practical, well-executed technical solutions.
Maintain clear technical documentation and provide handover-ready knowledge as required.
Provide monthly summary reports of work performed, hours billed, and key outcomes achieved, sufficient to support transparency and review against agreed success metrics.
Who We're Looking For:
Someone who is:
Highly reliable, proactive, and comfortable owning critical production systems end to end
Solutions-oriented, with strong judgment and the ability to balance speed, risk, and quality
Confident operating independently as a consultant or contractor with minimal oversight
Comfortable advising non-technical stakeholders and translating business needs into technical solutions
Detail-driven, security-conscious, and committed to high professional standards
Pragmatic and commercially minded, with an understanding of cost, scalability,
and business impact