Magento 2 Server Administrator

Requirements

• Magento 2 production experience: proven track record managing Magento 2 in live environments.
• Linux & AWS expertise: strong daily experience with Linux administration and AWS services.
• Web stack proficiency: solid knowledge of Nginx, PHP, MySQL, Redis, Varnish, and OpenSearch.
• Security & edge protection: ability to configure Cloudflare and AWS WAF correctly and safely.
• Incident readiness: you can monitor systems, diagnose root causes, and resolve issues quickly.
• Performance mindset: you proactively look for bottlenecks and implement improvements that measurably increase speed and stability.
• Reliability practices: you manage backups, updates, logs, and alerting responsibly.
• Traffic protection: you can prevent bots and attacks while avoiding false positives that impact real customers.
• Collaboration: you work effectively with Magento developers and can explain server-side constraints and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor servers continuously and respond quickly to issues to minimize downtime.
• Manage and optimize AWS infrastructure and core services, including Linux.
• Administer and tune the web stack: Nginx, PHP, MySQL, Redis, Varnish, and OpenSearch.
• Improve website speed, reliability, and stability through performance tuning and capacity planning.
• Configure and maintain Cloudflare and AWS WAF to protect the site while preserving legitimate traffic.
• Reduce bot traffic and hostile activity without blocking real customers, including VPN users where applicable.
• Own operational hygiene: manage backups, updates, log retention, and server alerts.
• Collaborate with our Magento developers when server-side changes or debugging are needed, translating app requirements into safe infrastructure actions.

Desirable

• Experience troubleshooting Magento 2 performance issues (cache behavior, indexing/search tuning, database bottlenecks, and Varnish/PHP-FPM tuning).
• Familiarity with secure deployment workflows and rollback strategies for infrastructure changes.
• Practical knowledge of WAF rule tuning to reduce false positives for legitimate traffic (including VPN users).
• Experience with observability practices (log analysis, metrics, alert tuning) and maintaining actionable alerting.
• Any prior work with OpenSearch for e-commerce search relevance and operational stability.

Benefits

• Full-time remote work, allowing you to manage production systems from anywhere.
• Ownership over a critical Magento 2 environment with clear responsibility for performance, security, and stability.
• Collaboration with Magento developers when server changes or investigations are required.