WordPress Security & SEO Specialist (Part-Time, Remote)

Offshore Virtual Assistants; Newcastle City Council; Hybrid; AUD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Offshore Virtual Assistants is seeking a technically strong WordPress specialist to own maintenance and security across a growing client portfolio. You will manage updates, fix vulnerabilities, perform backups, and ensure site integrity while supporting staging and deployment workflows.

Based in Australia, this independent contractor role is remote with 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM Sydney time, offering exposure to WordPress, Shopify, and SEO tasks as you grow within the

Qualifications

• Solid, demonstrable experience maintaining and securing WordPress websites at scale.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving malware infections and security vulnerabilities.
• Confident troubleshooting WordPress core, theme and plugin conflicts after updates.
• Good understanding of HTML and CSS language and hosting platforms.

Responsibilities

• WordPress maintenance & security across multiple client sites.
• Manage updates, backups, and rollback processes; monitor for vulnerabilities.
• Troubleshoot emergencies and respond to site outages promptly.
• Collaborate on development setup, staging, and deployment checks.
• Assist with content updates, site analytics, and basic on-site SEO.

Skills

WordPress maintenance

Security troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

HTML CSS knowledge

Hosting & DNS management

Analytics experience

Independent worker

Tools

cPanel

Cloudways

Cloudflare

ModularDS

Synergy

DNS management

Job description

Offshore Virtual Assistants is seeking a technically strong WordPress specialist to own maintenance and security across a growing client portfolio. You will manage updates, fix vulnerabilities, perform backups, and ensure site integrity while supporting staging and deployment workflows.

Based in Australia, this independent contractor role is remote with 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM Sydney time, offering exposure to WordPress, Shopify, and SEO tasks as you grow within the