Server Administrator / DevOps Engineer

About Rent Guarantor

Rent Guarantor is a growing property tech platform that helps tenants secure rental properties by acting as a guarantor. As we scale our services and expand into cloud-based infrastructure and AI-driven capabilities, we are investing in a robust, secure, and scalable technology foundation.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Server Administrator / DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our infrastructure. You will be responsible for maintaining our current Joomla-based platform, leading our migration to cloud hosting, and building a scalable environment to support future AI and data initiatives.

This role is hands-on and strategic, working closely with product, engineering, and upcoming data science teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimize current hosting environment for the Joomla-based web application
• Plan and execute migration from paid hosting to a cloud platform (e.g. AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Design and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure
• Implement CI/CD pipelines to support faster and safer deployments
• Monitor system performance, uptime, and security, and respond to incidents
• Manage backups, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning
• Support the setup and scaling of environments for AI/ML workloads (e.g. data pipelines, model deployment infrastructure)
• Collaborate with developers to improve deployment processes and system reliability
• Ensure compliance with data protection and security standards (e.g. GDPR)
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation)

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability, or Server Administration role
• Strong experience with Linux-based systems and web server management (e.g. Apache, Nginx)
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes is a plus)
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g. GitHub)
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and system monitoring
• Experience with scripting (e.g. Bash, Python)
• Knowledge of database management (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL)

Desirable Experience

• Experience managing hosting for CMS platforms such as Joomla (or similar PHP-based systems)
• Experience supporting data science or machine learning teams
• Familiarity with MLOps practices and tools
• Experience with data pipelines and large-scale data processing
• Exposure to serverless architectures and microservices
• Knowledge of observability tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)

What You’ll Help Build

• A modern cloud-native infrastructure to support business growth
• Reliable deployment pipelines for faster product iteration
• Scalable environments for AI and machine learning workloads
• A strong security and compliance foundation

Benefits

• Hybrid working (2 days a week in office)
• Opportunity to shape the infrastructure of a growing property tech company
• Work closely with emerging AI and data teams
• Flexible working arrangements
• Competitive salary and benefits package

Pay: £60,000.00-£70,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bristol (Bristol)