Description
Manage, maintain, and optimize organizational websites and web servers. Publish and update content, administer CMSs, and ensure uptime, performance, accessibility, security, and cross-browser/device compatibility. Monitor analytics, SEO, and user experience, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate with developers and vendors for enhancements and integrations. Oversee domains, DNS, SSL, backups, and hosting infrastructure.
- • Maintain and update website content, navigation, and assets via CMS or editing tools.
- • Plan and execute scheduled website updates and releases.
- • Monitor site uptime, performance, and errors, and resolve incidents promptly.
- • Evaluate markup, scripts, and styles for validity, structure, and standards compliance.
- • Test websites across browsers, devices, and assistive technologies before and after changes.
- • Administer CMS platforms, plugins, themes, and user permissions.
- • Manage domains, DNS records, and renewals.
- • Install, configure, and patch web servers, application servers, and related services.
- • Implement and manage SSL/TLS certificates and HTTPS enforcement.
- • Configure caching, CDNs, and image optimization to improve load times.
- • Back up websites, databases, and configurations; verify and document recovery procedures.
- • Develop and maintain procedures for ongoing site maintenance and content governance.
- • Monitor security logs, scan for vulnerabilities, and coordinate remediation.
- • Implement website security controls such as firewalls, WAF rules, and access policies.
- • Coordinate with developers, designers, and vendors to plan enhancements and resolve defects.
- • Document technical inventories, configurations, and change histories.
- • Track and report traffic, performance, SEO, and availability metrics.
- • Manage analytics tags, pixels, and consent banners in compliance with privacy policies.
- • Create and maintain sitemaps, robots.txt, redirects, and canonical URL rules.
- • Troubleshoot hosting, network, or integration issues with ISPs and hosting providers.
- • Select and evaluate tools, services, or platforms supporting site operations.
- • Write or modify scripts, templates, or automation to streamline webmaster tasks.
- • Define and enforce accessibility, content, and performance standards.
- • Conduct user feedback reviews and translate needs into site improvements.
- • Provide user support and maintain FAQs or automated responses.
- • Document test plans, test cases, and results for releases and hotfixes.
- • Incorporate legal and policy requirements, including accessibility and privacy, into site plans.
- • Recommend and implement performance and usability improvements.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
