Setup a OVH VPS server for a WordPress SaaS with DirectAdmin

I’m launching a self-hosted WordPress SaaS platform using AreaWP, and I’m looking for an experienced Linux SysAdmin / DevOps engineer who can setup my unmanaged OVH VPS as one time task.

You have to setup the unmanaged OVH VPS server to use the platform AreaWP.

The production server might run in the near future from 50 to 300 WordPress sites.

- Apply security patches & OS updates
- Install DirectAdmin
- Optimize Nginx/Apache for WordPress
- MariaDB/MySQL tuning/optimization
- PHP/FPM tuning/optimization
- Redis / OPcache optimization
- DNS and SSL setup
- Setup RAM/CPU/disk IO
- Firewall configuration (CSF/UFW)
- SSH hardening
- Fail2Ban
- Configure automatic backups
- Remote storage (S3/Wasabi/OVH Archive) setup

In short:
- Install DirectAdmin, Nginx or Apache, PHP 8.x, MariaDB/MySQL, SSL automation, Cron jobs.

Requirements You MUST have experience with:
- Linux server admin (Ubuntu/Debian)
- DirectAdmin installation & management
- Nginx/Apache tuning for WordPress
- MySQL/MariaDB optimization
- WordPress hosting optimization
- VPS security hardening\
- OVH, Hetzner, or similar VPS systems\
- The server should be able to handle 50-300 WP Websites

Preferable to have strong WordPress CMS understanding in development and designing.

You will not be handling the WordPress websites, you will only setup the VPS server and that's all.