Database Administrator (DBA) - RC, Jobs in Tokyo, JP - New Job Opening

Job Description

Career Opportunity for a Database Administrator (DBA) in Japan!

■ Database Administrator (DBA)

■ Company Overview

A leading FinTech organization, cashless payments in Japan, offering innovative and convenient credit services integrated with a major digital payment platform. 

■ Your Role and Responsibilities 

● Manage day-to-day database operations including monitoring, configuration, upgrades, scaling, backups, and data migrations.

● Continuously improve database operations through automation, tooling, and process optimization.

● Manage backups, replication, failover, and disaster recovery (DR) strategies.

● Collaborate with engineering teams to design scalable data models and optimize query performance.

● Research, test, and adopt emerging technologies in the database and cloud ecosystem to enhance platform capabilities.

● Create and maintain documentation for architecture, standard procedures, and operational best practices to support effective knowledge sharing and decision-making.

● Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of database infrastructure.

■ Experience and Qualifications

● More than 5 years of DBA experience with a minimum of 3 years ORACLE or MySQL experience 

● More than 3 years of AWS experience 

● Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.

● Interested in new technologies and willing to improve operational quality and efficiency 

● Strong scripting skills (Python, Shell, etc.) for automation and tooling.

Tech Stack

Languages: Python, Shell, SQL

Databases: Oracle, MySQL (including Aurora MySQL and RDS for Oracle)

Cloud: AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2, S3, lambda, Secrets Manager, Cloudwatch etc.)

Tools: GitHub, Terraform, Flyway

Collaboration: Slack, Zoom, Jira, Confluence, Miro

■ Additional Preferred Qualifications
● Experience in automating operations related to Database or AWS 

● Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).

● Hands-on experience in operating AWS Aurora database (Postgres/Mysql compatible) 

● Hands-on experience in operating AWS RDS for ORACLE 

Japanese conversational proficiency is a plus

■ Good Reasons to Join

● Full remote position within Japan

■ Work Location

Tokyo, Japan

Details will be provided during the meeting.