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DevOps Engineer
<p><strong>Company Profile</strong></p><p>A large-scale Japanese technology platform provider operating major communication and developer platforms, supporting high-traffic services and massive data infrastructure at global scale. The organization focuses on building highly reliable systems that power everyday digital services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><ul><li>As a DevOps Engineer (Distributed Database), you will be responsible for ensuring reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency of large-scale messaging and developer platforms.</li></ul><p>Core Mission:</p><ul><li>Manage and optimize distributed database systems under high traffic and large data volumes, ensuring system reliability and availability.</li></ul><p>Key Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Operate and maintain distributed database instances (deployment, restart, upgrades)</li><li>Develop automation tools, IaC, and pipelines to optimize operational efficiency, cost, and performance</li><li>Monitor systems, handle on-call duties, troubleshoot incidents, and conduct root cause analysis</li><li>Collaborate closely with SRE/DBRE teams to achieve high availability and reliability targets</li><li>Work cross-functionally with QA, customer support, and development teams to resolve issues</li></ul><p>Expectation:</p><ul><li>Act as a DevOps contributor within development teams, improving operational workflows and potentially contributing to building a scalable storage operations function in the future</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Your Skills </strong></p><p>Required Qualifications (MUST)</p><ul><li>Experience in DevOps or infrastructure-related roles</li><li>Fundamental knowledge of infrastructure and networking</li><li>Basic understanding of distributed systems or distributed databases</li><li>Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Shell, Python, Ruby) and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef)</li><li>Experience building and maintaining automated server environments</li><li>Familiarity with observability/monitoring tools and best practices</li><li>Strong troubleshooting skills, including root cause analysis and incident handling</li><li>Experience with on-call operations</li></ul><p>※Language skills:</p><p> - Japanese: Business level (spoken communication required)</p><p> - English: Business-level documentation and communication skills</p><p>Preferred Qualifications (WANT)</p><ul><li>Experience handling large-scale infrastructure or high-traffic services</li><li>Practical understanding of SRE concepts and best practices</li><li>Experience in system performance optimization</li><li>Knowledge or experience in BCP (Business Continuity Planning) / DR (Disaster Recovery)</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Key Highlights of the Role </strong></p><ul><li>Massive Scale Engineering: Work on distributed database systems supporting extremely high traffic and large-scale data environments</li><li>SRE + DevOps Exposure: Close collaboration with SRE/DBRE teams, offering strong reliability engineering experience</li><li>End-to-End Operations Ownership: Coverage from infrastructure automation to incident response and performance optimization</li><li>Technical Depth: Opportunity to solve complex issues across hardware, software, and distributed systems layers</li><li>Stable but Challenging Environment: Combine enterprise stability with highly technical, high-difficulty engineering challenges</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Location </strong></p><p>Tokyo</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>6 - 10 million yen</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reference Number: 06940-0013453135</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/WGlhb2NoZW4uU3VuLjcyMTQxLjEwODk4QHJoaWpwLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
  • Tokyo,
  • remote
  • Permanent
  • 6.0M - 10.0M JPY / Yearly
  • <p><strong>Company Profile</strong></p><p>A large-scale Japanese technology platform provider operating major communication and developer platforms, supporting high-traffic services and massive data infrastructure at global scale. The organization focuses on building highly reliable systems that power everyday digital services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><ul><li>As a DevOps Engineer (Distributed Database), you will be responsible for ensuring reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency of large-scale messaging and developer platforms.</li></ul><p>Core Mission:</p><ul><li>Manage and optimize distributed database systems under high traffic and large data volumes, ensuring system reliability and availability.</li></ul><p>Key Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Operate and maintain distributed database instances (deployment, restart, upgrades)</li><li>Develop automation tools, IaC, and pipelines to optimize operational efficiency, cost, and performance</li><li>Monitor systems, handle on-call duties, troubleshoot incidents, and conduct root cause analysis</li><li>Collaborate closely with SRE/DBRE teams to achieve high availability and reliability targets</li><li>Work cross-functionally with QA, customer support, and development teams to resolve issues</li></ul><p>Expectation:</p><ul><li>Act as a DevOps contributor within development teams, improving operational workflows and potentially contributing to building a scalable storage operations function in the future</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Your Skills </strong></p><p>Required Qualifications (MUST)</p><ul><li>Experience in DevOps or infrastructure-related roles</li><li>Fundamental knowledge of infrastructure and networking</li><li>Basic understanding of distributed systems or distributed databases</li><li>Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Shell, Python, Ruby) and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef)</li><li>Experience building and maintaining automated server environments</li><li>Familiarity with observability/monitoring tools and best practices</li><li>Strong troubleshooting skills, including root cause analysis and incident handling</li><li>Experience with on-call operations</li></ul><p>※Language skills:</p><p> - Japanese: Business level (spoken communication required)</p><p> - English: Business-level documentation and communication skills</p><p>Preferred Qualifications (WANT)</p><ul><li>Experience handling large-scale infrastructure or high-traffic services</li><li>Practical understanding of SRE concepts and best practices</li><li>Experience in system performance optimization</li><li>Knowledge or experience in BCP (Business Continuity Planning) / DR (Disaster Recovery)</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Key Highlights of the Role </strong></p><ul><li>Massive Scale Engineering: Work on distributed database systems supporting extremely high traffic and large-scale data environments</li><li>SRE + DevOps Exposure: Close collaboration with SRE/DBRE teams, offering strong reliability engineering experience</li><li>End-to-End Operations Ownership: Coverage from infrastructure automation to incident response and performance optimization</li><li>Technical Depth: Opportunity to solve complex issues across hardware, software, and distributed systems layers</li><li>Stable but Challenging Environment: Combine enterprise stability with highly technical, high-difficulty engineering challenges</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Location </strong></p><p>Tokyo</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>6 - 10 million yen</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reference Number: 06940-0013453135</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/WGlhb2NoZW4uU3VuLjcyMTQxLjEwODk4QHJoaWpwLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
  • 2026-06-12T06:06:59Z

DevOps Engineer Job in Tokyo | Robert Half