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DevOps Engineer - Tech Management Section, Entertainment Service Development Department (ESDD)

Tokyo, JapanFull-time2026-11-10
Based in Japan

Core

Build, operate, and automate infrastructure for Rakuten's entertainment and content services (video streaming, music, tickets, manga) using Kubernetes and cloud platforms.

Role type

Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer

Builds

Kubernetes-based BtoC systems for video streaming, live commerce, and digital content platforms

Domain

Entertainment services, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps

Required skills

Linux server operations, Kubernetes, Docker, Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), CI/CD (Jenkins), Monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana), SQL, Network fundamentals

Preferred skills

AI tool usage (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code), Performance tuning, Stakeholder communication

Technologies

Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Jenkins, Helm, Kustomize, Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty, NewRelic, Rocky Linux, Amazon Linux, Apache, Nginx, MariaDB, MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch

Responsibilities

System monitoring and alert response, Troubleshooting and incident management, Managing OS/middleware EOL, Running non-functional load and failure tests, Building/maintaining Jenkins pipelines, Creating operation procedures, Proposing improvements to stakeholders

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC