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DevOps エンジニア/ DevOps Engineer

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A renowned eCommerce and technology company is looking for a DevOps Engineer. The selected candidate will manage production systems, drive automation initiatives, improve system stability and observability, and support high-traffic applications across the product development lifecycle. This is a contract role.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage development and production system operations including maintenance, monitoring, automation, troubleshooting, and application releases
  • Improve system performance, stability, and availability across production environments
  • Automate routine operational tasks using tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, and Terraform
  • Support middleware performance tuning and backend operations
  • Collaborate with development, product, security, QA, and project teams across global locations
  • Propose and implement automation solutions to improve productivity and service quality
  • Improve monitoring, alerting, and observability systems
  • Provide technical expertise on automation and operational issues
  • Proactively respond to production incidents and support emergency issue resolution
  • Research and propose new technologies and tools to improve development and operational processes

Requirements:

  • More than 5 years of experience in DevOps and handling high-traffic production systems
  • Experience in troubleshooting middleware and infrastructure issues, automation, and regular operations
  • Experience managing hybrid architecture environments including GCP and on-premise workloads
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Chef, and Terraform
  • Strong knowledge of Linux system operations and Linux commands
  • Strong scripting skills in Perl, Shell, or Python
  • Knowledge of monitoring systems and alert notification tools
  • Understanding of web applications, HTTP protocol, security, and RFC standards
  • Experience implementing automation based on industry best practices
  • Ability and willingness to support emergency and non-business hour operations
  • Daily conversational level English (TOEIC 600+)

Preferred requirements:

  • Experience with GCP, VPC setup, and Terraform resource provisioning
  • Experience troubleshooting JVM environments
  • Experience with Couchbase, MongoDB, Redis, and MySQL
  • Knowledge of online advertising or marketing business technologies

About the Company:

A global e-commerce and internet services company operating one of the largest online platforms in Japan. The company is recognised for its large-scale technology ecosystem and innovative digital services.

Keywords:

クラウド運用, インフラ自動化, システム運用, モニタリング, 求人, 外資系

Job Ref: 8CBW01

Contract Type: Contract / Haken

Specialism: Information Technology

Focus: Development

Industry: New Media and Internet

Salary: Negotiable based on experience

Workplace Type: On-site

Experience Level: Associate

Language: English - Business level

Location: Tokyo

Job Reference: 8CBW01-EEB95077

Date posted: 22 May 2026

Consultant: Thibaut Lafarge