Join a leading Japanese financial institution in Tokyo as an Enterprise Database Administrator (DBA), supporting mission-critical database infrastructure across a large-scale investment banking and financial services environment.
In this contract position, you will manage and optimise Oracle RAC and PostgreSQL database clusters, ensuring high availability, performance, data integrity and operational resilience for business-critical systems.
You will play a key role in database performance tuning, backup and recovery, disaster recovery planning, patch management and schema migration, while supporting the organisation's transition from traditional on-premises infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS RDS).
Working closely with infrastructure engineers, application teams and technology stakeholders, you will help maintain stable database operations while delivering complex modernisation initiatives in a highly regulated financial environment.
The role requires deep technical expertise in SQL optimisation, database replication, Oracle RMAN, high-availability architecture and enterprise database administration, alongside meticulous attention to production change management and operational documentation.
This opportunity is ideal for an experienced Oracle DBA, PostgreSQL Database Administrator, Enterprise DBA or Cloud Database Engineer seeking a high-paying contract role in Tokyo with hybrid working arrangements and exposure to large-scale financial technology transformation.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor, administer and optimise Oracle RAC and PostgreSQL database clusters supporting enterprise financial systems.
- Perform SQL query optimisation, database performance tuning and capacity monitoring to maintain system efficiency and reliability.
- Execute scheduled database backups, recovery testing, patching and maintenance activities in accordance with operational procedures.
- Manage Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) processes and support database recovery and disaster recovery planning.
- Maintain and troubleshoot database replication, clustering and high-availability configurations to minimise service disruption.
- Plan and execute database schema migrations and production database cutovers, ensuring data integrity and controlled implementation.
- Support the migration of enterprise databases from on-premises infrastructure to AWS RDS, coordinating technical dependencies and migration activities.
- Investigate database incidents, perform root-cause analysis and document corrective actions to prevent recurring issues.
- Collaborate with application development, infrastructure and cloud teams to resolve database performance issues and support technology modernisation.
- Maintain detailed database operational documentation, recovery procedures and change records, ensuring alignment with financial industry security and compliance requirements.
Required Skills and Qualifications
Experience:
- 4+ years of professional database administration experience in high-volume, enterprise or mission-critical technology environments.
- Strong hands-on experience administering and maintaining Oracle RAC and PostgreSQL databases.
- Advanced knowledge of SQL performance tuning, query optimisation and database performance troubleshooting.
- Practical experience with database replication, high-availability configurations and clustering technologies.
- Strong understanding of database backup, recovery and disaster recovery processes, including Oracle RMAN.
- Experience managing database patching, schema migrations and production database changes.
- Familiarity with enterprise database infrastructure and the operational requirements of business-critical systems.
- Ability to troubleshoot database incidents and maintain reliable operations in environments with strict security and compliance requirements.
Soft Skills:
- Exceptional attention to detail and technical precision, particularly during production database cutovers, patching and recovery activities.
- Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving skills when investigating complex database issues.
- Excellent written documentation skills for root-cause analysis reports, operational procedures and technical change records.
- Calm, methodical approach to emergency database recovery and critical production incidents.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills when working with application, infrastructure and cloud engineering teams.
- Proactive ownership of database reliability, operational risks and continuous improvement activities.
Language Requirements:
- Japanese: Fluent level for communication with local infrastructure teams, business stakeholders and operational teams.
- English: Fluent level for technical documentation, collaboration with international teams and cloud technology discussions.
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
- AWS Certified Database - Specialty certification or relevant AWS database expertise.
- Experience migrating Oracle or PostgreSQL databases from on-premises environments to Amazon RDS.
- Previous database administration experience within investment banking, financial services or other highly regulated industries.
- Advanced understanding of Oracle RAC architecture, PostgreSQL replication and enterprise high-availability design.
- Experience supporting disaster recovery testing, business continuity planning and mission-critical database recovery.
- Familiarity with enterprise database security, compliance controls and cloud infrastructure modernisation programmes.
About the Company
Our client is a major Japanese financial group undertaking significant enterprise technology modernisation while maintaining rigorous standards for security, compliance and operational resilience.
The organisation supports large-scale financial operations through complex, business-critical IT infrastructure and is investing in modern cloud technologies to strengthen the reliability and efficiency of its systems.
As part of its transformation strategy, the company is modernising traditional database environments and expanding its use of AWS cloud infrastructure and managed database services.
The technology team plays a central role in ensuring that critical financial systems remain secure, available and performant throughout this transition.
This is an opportunity to contribute to enterprise database modernisation within a leading Japanese financial institution, combining established database technologies with cloud-native infrastructure.
Why You'll Love Working Here
- Earn a competitive contract rate of ¥4,000-¥5,000 per hour.
- Join a long-term, well-supported technology modernisation programme with strong potential for contract renewal, subject to business needs and performance.
- Enjoy a balanced hybrid working arrangement, combining office collaboration with work-from-home days.
- Gain valuable experience managing mission-critical Oracle RAC and PostgreSQL database environments.
- Contribute directly to enterprise database migration from on-premises infrastructure to AWS RDS.
- Strengthen your expertise in SQL tuning, database replication, high availability and disaster recovery.
- Work within a major Japanese financial institution operating under rigorous security and compliance standards.
- Collaborate with experienced database, infrastructure, application and cloud engineering teams.
- Develop specialist experience in legacy-to-cloud database modernisation, an increasingly valuable skill in Japan's financial technology market.
- Build your professional profile through a complex, business-critical infrastructure transformation programme.
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