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Dear Ms. Sato,
I am excited to apply for the Database Administrator position at Rakuten. With over six years of hands-on database administration experience in fast-moving e-commerce and fintech environments, I am enthusiastic about the opportunity to help Rakuten maintain and scale the data platforms that support world-class customer experiences and marketplace performance.
In my current role at NTT Data Japan, I manage a heterogeneous database estate that includes PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server across on-premises and AWS RDS deployments. I led a migration project that consolidated three legacy MySQL clusters into a single, highly available Amazon Aurora cluster, reducing monthly infrastructure costs by 18% and improving average query response times by 25%. I also implemented proactive monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, put in place automated failover procedures using Patroni for PostgreSQL, and developed backup and recovery runbooks that reduced RTO from 6 hours to under 60 minutes during quarterly DR tests. My daily duties include capacity planning, performance tuning (indexing, query optimization, and execution-plan analysis), designing backup retention policies compliant with domestic and international regulations, and collaborating with DevOps and application teams to design schema changes with zero planned downtime.
Rakuten's focus on building reliable, scalable systems to deliver seamless services across e-commerce, finance, and digital content resonates strongly with my professional values: reliability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. I am particularly impressed by Rakuten's commitment to innovation and customer trust — two areas where robust data practices are essential. I can bring proven experience designing resilient database architectures, automating operational tasks with Ansible and Python, and applying performance engineering to ensure high throughput during peak shopping events like Super Sale. I am eager to work with Rakuten's engineering teams to further strengthen data availability, optimize cost-performance trade-offs, and support rapid feature delivery.
I would welcome the opportunity to discuss how my background in migrations, high-availability design, monitoring, and incident response can contribute to Rakuten's objectives. Thank you for considering my application; I look forward to the possibility of contributing to your data platform and supporting Rakuten's continued growth.
Sincerely,
Yuki Tanaka