diff --git a/app/jobs/rake_job.rb b/app/jobs/rake_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f522abd0a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/rake_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Executes a rake task
+class RakeJob < ApplicationJob
+  def perform(task_string)
+    Rails.application.load_tasks if Rake::Task.tasks.empty?
+
+    Rake.application.invoke_task(task_string)
+  ensure
+    name, _args = Rake.application.parse_task_string(task_string)
+    Rake::Task[name].reenable
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/schedule.rb b/config/schedule.rb
index 20c240f5ff..a07f4d9972 100644
--- a/config/schedule.rb
+++ b/config/schedule.rb
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ env "MAILTO", ENV["SCHEDULE_NOTIFICATIONS"] if ENV["SCHEDULE_NOTIFICATIONS"]
 # If we use -e with a file containing specs, rspec interprets it and filters out our examples
 job_type :run_file, "cd :path; :environment_variable=:environment bundle exec script/rails runner :task :output"
 
-every 1.month, at: '4:30am' do
-  rake 'ofn:data:remove_transient_data'
-end
-
 every 1.day, at: '2:45am' do
   rake 'db2fog:clean' if ENV['S3_BACKUPS_BUCKET']
 end
diff --git a/config/sidekiq.yml b/config/sidekiq.yml
index bcd4e31909..a2de4a4f97 100644
--- a/config/sidekiq.yml
+++ b/config/sidekiq.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
       every: "5m"
     OrderCycleClosingJob:
       every: "5m"
+    RakeJob:
+      args: ["ofn:data:remove_transient_data"]
+      cron: "30 4 1 * *"
diff --git a/spec/jobs/rake_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/rake_job_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9430c116d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/jobs/rake_job_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "tasks/data/remove_transient_data"
+
+RSpec.describe RakeJob do
+  let(:task_string) { "ofn:data:remove_transient_data" }
+
+  it "calls the removal service" do
+    expect(RemoveTransientData).to receive(:new).and_call_original
+    RakeJob.perform_now(task_string)
+  end
+
+  it "can be called several times" do
+    expect(RemoveTransientData).to receive(:new).twice.and_call_original
+    RakeJob.perform_now(task_string)
+    RakeJob.perform_now(task_string)
+  end
+end