diff --git a/netbox/core/jobs.py b/netbox/core/jobs.py
index d2b846398..891b1cbdb 100644
--- a/netbox/core/jobs.py
+++ b/netbox/core/jobs.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import logging
+import requests
+import sys
 
-from netbox.jobs import JobRunner
+from django.conf import settings
+from netbox.jobs import JobRunner, system_job
 from netbox.search.backends import search_backend
-from .choices import DataSourceStatusChoices
+from .choices import DataSourceStatusChoices, JobIntervalChoices
 from .exceptions import SyncError
 from .models import DataSource
 
@@ -31,3 +34,44 @@ class SyncDataSourceJob(JobRunner):
             if type(e) is SyncError:
                 logging.error(e)
             raise e
+
+
+@system_job(interval=JobIntervalChoices.INTERVAL_DAILY)
+class SystemHousekeepingJob(JobRunner):
+    """
+    Perform daily system housekeeping functions.
+    """
+    class Meta:
+        name = "System Housekeeping"
+
+    def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        # Skip if running in development or test mode
+        if settings.DEBUG or 'test' in sys.argv:
+            return
+
+        # TODO: Migrate other housekeeping functions from the `housekeeping` management command.
+        self.send_census_report()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def send_census_report():
+        """
+        Send a census report (if enabled).
+        """
+        # Skip if census reporting is disabled
+        if settings.ISOLATED_DEPLOYMENT or not settings.CENSUS_REPORTING_ENABLED:
+            return
+
+        census_data = {
+            'version': settings.RELEASE.full_version,
+            'python_version': sys.version.split()[0],
+            'deployment_id': settings.DEPLOYMENT_ID,
+        }
+        try:
+            requests.get(
+                url=settings.CENSUS_URL,
+                params=census_data,
+                timeout=3,
+                proxies=settings.HTTP_PROXIES
+            )
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
+            pass
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index 0682e713d..581cd9ef4 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import os
 import platform
 import sys
 import warnings
-from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
-import requests
 from django.contrib.messages import constants as messages
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ValidationError
 from django.core.validators import URLValidator
@@ -583,17 +581,6 @@ if SENTRY_ENABLED:
 # Calculate a unique deployment ID from the secret key
 DEPLOYMENT_ID = hashlib.sha256(SECRET_KEY.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()[:16]
 CENSUS_URL = 'https://census.netbox.oss.netboxlabs.com/api/v1/'
-CENSUS_PARAMS = {
-    'version': RELEASE.full_version,
-    'python_version': sys.version.split()[0],
-    'deployment_id': DEPLOYMENT_ID,
-}
-if CENSUS_REPORTING_ENABLED and not ISOLATED_DEPLOYMENT and not DEBUG and 'test' not in sys.argv:
-    try:
-        # Report anonymous census data
-        requests.get(f'{CENSUS_URL}?{urlencode(CENSUS_PARAMS)}', timeout=3, proxies=HTTP_PROXIES)
-    except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
-        pass
 
 
 #