Azure Cosmos DB Architect
- Source: Careerplug
- IPolarity LLC
- $124,800 to $128,960 /yr
- On-site
- Whippany
- Full-Time
- Mid level
Job Description
Role: Azure Cosmos DB Architect
Location: Onsite - Phoenix, AZ or Dallas, TX or Ohio, Columbus
Work type: W2
What are the top 3 skills required for this role?
1.Azure Cosmos DB
2.Azure Cloud architecture
- Azure services such as Functions, App Services, AKS, Event Hubs, Service Bus, and Application Insights.
Job Description/ Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
-
Design, implement, and optimize Azure Cosmos DB solutions for high-volume transactional workloads.
-
Define and implement data modeling strategies, partition key design, indexing policies, and data lifecycle management.
-
Architect highly available, resilient, and scalable solutions leveraging Cosmos DB best practices.
-
Monitor and optimize RU consumption, throughput, latency, and overall database performance.
-
Troubleshoot production issues, investigate performance bottlenecks, and implement corrective actions.
-
Support day-to-day operational activities including deployments, schema evolution, capacity planning, and incident resolution.
-
Partner with application, infrastructure, and architecture teams to ensure optimal integration with Azure services.
-
Establish disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity strategies.
-
Create operational runbooks, documentation, and engineering standards.
-
Provide recommendations on cost optimization, scalability, and long-term platform improvements.
Required Qualifications:
-
5+ years of hands-on Azure Cosmos DB experience in production environments.
-
Strong experience with:
o Cosmos DB data modeling and partitioning strategies
o Query optimization and performance tuning
o Throughput management (RU/s optimization)
o Indexing policies and change feed processing
o Multi-region deployment and global distribution
o High availability and disaster recovery patterns
o Monitoring and observability tools
-
Experience supporting high-volume, always-on enterprise applications.
-
Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and distributed systems.
-
Experience with Azure services such as Functions, App Services, AKS, Event Hubs, Service Bus, and Application Insights.
-
Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills
Skills
- microsoft-azure
- azure-cosmos-db
- azure-functions
- azure-service-bus
- azure-application-insights
- careerplug
