Azure Cosmos DB Architect

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Azure Cloud architecture
• Azure services such as Functions, App Services, AKS, Event Hubs, Service Bus, and Application Insights

• 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:

• Cosmos DB data modeling and partitioning strategies
• Query optimization and performance tuning
• Throughput management (RU/s optimization)
• Indexing policies and change feed processing
• Multi-region deployment and global distribution
• High availability and disaster recovery patterns
• 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