About the role
**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 3. 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