Azure Cosmos DB Architect

IPolarity; Hanover Township (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IPolarity is seeking an Azure Cosmos DB Architect for onsite roles in the United States (Phoenix, AZ or Dallas, TX or Columbus, OH). The role requires 5+ years of Cosmos DB experience and deep Azure services knowledge.

You will design, implement, and optimize Cosmos DB solutions for high-volume workloads, with emphasis on data modeling, partitioning, and global distribution. The candidate will drive performance tuning, capacity planning, and disaster recovery planning while collaborating with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Azure Cosmos DB experience in production environments.
• Strong experience with Cosmos DB data modeling and partitioning strategies.
• Throughput management (RU/s) optimization, indexing policies, and change feed processing.
• Multi-region deployment and global distribution expertise.
• High availability and disaster recovery patterns; monitoring and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize Cosmos DB solutions for high-volume workloads.
• Define data models, partition keys, and indexing policies; manage data lifecycle.
• Architect highly available, scalable Cosmos DB implementations with best practices.
• Monitor RU consumption, throughput, latency, and performance; troubleshoot issues.
• Support deployments, schema evolution, capacity planning, and incident resolution.
• Collaborate with application, infra, and architecture teams for integration.
• Establish disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity strategies.

Skills

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cloud architecture

Azure services

Tools

Azure Functions

Azure App Services

Azure AKS

Event Hubs

Service Bus

Application Insights

Job description

Role: Azure Cosmos DB ArchitectLocation: Onsite - Phoenix, AZ or Dallas, TX or Ohio, ColumbusWork type: W2What are the top 3 skills required for this role?1.Azure Cosmos DB2.Azure Cloud architecture3. 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 strategieso Query optimization and performance tuningo Throughput management (RU/s optimization)o Indexing policies and change feed processingo Multi-region deployment and global distributiono High availability and disaster recovery patternso 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