Azure Cosmos DB Architect

IPolarity LLC; Whippany (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

IPolarity LLC is seeking an Azure Cosmos DB Architect to design and optimize Cosmos DB solutions for high-volume workloads. This onsite role supports multi-region, highly available architectures and requires strong data modeling and performance tuning skills.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement best practices, monitor throughput, manage capacity, and ensure disaster recovery readiness. Onsite options include Phoenix, Dallas, or Columbus areas.

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).
• Multi-region deployment and global distribution.
• High availability and disaster recovery patterns.
• Monitoring and observability tools.
• Experience with Azure Functions, App Services, AKS, Event Hubs, Service Bus, and Application Insights.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize Cosmos DB solutions for high-volume workloads.
• Define data modeling, partition keys, and indexing policies.
• Architect highly available, scalable Cosmos DB architectures.
• Monitor RU consumption, throughput, latency, and performance.
• Troubleshoot production issues and resolve bottlenecks.
• Support deployments, schema evolution, and capacity planning.
• Collaborate with application, infra, and architecture teams for integration.
• Establish disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity plans.
• Create runbooks, docs, and engineering standards.

Skills

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure architecture

Azure services

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
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:
  1. Cosmos DB data modeling and partitioning strategies
  2. Query optimization and performance tuning
  3. Throughput management (RU/s optimization)
  4. Indexing policies and change feed processing
  5. Multi-region deployment and global distribution
  6. High availability and disaster recovery patterns
  7. 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