Job Title: Azure Cosmos DB Developer / Architect

Location: Onsite Phoenix, AZ / Dallas, TX / Columbus, OH
Experience: 12+ Years
Work Mode: Onsite

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Azure Cosmos DB Developer / Architect with strong expertise in designing, developing, and supporting large-scale, mission-critical applications on Microsoft Azure.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Azure Cosmos DB, cloud architecture, distributed systems, and performance optimization. The role requires balancing architecture responsibilities with day-to-day operational support to deliver highly available, scalable, and high-performance solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize Azure Cosmos DB solutions for high-volume transactional workloads.

• Define data modeling strategies, partition keys, indexing policies, and data lifecycle management.

• Architect highly available, resilient, and scalable solutions using Cosmos DB best practices.

• Monitor and optimize RU consumption, throughput, latency, and database performance.

• Troubleshoot production issues, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement corrective actions.

• Support deployments, schema evolution, capacity planning, and incident resolution.

• Integrate Cosmos DB solutions with Azure services and application platforms.

• Establish disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity strategies.

• Develop operational runbooks, technical documentation, and engineering standards.

• Recommend improvements for cost optimization, scalability, and platform performance.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of overall software engineering and database development experience.

• 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 and RU/s optimization

  • Indexing policies and Change Feed processing

  • Multi-region deployment and global distribution

  • High availability and disaster recovery

  • Database monitoring and observability

• Strong understanding of Azure Cloud architecture and distributed systems.

• Experience with Azure services, including:

  • Azure Functions

  • Azure App Services

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

  • Azure Event Hubs

  • Azure Service Bus

  • Azure Application Insights

• Experience supporting high-volume, always-on enterprise applications.

• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services or regulated industries.

• Knowledge of microservices and event-driven architectures.

• Experience with .NET and/or Java-based applications.

• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code.

• Experience establishing cloud governance, operational standards, and performance best practices.