Azure Cosmos DBA

Job Title: Azure Cosmos DBA
Location: Remote Contract Type: W2
Long Term Contract

Job Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Azure Cosmos DBA to join our team on a contract basis. This individual will be responsible for designing implementing and managing Azure Cosmos DB solutions to ensure performance scalability availability and security. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in NoSQL database architectures cloud-native design and enterprise-scale data solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement scalable high-performance solutions using Azure Cosmos DB (SQL API MongoDB API Cassandra API as required).
• Optimize data modeling partitioning indexing and throughput provisioning strategies.
• Monitor and manage Cosmos DB performance availability capacity and security.
• Collaborate with application developers data engineers and infrastructure teams to integrate Cosmos DB into broader enterprise solutions.
• Design and implement backup restore and disaster recovery strategies.
• Ensure adherence to security and compliance requirements for cloud data solutions.
• Tune and troubleshoot Cosmos DB queries latency issues and performance bottlenecks.
• Provide subject matter expertise for Cosmos DB best practices schema evolution and API selection.
• Document architecture decisions operational procedures and data access strategies.
• Support migrations from legacy databases to Azure Cosmos DB.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Overall IT Experience: 10 Years.
• 8 years of experience in database administration or architecture.
• 5 years of hands-on experience specifically with Azure Cosmos DB in a production environment.
• Strong understanding of Cosmos DB APIs (SQL MongoDB Cassandra Gremlin).
• Deep knowledge of partitioning consistency models throughput (RU/s) indexing and replication.
• Experience with Azure-native services (Azure Functions Event Hubs Logic Apps Azure Monitor etc.).
• Proficiency in NoSQL data modeling and distributed system design.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for database code deployments.
• Proficiency in scripting with PowerShell Python or ARM/Bicep templates.
• Experience with security access control and encryption in Azure.
• Familiarity with DevOps monitoring and logging tools within Azure.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work onsite with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure certifications (e.g. Azure Database Administrator Associate Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
• Experience with hybrid environments and integration with other database platforms (SQL Server PostgreSQL MongoDB).
• Exposure to multi-region Cosmos DB deployments and global distribution strategies.