Position : Azure Cosmos DB DBA

Exp: 5+ Years

Client: One of our Prestigious client.

Mode: Full-Time / Permanent

Location: Bangalore, Noida, Pune, Hyderabadi

Notice Period: 0-15 Days (Only)

Shift: 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Main Keywords

Cosmos DB, Postgres DB, Azure, ,MongoDB (native)

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Azure Cosmos DB Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, optimize, and support enterprise-scale distributed databases. This role will be responsible for ensuring high availability, performance, security, and cost efficiency of Cosmos DB deployments across mission-critical applications.

Key Responsibilities

1. Database Administration & Operations

- Manage and support Azure Cosmos DB environments
- Monitor health, performance, and availability of Cosmos DB accounts, containers, and workloads
- Perform capacity planning, throughput (RU/s) management, and partition key otimization
- Ensure SLA adherence for availability, latency, and throughput

1. Performance & Cost Optimization

- Analyze query performance and optimize indexing policies, partition strategies, and data models
- Right-size RU/s provisioning and implement autoscale strategies to reduce costs
- Identify and remediate hot partitions and inefficient query patterns
- Implement caching strategies and optimize SDK usage where applicable

3 Reliability, Backup & Disaster Recovery
- Configure and manage multi-region replication and failover policies
- Validate backup and restore processes (continuous backup or periodic modes)
- Define and maintain DR runbooks aligned to RTO/RPO requirements
- Participate in DR tests and resilience validation exercises

1. Security & Compliance

- Implement and enforce RBAC, managed identities, and network security controls (Private Endpoints,



VNet integration)
- Ensure encryption (at-rest and in-transit) and compliance with enterprise security standards
- Support audit and compliance requirements (SOX, SOC, etc.)

1. Automation & DevOps Integration

- Automate provisioning and management using Infrastructure-as-Code (Ansible)
- Integrate Cosmos DB operations into CI/CD pipelines
- Develop scripts/runbooks for monitoring, alerting, and remediation

1. Monitoring & Observability

- Leverage Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights for telemetry
- Build dashboards and alerts for proactive issue detection
- Partner with Observability platforms (e.g., Dynatrace) for full-stack visibility

1. Collaboration & Support

- Work closely with application teams on access patterns, and performance tuning
- Provide L3/L4 support for production incidents and root cause analysis (RCA)
- Contribute to architecture reviews and cloud migration initiatives

Required Skills & Experience

Core Database Expertise

- Robust hands-on experience with Azure Cosmos DB
- Deep understanding of:

oPartitioning strategies oIndexing and query optimization oRU/s consumption and scaling models
- Experience with NoSQL data modelling and distributed systems
- Proficiency in:

oAzure Portal, CLI, PowerShell oCosmos DB APIs (SQL, MongoDB, Cassandra) Cloud & Platform Expertise
- Deep knowledge of Microsoft Azure
- Experience with:

oMulti-region architectures oHigh availability and failover strategies oNetworking (VNet, Private Endpoints, NSGs) Nice to Have / Secondary Skills

Other NoSQL / Distributed Databases

- Hands-on experience with:

oMongoDB (native) oDynamoDB or equivalent distributed stores
- Understanding of:

oCAP theorem, eventual consistency, and distributed design trade-offs

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