Position Type: Full time
State: VA
City: Arlington
Zip Code: 22203

Overview

AvalonBay Communities, Inc., an equity REIT, has a long-term track record of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing distinctive apartment homes in some of the best U.S. markets, and delivering outsized, risk-adjusted returns to shareholders. With equal parts experience and vision, we’ve established a leadership position rooted in our purpose of creating a better way to live and that is always focused on building value for the long term.

Creating a better way to live is the purpose that binds AvalonBay associates. We take that purpose seriously and expect you will as well. By focusing on collaboration, innovation, and taking ownership of our choices and actions, we act in ways that focus on creating value for our customers, investors and associates. Your positive, professional, and consistent personal interactions make AvalonBay a great place to work.

The Role

The Senior Database Administrator (Sr. DBA) is responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing complex database environments to support critical business operations. This role ensures data security, integrity, availability, and performance, with a strong focus on performance tuning, backup and recovery, scalability, and database security.

The Sr. DBA will lead advanced initiatives including disaster recovery planning, ETL processes, automation, system upgrades, and cloud-based database management, while collaborating closely with cross-functional IT teams and mentoring junior DBAs. Deep expertise is required across SQL Server, Azure SQL, Oracle, AWS RDS, and AWS PostgreSQL within on-prem and cloud environments.

This position requires availability during off-hours to support month-end processing, scheduled maintenance, and to respond to critical system issues as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Design & Implementation: Architecting and setting up new databases and complex database environments.

• Performance Tuning: Monitoring, identifying bottlenecks, and optimizing database performance.

• Security: Implementing access controls, security policies, and ensuring compliance.

• Backup & Recovery: Developing and executing data backup and disaster recovery plans.

• Maintenance: Performing patching, upgrades, and routine system health checks.

• Automation: Automating routine tasks (backups, reports, etc.).

• Troubleshooting: Providing advanced support and root cause analysis for complex database issues.

• Mentoring: Guiding junior database administrators. 

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field (experience may substitute).

• Experience: 6+ years of experience in database management.

• Technical Skills: Deep knowledge of SQL Server, Oracle,  cloud DBs (Azure, AWS), ETL, HA/DR solutions (AlwaysOn, Data Guard).

• Certifications: Relevant certifications (Microsoft Azure, AWS) can be beneficial.

• Soft Skills: Strong problem-solving, analytical, attention to detail, and communication skills. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Reads and writes English as demonstrated by clear and concise written and verbal communications.

• Creates and delivers group presentations on function-related subject matter and writes reports in a clear, concise form.

• Performs basic Microsoft Office applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations.

• Performs basic arithmetic skills (measurement, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) to do basic calculations and analyses such as estimating, determining averages and percentages, and calculating totals as outlined under the Business Math Policy (8-01) in the AvalonBay Procedures Manual.

• Frequently operates general office equipment such as, but not limited to, personal computer, telephone, photocopying machine, facsimile machine, and postage machine.

• Possesses skills working with Linux systems and ORACLE Databases.

• Understands and troubleshoots “N” Tier environment issues such as Database server, App server and Web server.

Physical Demands:

• Normal office environment

Working Environment:

• Normal office environment

Training:

• Satisfactory completion of AVB’s new hire orientation within 30 days of employment or the first training session offered after employment.

• Any other applicable training assigned by the manager.

How AvalonBay Supports You

Additional Info

AvalonBay is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an inclusive and diverse work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  We believe that in order to achieve our purpose of creating a better way to live, we must recruit, develop and retain associates with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives and create an environment that encourages all voices to be heard, understood and appreciated. With this we know we can do great things.

AvalonBay makes employment decisions without regard to a person’s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including characteristics or testing), citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by the law.

For California residents, if you elect to apply to AvalonBay you accept the AvalonBay California Personnel Privacy Notice (https://www.avaloncommunities.com/california-personnel-privacy-notice/)

Job ID JR105999