Senior Database Administrator; Hybrid

Overview

Avalon Bay 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 Avalon Bay 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 Avalon Bay a great place to work.

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 Postgre

SQL 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.

• 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.

• 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 (Always On, Data Guard).
• Certifications: Relevant certifications (Microsoft Azure, AWS) can be beneficial.
• Soft Skills: Strong problem‑solving, analytical, attention to detail, and communication skills.

• 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 Avalon Bay 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.

• Normal office environment

• Normal office environment

• Satisfactory…