Is DBA a dying job in the cloud era?

Question

I've heard a lot of such discussions around how DBAs are in risk of losing their jobs because maintenance isn't a thing any more in the cloud era. What do DBAs really think?

yuppie_scum · Accepted Answer

Writing/optimizing queries, managing backup and replication is still a pain, and a little beyond the grasp of your average SWE or SRE. I still think there&rsquo;s a place for dedicated DBA&rsquo;s in many orgs. But that&rsquo;s just me.

bombcar · Answer

DBAs don&rsquo;t provide their worth in backups and maintenance (though they could be tasked with that) - it&rsquo;s in intelligent database and query design.And sadly, many companies just throw money at the problem by buying more compute and cache.

Is DBA a dying job in the cloud era?

I've heard a lot of such discussions around how DBAs are in risk of losing their jobs because maintenance isn't a thing any more in the cloud era. What do DBAs really think?

Writing/optimizing queries, managing backup and replication is still a pain, and a little beyond the grasp of your average SWE or SRE. I still think there’s a place for dedicated DBA’s in many orgs. But that’s just me.

DBAs don’t provide their worth in backups and maintenance (though they could be tasked with that) - it’s in intelligent database and query design.
And sadly, many companies just throw money at the problem by buying more compute and cache.