Dear SQL DBA - Data Roles: DBA, DBRE, and Data Engineer

Dear SQL DBA - Data Roles: DBA, DBRE, and Data Engineer

By Kendra Little on • 1 min read

Category: database-administration , career
Tags: dear-sql-dba , dbre , data-engineer
Dear SQL DBA - Data Roles: DBA, DBRE, and Data Engineer 1 min read
Dear SQL DBA - Data Roles: DBA, DBRE, and Data Engineer

There are lots of jobs for data folks. In this episode, I discuss three hot job titles: Database Administrator (DBA), Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE), and Data Engineer (DE).

As Explained by Trash

A humorous Venn diagram showing the overlap between DBA, DBRE, and Data Engineer roles with a trash-themed illustration

A Bit More Professionally

A professional Venn diagram illustrating the overlap between Database Administrator (DBA), Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE), and Data Engineer (DE) roles

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