Database Administrator (DBA) vs DevOps Engineer (SRE)
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Pay
Database Administrator
$138,800 typical, a year
Most DBAs earn $115,300 to $155,800 a year.
From 221 postings that list pay
688 open jobs now
DevOps Engineer
$161,300 typical, a year
Most SREs earn $138,200 to $194,500 a year.
From 591 postings that list pay
1,507 open jobs now
SREs typically earn about $22,500 more a year than DBAs.
What each one does
Database Administrator
- Install, configure, and maintain database software and systems.
- Monitor database health, availability, and performance.
- Implement and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Develop, optimize, and troubleshoot database objects and code.
- Manage database security, access controls, and compliance.
- Collaborate with development teams to design and support database solutions.
Summed up from 30 job postings
DevOps Engineer
- Build and maintain infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform and Ansible.
- Design and operate Kubernetes clusters to run containerized applications.
- Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate software deployment processes.
- Monitor system performance and troubleshoot infrastructure issues to ensure reliability.
- Support cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Implement security controls and manage access for cloud and container environments.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Skills employers ask for
Database Administrator
More common in DBA postings
- SQL Server 5 in 10 postings
- SQL 5 in 10 postings
- Oracle 4 in 10 postings
- Database Administration 4 in 10 postings
- Database Administrator 4 in 10 postings
- PostgreSQL 3 in 10 postings
- Technical Degree 3 in 10 postings
- Database Security 3 in 10 postings
- Database Monitoring 3 in 10 postings
- SQL Performance Tuning 3 in 10 postings
DevOps Engineer
More common in SRE postings
- Kubernetes 7 in 10 postings
- CI/CD 6 in 10 postings
- Terraform 5 in 10 postings
- AWS 5 in 10 postings
- Python 5 in 10 postings
- DevOps 4 in 10 postings
- Infrastructure as Code 4 in 10 postings
- Docker 4 in 10 postings
- Ansible 4 in 10 postings
- Bash 3 in 10 postings
Out of each role's current postings.
Open jobs
Database Administrator
- Pay not stated 120 E Ridgeley St, Atmore, Alabama, USPythonBashPowerShellOracleMongoDB +14
Amazon Database Eng III
Campus Building$155,542 - $197,400/yrstatedPerlPythonLinuxPostgreSQLMySQL +14Senior Administrator, Database Operations
University of Maryland Global Campus$105k - $125k/yrstated (North America) Adelphi, MD HybridPostgreSQLAzureMySQLBashSQL +16
DevOps Engineer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
TRM Labs$205k - $245k/yrstated San Francisco, California RemotePythonAWSObservabilityCI/CDKubernetes +11Platform/Kubernetes Engineer
JoinDevOpsPay not stated Las Vegas, NV, United StatesGrafanaPythonLinuxPowerShellOpenSearch +19- Pay not stated North Charleston, SC, United StatesTerraformDockerCI/CDJenkinsArgoCD +11
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