This is true in analytics as well; the down-to-the-metal issues that DBA's used to deal with have been reduced quite a bit even in on-prem datacenters. I used

This is true in analytics as well; the down-to-the-metal issues that DBA's used to deal with have been reduced quite a bit even in on-prem datacenters. I used to just tell people my job was to make analytics a service and not just a pile of tools and support tickets. I kind of fell into the admin role just by fixing SQL queries. Eventually I started fixing physical storage issues and that covered most of the admin role. Cloud is good at low-level reliability, but there's still a gap where complex problems are not addressed.