Absolutely, although in modern orgs I'd expect this to be the domain of backend engineers rather than "a DBA", a mythical creature I've never actually seen in real life.
The joke is:
Q: What is the difference between a DBA and a terrorist? A: You can negotiate with a terrorist.
After being a DBA, I moved into security, so I could tell people NO with even less consideration and more cruelty.
Grumpy old men complaining no one in the company is able to write good enough queries.
We got rid of them when we migrated from Oracle to AWS Aurora.