Nah, data engineers tend to specialize in moving data from point A to point B. DBAs tend to specialize in managing data in point A or point B.

Some people cultivate aspects of both skillsets of course and data engineers often end up doing DBA functions in point B (where analytical data is stored) while DBAs manage point A (OLTP source systems)

Data Engineers are DBAs who are trying to hide that fact as much as possible so they have time to learn kafka on the job.