Ilona Pelto

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Ilona Pelto

@brownpeacock699709 · Jan 12, 2026

Is IT Ops ok with fires?

Are IT Ops professionals delusional in thinking the job is to make “IT Operations” better, more efficient, more advanced?
Where do you land - Fireman or Builder?
Why are labor and finance resources always tight for IT Ops? Budgets go up only when there’s a breach or when there’s hype for a product.
In my experience, companies seem to be ok with silos, single points of failure, lack of training, etc. The IT Ops department budget is treated as a liability rather than an asset. Although, there’s always lots of talk behind “efforts” for real cybersecurity, zero trust, and governance; it always falls off.
This also leads to secondary consequences, of knowledge hoarding, hero behavior, toxic environments because the work becomes- “How do I get noticed?”. Or worse, belief that one’s chosen behavior facilitates job security.
So are IT OPs professionals mid? Should we accept that the job is to fix things. Thats it.

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