• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, providing technical guidance and career development • Manage day-to-day operations of Hedera production and preproduction infrastructure • Coordinate with Hedera Governing Council members on operational matters and infrastructure requirements • Design and implement automation solutions to reduce operational toil and improve efficiency • Own and evolve infrastructure as code practices using Terraform and Ansible • Establish and maintain incident management processes, including on-call rotations and post-mortem reviews • Drive continuous improvement initiatives for monitoring, observability, and alerting systems • Manage capacity planning and scaling strategies for cloud and bare metal infrastructure • Ensure 24/7 operational readiness and lead response to critical incidents • Lead hiring efforts to grow the DevOps team, including defining role requirements, interviewing candidates, and making hiring decisions • Collaborate with development teams to improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes • Define and track team KPIs, SLOs, and operational metrics • Manage team budget and resource allocation • Interface with senior leadership on strategic planning and technical roadmap