Hire, mentor, and manage a team of platform engineers. Define and execute a strategic roadmap for platform operations. Manage budgets, vendor relationships, and resources. Expand monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities. Establish and improve incident management processes. Set and track SLOs and SLAs. Partner with cross-functional teams to review and refine support processes. Introduce best practices in automation and platform efficiency. Provide support for engineering-wide initiatives.