Friction between DataOps and SysOps isn’t about tools. It’s about ownership.
Data teams want pipelines they can touch.
Infra teams want firewalls no one crosses.
That’s where it breaks:
• Ticket queues instead of iteration
• Shadow workarounds
• Slow delivery hidden behind process
The old model of “handover and pray” doesn’t scale.
You need boundaries that enable, not block.
What works:
• Clear ownership zones
• Platform-as-product
• Delivery by design, not by exception
Ops isn’t the enemy.
Bad architecture is.
Want faster delivery? Start with who owns what.