The 35th annual conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems 2025 in Görlitz, Germany

Whilst the Research Data and Software (RDS) team at the AAO has more than doubled in size, the nature of our funding is such that there is very limited scope to hire additional infrastructure support personnel. Taking inspiration from the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) Astronomy Operations user support model, we have introduced the concept of a "DevOps Roster" to ameliorate the load of growing operational tasks within our group. The roster aims to spread the support load over the larger team, while simultaneously upskilling the team with an emphasis on documenting gaps in our processes. The introduction of the roster has also generated interesting discussions about the long term funding and maintenance of operational tasks. In this talk, I will cover what has worked, possible pitfalls of such a model, and how other groups could benefit from its application.