That's reactive thinking and it honestly sucks. While you might encounter unexpected situations from time to time, a good ops person will be preventing problems

That's reactive thinking and it honestly sucks. While you might encounter unexpected situations from time to time, a good ops person will be preventing problems a lot more than he firefights. If you only hire a good firefighter, he will do the only thing he knows ad infinitum. I've worked with people that were reactive and would love to be "the fixer" when, in reality, 99% of the issues he fixed were caused by his ignorance/incompetence in the first place. Specially for crucial 24/7 roles, you need people that think ahead and not reactive ones.