Least privileged access isn't necessarily the antithesis of devops. You could argue that dev-ops model include automation for operations on production systems,

Least privileged access isn't necessarily the antithesis of devops. You could argue that dev-ops model include automation for operations on production systems, with direct access to production systems limited to a reduced set of staff. Developers can create the change-sets to modify infrastructure, but those change sets are reviewed, validated, tested, and then executed on production via CI/CD Automation. Infrastructure as Code, and Immutable Infrastructure lends itself well to that approach.