"Not being allowed to do DevOps things" is best practice, and sometimes mandated by law or policy ("zero developer access to production.") Some possibilities f

"Not being allowed to do DevOps things" is best practice, and sometimes mandated by law or policy ("zero developer access to production.") Some possibilities for doing DevOps things again are: * request a "glass break" account for emergencies. You'll need to meet with someone senior to get that signed off on, and then someone needs to write some automation for that. * Ask to move to a DevOps role instead of back end web dev. Some possibilities for better visibility, which is a better goal if you ask me: * set up a status meeting that's once every week or two weeks or month with the DevOps/SRE team or person(s) * ask to be part of the monitoring setup, or set up your own monitoring that you can then share.