I worked for the business unit (BU) and not the IT department, so I was not granted SysAdmin rights to the servers even though my position was as a Database Administrator. That was very frustrating and I found out later that this was an ongoing war between the BU and IT.
Reminds me of my current job. My title is database analyst. The database is a SQL Server system and I am employed by the BU and not the IT department. The IT department likes to keep SQL Server within their 'center of excellence'. Consequently I am doing my work using MS Access even though I have more experience with SQL Server.