I took a new job this past fall, and I found our "git push to production" pipeline to be quite opaque. I solved this by taking on small projects to implement incremental improvements: improving log level configuration for production, simplifying database migrations, etc. I learned a bunch about different parts of the system, and it gave me a chance to gain some visibility in a good way. And each improvement helps me feel more productive, and that increase in perceived/actual productivity comes from better tooling or having knowledge of how the system works.