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Granite Tait

Site Reliability Engineer | AI Builder | Tech Lead

Salt Lake City, Utah · granitetait.com · github.com/granman3 · linkedin.com/in/g-tait

Experience

Site Reliability Engineer · Nusano

Jun 2026 — Present
  • Building observability, monitoring, and alerting for production systems
  • Automating infrastructure and deployment workflows
  • Driving incident response and reliability best practices

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer · Alpha Warranty Services

Jun 2025 — Jun 2026
  • Engineered .NET E2E test suites with WebSocket-based solution, boosting execution speed by 200%
  • Architected AI-powered application to auto-generate weekly test plans from acceptance criteria, saving 20+ hours/week
  • Reduced duplicate bug reports by 70% using vector database to match bug reports with existing user stories
  • Primary liaison between stakeholders and development teams, translating business requirements into technical specs
  • Resolved complex front-end bugs using C#, Vue.js, and Tailwind CSS

DevOps Specialist · Paycor

Nov 2022 — Jun 2025
  • Implemented infrastructure automation using Python and PowerShell across 5+ development pipelines
  • Developed 5+ dashboards and automated report systems through ServiceNow platform
  • Authored 10+ documentation pages for SQL database systems and Azure management
  • Supported 100+ developers through deployment process (Azure, TeamCity, Octopus)
  • Young Professional Team Lead: spearheaded company-wide Career Compass professional development system for 1000+ employees

Traveling IT System Administrator · Ascend Staffing

Sep 2022 — Dec 2022
  • Integrated hardware and software solutions across 100+ users locally and network-wide
  • Resolved up to 30+ tickets per day
  • Led traveling IT tasks company-wide for hardware and software delivery/setup

Research Laboratory Manager · Brigham Young University

Aug 2017 — Jan 2020
  • Co-authored two publications on molten salts
  • Led team of 7-8 undergraduate students in laboratory research
  • Developed and operated multiple molten salt simulation tests
  • Spearheaded onboarding for all new team members

Awards

THE MAVERICK Winner · Podium AI Hackathon

Mar 2026
  • AIMy - AI Shopping Assistant — 300+ applicants, 100+ builders, 38 teams, 5 winners

Top Finalist · Utah Tech Week Hackathon

Feb 2026
  • Quorum - Virtual Board of Directors — AI-powered advisory system for solo founders

Skills

AI
Multi-Agent AI Systems · Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) · Chatbot Development · Vector Databases
Cloud
Microsoft Azure · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Azure DevOps · Docker · Kubernetes
Programming
Python · TypeScript · JavaScript · SQL · Flask
DevOps
CI/CD Pipelines · Infrastructure Automation · GitHub · Process Improvement
Testing
Test Automation · Test-Driven Development · Playwright · Test Management

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Science, Cloud Engineering · Western Governors University

Oct 2021 — Present

Studies, Chemical Engineering · Brigham Young University

2017 — 2023

AWS Cloud Practitioner · CompTIA A+ · Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals · Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900) · Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)

Languages

English (Native) · Japanese (Full professional proficiency)