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Granite Tait

Site Reliability Engineer | AI Builder

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

Experience

Site Reliability Engineer · Nusano

Jun 2026 — Present
  • Build and operate Kubernetes-based platform infrastructure with GitOps continuous delivery through Argo CD
  • Build end-to-end observability in Grafana, spanning EPICS IOCs, protocol gateways, cluster, and application layers
  • Automate OT and control-system network buildouts with Ansible
  • Extend a common platform foundation across production, the training facility, and a second site in California
  • Partner with Cosylab (Slovenia) on control-system integration for the linear accelerator program

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer · Alpha Warranty Services

Jun 2025 — Jun 2026
  • Rebuilt a 12-app deployment pipeline: average deploy time from 27 to 9 minutes, about 600 hours a year saved
  • Architected an AI application that generates weekly test plans from acceptance criteria, saving 20+ hours a week
  • Reduced duplicate bug reports by 70% using a vector database to match new bugs against existing user stories
  • Built a GPT-4o bug-triage system on Azure DevOps: routes new bugs to the right developer in Teams using vector search over 9 years of history, and traces regressions to the commits that introduced them
  • Engineered .NET E2E test suites with a WebSocket-based harness, boosting execution speed by 200%
  • Primary liaison between stakeholders and development teams, translating business requirements into technical specs

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 on the ServiceNow platform
  • Authored 10+ documentation pages for SQL database systems and Azure management
  • Supported 100+ developers through the deployment process (Azure, TeamCity, Octopus)
  • Young Professional Team Lead: spearheaded the company-wide Career Compass professional development system for 1,000+ 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 a peer-reviewed J. Phys. Chem. B paper (2021) and two AIChE conference papers on molten-salt simulation
  • Led a 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

$1,000 winner · DAVID AI Hackathon

Mar 2026
  • Swarmy - synthetic users for product validation — live at swarmy.buzz

THE MAVERICK Winner · Podium AI Hackathon

Mar 2026
  • AIMy - in-store voice AI 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

Platform & SRE
Kubernetes · Argo CD / GitOps · Ansible · Terraform · Grafana · Linux · Proxmox · EPICS
Cloud, CI/CD & Testing
Microsoft Azure · AWS · Azure DevOps · Docker · CI/CD · Cloudflare · Git · Playwright · Test Automation · ServiceNow
AI & Machine Learning
Multi-Agent Architecture · RAG Systems · Vector Databases · Embeddings · OpenAI API · Claude API · Gemini API
Languages & Frameworks
Python · TypeScript · JavaScript · SQL · PowerShell · Bash · C# · React · Next.js · Firebase

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Science, Cloud Engineering · Western Governors University

Oct 2021 — Present

Chemical Engineering · Brigham Young University

2017 — 2023

CompTIA Network+ · LPI Linux Essentials · AWS Cloud Practitioner · CompTIA A+ · Microsoft 365 Fundamentals · Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900) · Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) · Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Publications

Languages

English (Native) · Japanese (Full professional proficiency)