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
Granite Tait
Site Reliability Engineer | AI Builder | Tech Lead
Salt Lake City, Utah · granitetait.com · github.com/granman3 · linkedin.com/in/g-tait
Experience
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 — Aug 2023Studies, Chemical Engineering · Brigham Young University
2017 — 2023AWS 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)