Taylor Burt
About Taylor Burt
Taylor Burt is a DevOps Engineer Team Lead at Spokeo, where he has worked since 2019. He has significantly improved onboarding processes and team productivity through various initiatives and custom tool development.
Work at Spokeo
Taylor Burt has been employed at Spokeo since 2019, currently holding the position of DevOps Engineer Team Lead. In this role, Burt has designed an onboarding track that significantly reduced new hire productivity time from one year to six months. Previously, Burt served as a Senior System Engineer - DevOps and as a Systems Engineer - DevOps at Spokeo, contributing to various projects aimed at enhancing operational efficiency.
Education and Expertise
Taylor Burt studied at California State University-Northridge, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Management from 2010 to 2014. Prior to that, Burt completed high school at Granada Hills Charter High School from 2006 to 2010. This educational background provides a foundation for Burt's expertise in DevOps and systems engineering.
Background
Before joining Spokeo, Taylor Burt worked at several organizations. From 2015 to 2016, Burt was a Systems Support Tech at OmniUpdate. Following this, Burt served as an Operations System Administrator at DreamWorks Animation from 2016 to 2017. Additionally, Burt held roles at Kappa Sigma Fraternity, including Assistant Alumnus Adviser and Grand Treasurer, from 2012 to 2017.
Achievements
In the role of DevOps Engineer Team Lead, Taylor Burt has implemented a utilization detecting application that halved infrastructure costs and reduced license utilization by 95% for tools such as New Relic. Burt also contributed to doubling team productivity, as measured by sprint velocity, by simplifying infrastructure and refining the story refinement process. Furthermore, Burt leads weekly knowledge transfer sessions to foster transparency and collaboration within the team.