Tyler L
Senior Software Engineer at Broadcom
Riverton, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolTyler L is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in Python-driven DevOps, cloud infrastructure, software architecture, and AI, currently contributing at Broadcom. As primary maintainer of the Idem Project and a backend contributor to the widely used SaltStack project, he focuses on automating distributed applications and improving operational documentation for infrastructure at scale. He pairs strong Linux systems administration and cybersecurity expertise—bolstered by an MS in Information Security—with practical cloud automation skills to deliver reliable, secure systems. Based in Riverton, Utah, Tyler is a pragmatic open-source advocate who frequently navigates complex merges and configuration hardening, revealing a preference for clear, maintainable tooling over ad hoc fixes.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master of Science - MS, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Western Governors University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (4)
documentation10
configuration-management9
python9
git8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
saltstack/salt
Mar 2019 - Oct 2020
Software to automate the management and configuration of infrastructure and applications at scale.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:196 reviews, 492 commits, 186 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Tyler's contributions focus on enhancing the documentation for configuration options related to log rotation in the SaltStack project. They added descriptions for the `log_rotate_backup_count` and `log_rotate_max_bytes` options in the minion and master configuration documentation. The user also merged branch '2018.3' into the document fixes and the thorium_warning branch, indicating contributions related to merging code changes and warning users about thorium.
pythonzeromqevent-streaminfrastructure-managementcloud-providers
Akm0d/salt
Mar 2019 - Jul 2026
Software to automate the management and configuration of any infrastructure or application at scale. Get access to the Salt software package repository here:
Contributions:9 PRs, 915 pushes, 134 branches in 7 years 5 months
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