Paul Gienger
Support Escalation Engineer - Azure Linux Escalation
Fargo, North Dakota, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Gienger is an experienced systems and support escalation engineer with over 15 years focused on virtualization, Linux, and enterprise storage, currently troubleshooting Azure Linux VMs at Microsoft. He brings deep hands-on expertise in VMware, Veeam, Commvault, IBM Spectrum Protect, NetApp and SAN architectures, paired with scripting and automation skills in PowerShell, PowerCLI, Perl and vRealize Orchestrator. Previously he led virtualization and BC/DR efforts at Border States Electric, blending on-prem SAN/NetApp engineering with early cloud and DevOps initiatives. Known for bridging infrastructure and operations, he excels at resolving complex escalations and designing resilient backup/recovery workflows. Based in Fargo, ND, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a background in MIS and focused security training (SANS SEC-579), a combination that helps him spot subtle operational risks before they become outages.
6 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
SEC-579, SEC-579 at SANS Technology InstituteMinor, Computer Science, Minor, Computer Science at North Dakota State University
Github Skills (17)
microsoft-azure10
azure-cli10
azure9
linux8
microsoft8
cybersecurity7
iaas6
windows6
vms5
security5
command-line-interface5
cloud-native3
virtual-file-system3
virtual-machine2
azure-blob-storage2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
pagienge/ALAR
Mar 2023 - Oct 2025
Repository for Azure Linux Auto Recovery Tool
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes in 2 years 7 months
pagienge/azure-docs
Aug 2020 - Jul 2024
Open source documentation of Microsoft Azure
Contributions:11 pushes in 4 years
azuremicrosoft-azuremicrosoft
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