Paul Wagner
Principal Consultant
  • Dallas,
  • Texas,
  • United States of America
Member Since: 2013/03/12
Industry: Computer & IT
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Looking for robots from the future to take me into deep space to find the cure for the zombie apocalypse.

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Professional Background
Principal Consultant
Citrix Systems
September 2017 – Present
Remote
Senior Systems Engineer
Henry S. Miller Brokerage
October 2013 – Present
Infrastructure architecture and systems engineering for mid-sized real estate company with a large footprint across several locations.
Oversee daily operations of physical data center, virtual environment in VMWare ESXi and Citrix XenDesktop, and fiber channel SAN. Daily tasks also involve managing day to day needs of the Active Directory and Exchange servers.
The envrionment relies heavily upon Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.5.
Architect new Citrix environments and conduct beta tests, building new Delivery Controllers (DDC), Provisioning Servers (PVS), Storefront servers and Netscaler.
Support applications deployed through XenApp or RDP, and research potential products for future use.
Network administration and architecture of ethernet network with Meraki Layer 3 switches as well as management of fiber channel network using QLogic products.
Ensure stable performance exists in the SAN with X-IO and Open-E solutions
Support physical network infrastructure to include Cisco, HP, QLogic and Sonicwall equipment
Perform penetration tests of company infrastructure, looking to eliminate security flaws.
Ensure licensing compliance with various vendors
Manage public DNS and internal DNS
Design integration plans for newly acquired assets to introduce them into the Henry S. Miller infrastructure.
Gunnery Sergeant
United States Marine Corps Reserve
May 2002 – Present
Currently in the roles of Regimental Assistant Motor Transport Chief and Combat Marksmanship Trainer.
Machine gun, grenade and small arms range instructor
Operations and Logistics Project Management
Enforce Regimental Motor Transport Officer's doctrine
Convoy planning and execution
Conduct ALOC and UMCC oversight
Train range coaches and support personnel in range operations/procedures
Expert rifle and pistol qualification, 1st class PFT, 1st class CFT and WSQ swim qualification
Corporal, Sergeant and Career Resident Leadership Course
Advanced Land Navigation Skills
Active Secret Clearance
14 years of honorable service
Veteran of OIF-1
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Education
College of Southern Nevada
Associate's of Applied Science
Computer Information Technologies - Networking
2004 – 2008
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Full Biography

Rock climbing, skydiving, guns and any other sport that scares the neighbors.

Languages
English
Native or Bilingual Proficiency
Spanish
Limited Working Proficiency

Level Progress

Current: Level 6
Paul needs 4,592 points to level up.
LVL 7
  • Overall
    6
  • Citrix
    4
  • Windows OS
    3
  • Virtualization
    3
  • Microsoft Office
    3
  • NetScaler
    2
  • Exchange
    2
  • Outlook
    2
  • VMware
    2
  • Microsoft SQL Server
    1
  • Windows Server 2008
    1
  • Active Directory
    1
  • Windows 7
    1
  • Hardware
    1
  • vSphere
    1
  • OS Security
    1
  • Windows Server 2012
    1
  • Azure
    1
  • DHCP
    1
  • Databases
    1
  • Home Theaters
    1
  • Microsoft IIS Web Server
    1
  • MultiMedia Applications
    1
  • Software
    1
  • Windows 10
    1
  • Windows Server 2016
    1