Michael Di Leonardo
About Michael Di Leonardo
Michael Di Leonardo is a Senior Systems Engineer at Peoplefluent with extensive experience in systems administration and support across various platforms and data centers.
Current Position
Michael Di Leonardo is currently employed at Peoplefluent as a Senior Systems Engineer. In this role, he is responsible for the administration and support of various systems including Windows 2008R2/2012/2016, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and VMware ESXi. He oversees the operations of production datacenters located in multiple international locations such as Atlanta, London, Toronto, and Massachusetts.
Previous Experience
Michael Di Leonardo has held several key positions in his career. From 2000 to 2007, he worked at Saba Software, Inc. as a Sr. Operations Engineer. Prior to that, he was a PC Technician at RightFAX, Inc. from 1996 to 1999. Throughout these roles, he has gained extensive experience in data center administration, hardware and software upgrades, and system configurations.
Technical Responsibilities
In his current role at Peoplefluent, Michael manages all Dev, QA, and Production mission-critical technology resources. His duties include the installation of racks, servers, switches, and cabling, as well as wire management in data center environments. Additionally, he is responsible for configuring and supporting VMware ESXi Server clusters, which includes high availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), and VMotion functionalities.
Datacenter and System Administration
Michael Di Leonardo administers and maintains various systems and technologies critical for datacenter operations. He manages storage configurations for VMware environments on NetApp filers and handles hardware and software upgrades for servers. He also takes on the responsibility for monthly Microsoft Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA) data collection and compliance reporting.
Monitoring and Compliance
Michael employs Nagios for monitoring operating system-level availability, resource utilization, and URL accessibility. He has successfully achieved a planned goal of maintaining a 99.8% Service Level Agreement (SLA), demonstrating his proficiency in maintaining system reliability and performance.