Available for Contracts & Projects · Toronto, ON

Praveen
Muthyala

VMware Infrastructure Architect with 12+ years of experience in virtualization, vSAN, NSX-T, and cloud operations across healthcare and retail — delivering reliable, scalable systems at enterprise scale.

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Praveen Kumar M
12+
Years of Experience
400+
Servers Deployed
2
Enterprise Certifications
5
Companies Served
Core Competencies

What I bring
to the table

⚙️
Virtualization
VMware vSphere 6.x/7.x/8.x vSAN NSX-T VCF vCenter High Availability vMotion DRS
💾
Storage Administration
SAN / NAS NetApp HPE 3PAR IBM SVC EMC Clariion/DMX3 FC Zoning
🖥️
Hypervisors & OS
ESXi Hyper-V Windows Server
📜
Scripting & Automation
PowerShell Automation
☁️
Cloud & HCI
Azure Dell VxRail Nutanix
🛠️
ITSM Tools
Jira ServiceNow BMC Remedy
Work History

Career journey

🚀 Orchestrated vSphere 6.7 → 7.0 → 8.0 environment migration across enterprise infrastructure
🖥️ Planned and deployed 400+ servers for an IRL project from ground up
🔄 Contributed to and supported a large-scale SQL migration project
Jul 2021 – Present
TCS
Senior System Administrator
  • Designed, deployed, and managed customer virtual infrastructures including VMware vSphere, vSAN, VCF, and vCenter environments.
  • Provided lifecycle management — patching, performance optimization, and troubleshooting to ensure high availability.
  • Hardware health monitoring, patching, updates, and upgrades for virtual infrastructure.
  • Authored and maintained internal SOPs, runbooks, and technical documentation to standardize processes and accelerate team onboarding.
  • Leveraged PowerShell for automation tasks; mentored team members and led knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Aug 2017 – Feb 2021
NTT DATA – Detroit Medical Center
Storage Services Senior Analyst
  • Administered HPE 3PAR 7k/8k, IBM SVC, and NetApp storage systems for a large healthcare organization.
  • Managed fiber channel zoning, storage provisioning, and decommissioning workflows.
  • Maintained vSphere 6.x with ESXi and vCenter; led capacity planning and performance monitoring.
  • Developed SOPs and led training sessions for 3PAR storage administration.
Aug 2016 – Apr 2017
HPE
Storage Deployment Engineer
  • Engaged global HPE customers for firmware updates and OS patching with minimal downtime.
  • Implemented remote upgrades for HPE storage arrays and maintained detailed service logs.
Aug 2015 – Aug 2016
IBM
Senior Operational Professional
  • Administered IBM Storewize V7000 storage systems including storage pools, hybrid pools, and Easy Tier optimization.
  • Installed and deployed ESXi 6.0 and Windows on IBM servers.
Mar 2013 – Mar 2015
Flat World Solutions
Process Associate
  • Managed EMC Clariion/DMX3 arrays for storage provisioning and maintenance.
  • Configured Cisco Fabric environment and documented operational best practices.
Certifications

Credentials

🏅
VCP-DCV
VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization
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NCP 5 – MCI
Nutanix Certified Professional 5 – Multi-Cloud Infrastructure
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NCDA
NetApp Certified Data Administrator – ONTAP
Education
🎓
Bachelor of Technology
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University · 2010
Let's Connect

Ready to build something great together?

Based in Toronto, ON — available for short and long term contracts, consulting, and project-based work in virtualization, cloud infrastructure, and storage administration.

✉️
Email
praveenkumarmuthyala303@gmail.com
📞
Phone
+1 (647) 570 4636
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LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/praveenkumar-muthyala
📍
Location
Toronto, ON, Canada