Job Role : Senior Manager – Networks

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 12–18 Years

Role: WAN & Data Center Network Engineering Leadership

About the Opportunity

We are a rapidly growing technology infrastructure and managed services organization supporting the mission-critical IT infrastructure of 350+ enterprise customers across our data center ecosystem.

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Manager – Networks to lead our WAN Network Engineering function. The role will own the design, architecture, implementation and technical governance of large-scale enterprise network environments connecting customer locations, data centers, cloud platforms and internet ecosystems.

The ideal candidate is a CCIE Routing & Switching / Enterprise Infrastructure and CCIE Data Center certified networking professional with deep hands-on expertise and proven leadership experience.

This is a high-impact role requiring someone who can operate equally well as a network architect, technical problem solver and people leader. The individual will lead the WAN team, establish engineering standards, drive network transformation and provide technical leadership for complex enterprise customer deployments.

Roles & Responsibilities

- Lead and manage the WAN Network Engineering and Implementation team, providing technical and operational direction.
- Own the end-to-end design and implementation of complex Enterprise WAN and Data Center network solutions.
- Define network architecture, engineering standards, design principles and implementation methodologies.
- Review and approve HLDs, LLDs, network designs, migration plans and implementation strategies.
- Architect highly available and scalable solutions across MPLS, Internet, SD-WAN, BGP, OSPF, L2/L3 VPN and hybrid WAN environments.
- Provide technical leadership for complex routing, switching and network architecture challenges.
- Drive integration between WAN, Data Center, Cloud,



Security and Enterprise Infrastructure environments.
- Provide technical leadership for Cisco-based Data Center networking environments including Nexus, ACI and VXLAN/EVPN.
- Lead complex customer network migrations, expansions, transformations and new implementations.
- Act as the senior technical escalation point for critical network incidents and complex customer issues.
- Work closely with Solution Architects, Pre-Sales, Data Center, Cloud, Security, NOC and Service Delivery teams.
- Engage directly with enterprise customers and senior technology stakeholders on complex network architecture and transformation initiatives.
- Drive network modernization initiatives including SD-WAN, automation, programmability and next-generation network architectures.
- Identify opportunities to automate network provisioning, configuration, monitoring and operational processes.
- Establish robust engineering governance around configuration standards, change management, documentation and network lifecycle management.
- Drive capacity planning, network performance optimization, availability and resilience across the environment.
- Lead technical evaluations, POCs and architecture assessments for new networking technologies.
- Build, mentor and develop a high-performance team of network engineers and architects.
- Establish a culture of technical excellence, ownership, documentation and continuous improvement.

Required Skillset

Certifications — Mandatory





- CCIE Routing & Switching / CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure – Mandatory
- CCIE Data Center – Mandatory

Core Networking

- Expert-level knowledge of Routing & Switching
- BGP, OSPF, IS-IS
- MPLS
- L2VPN / L3VPN
- IPv4 / IPv6
- Multicast
- QoS
- High Availability and network redundancy
- Internet routing and peering
- WAN architecture and optimization

WAN Technologies

- Enterprise WAN architecture
- MPLS and Hybrid WAN
- SD-WAN
- BGP-based WAN architectures
- Site-to-site connectivity
- Multi-location enterprise network design
- Network migration and transformation

Data Center Networking

- Cisco Nexus
- Cisco ACI
- VXLAN / EVPN
- Spine-Leaf architectures
- Data Center Interconnect
- Layer 2 / Layer 3 Data Center architectures
- Multi-tenant Data Center networking
- Data Center high-availability architectures

Network Automation

- Python scripting
- Ansible
- REST APIs
- Network programmability
- Configuration automation
- Infrastructure-as-Code concepts
- Network monitoring and observability

Leadership & Business Skills
- Proven experience leading large Network/WAN Engineering teams
- Strong architecture and technical decision-making capabilities
- Ability to manage multiple complex customer implementations simultaneously
- Strong customer-facing and stakeholder-management skills
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth technology environment
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to operate from strategy through execution

Ideal Candidate A deeply technical network leader who combines CCIE-level engineering expertise with strong people and customer leadership skills and has the ability to build and lead a world-class WAN engineering organization supporting large-scale enterprise and data center environments.

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