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 strong 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 solid 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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