Senior Manager - IT

Job Description – Senior IT Manager

Location : Mohali / Bangalore

About AVASO Technology Solutions

At AVASO Technology Solutions, we deliver cutting-edge IT consulting, infrastructure, and security services to empower organizations with reliable and scalable technology solutions. Our Professional Services team plays a critical role in driving client success through innovation, advanced technical expertise, and customer-centric delivery.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Manager to join our Professional Services team. This role demands a hands-on leader with deep expertise in enterprise network architecture, design, and deployment. The successful candidate will own end-to-end solutions across complex network environments—covering routing, switching, wireless, security, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures .

The Senior IT Manager will serve as a technical authority for high-impact client projects, ensuring scalability, performance, and security while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

Lead the design of enterprise-class LAN, WAN, WLAN, and hybrid cloud network solutions.

Define high-availability and disaster recovery strategies for critical infrastructure.

Translate business requirements into scalable, secure technical architectures.

Implementation & Delivery

Deploy and configure advanced networking solutions (switches, routers, firewalls, SD-WAN, NAC).

Architect and optimize enterprise wireless networks (Ekahau or equivalent for site surveys).

Integrate cloud and on-premises networking solutions (Azure, AWS, OCI).

Security & Compliance

Design and enforce network security standards, segmentation, and zero-trust architectures.

Implement solutions aligned with ISO, NIST, and other compliance frameworks.

Performance & Troubleshooting

Serve as L3 escalation point for complex incidents across server, storage, and network domains.

Perform root cause analysis, advanced packet capture, and network performance tuning.

Collaboration & Leadership

Partner with internal architects, service managers, and client stakeholders to deliver tailored solutions.

Mentor Level 1 / 2 engineers, guiding them in advanced troubleshooting and solution design.

Deliver technical documentation, design diagrams, and executive-level presentations.

Skills & Qualifications

Required :

8–12 years of experience in network design, architecture, and deployment (enterprise-scale).

Should have manager IT teams earlier for 3-5 years.

Deep hands-on expertise in :

Routing & Switching : OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VLANs, QoS.

Security : Firewalls (Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA), VPN, IPS / IDS.

Wireless : Design & optimization, Ekahau or equivalent tools.

Data Center Networking : SAN / NAS, SDN, virtualization-aware networking.

Proven experience leading end-to-end solution delivery for enterprise clients.

Excellent troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.

Preferred (Nice to Have) :

Certifications : CCNP / CCIE (Enterprise or Security), Palo Alto Firewall, Fortinet NSE 7 / 8, VMware NSX, Ekahau ECSE Design / Advanced .

Cloud networking expertise (AWS Transit Gateway, Azure Virtual WAN, OCI FastConnect).

Soft Skills

Strong leadership, mentoring, and customer-facing communication skills.

Ability to balance architecture-level strategy with hands-on delivery .

Excellent time management across multiple large-scale projects.

Willingness to travel for global client engagements.