IT Manager / Head - Information Technology

VIT Trust; Bhopal; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

VIT Trust in India invites applications for an IT Infrastructure Head who can own and optimize the University's entire on-premise technology stack. You will lead teams, coordinate with academic and admin units, and drive high-availability design across servers, storage, networks, security, and surveillance.

The successful candidate will establish standards, manage vendors, oversee capacity planning, and ensure compliance with audits and IT governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in CS/IT/Electronics/Networking.
• Experience managing university IT infrastructure and on-premise environments.
• Strong knowledge of VMware, networking, storage, and security architectures.
• Ability to design and operate high-availability on-premise environments.
• Experience with IT governance, policy documentation, and audits.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT infrastructure and technology operations of the University.
• Design, operate, and maintain a highly available on-premise IT environment.
• Manage physical servers, virtualization, storage, network, cybersecurity, and surveillance.
• Plan IT capacity, upgrades, redundancy, and infrastructure expansion.
• Establish technical standards, policies, documentation, and operational procedures.
• Coordinate with management, academic departments, administration, vendors, and internal IT teams.

Skills

VMware vCenter

VMware ESXi

Networking

Firewall & WAF

CCTV Surveillance

Backup & DR

Data Centre Ops

IT Governance

Vendor Management

Team Leadership

Automation & Scripting

DevOps

Docker & Containers

Git-based Deployments

API Architecture

Enterprise DB Architecture

Education

B.E./B.Tech./M.Tech./MCA/M.Sc. in CS/IT/Electronics/Networking

Relevant certifications (CCNA/CCNP, VMware VCP, RHCE, Microsoft, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Sophos, Check Point, CISSP, CISM, CEH, ITIL)

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall IT infrastructure and technology operations of the University.
• Design, operate, and maintain a highly available on-premise IT environment.
• Manage physical servers, virtualization infrastructure, storage systems, network infrastructure, cybersecurity systems, and surveillance infrastructure.
• Plan IT capacity, upgrades, lifecycle management, redundancy, and infrastructure expansion.
• Establish and maintain technical standards, policies, documentation, and operational procedures.
• Coordinate with management, academic departments, administration, vendors, and internal IT teams.

Server & Virtualization Infrastructure

Networking

Firewall, WAF & Cybersecurity

CCTV & Surveillance Infrastructure

Backup, Storage & Disaster Recovery

Infrastructure Monitoring

Data Centre Operations

Enterprise Applications & Systems

Identity & Access Management

IT Operations & Governance

Vendor & Procurement Management

Team Management

Preferred Additional Knowledge

• SIEM
• SOC operations
• Zero Trust principles
• Network Access Control
• High-availability architectures
• Load balancers and reverse proxies
• Docker and containerized applications
• DevOps environments
• Automation and scripting
• Git-based deployment processes
• API architecture
• Enterprise database architecture
• IT audit and compliance

Educational Qualification

• B.E. / B.Tech / M.Tech / MCA / M.Sc. in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, Networking, or a related discipline.
• Relevant technical certifications will be an added advantage.
• Preferred certifications may include CCNA / CCNP, VMware VCP, RHCE, Microsoft certifications, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Sophos, Check Point, CISSP, CISM, CEH, ITIL, or equivalent.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should be capable of understanding the Universitys entire IT environment as one integrated infrastructure. The person should be comfortable discussing VMware cluster design with system administrators, VLAN and routing architecture with network engineers, firewall and WAF policies with security teams, CCTV bandwidth and retention calculations with surveillance vendors, storage and backup architecture with infrastructure teams, application availability with developers, hardware procurement with OEMs, and IT risks and investment priorities with University management.

The candidate should have sufficient technical depth to independently challenge vendors, validate technical proposals, identify poor architectural decisions, and guide the internal team during major infrastructure incidents

Key Skills / Naukri Keywords

IT Manager, Head IT, VMware, ESXi, vCenter, Firewall, WAF, CCTV, VMS, LAN/WAN, VLAN, Network Security, Backup, Disaster Recovery, Data Centre, Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Governance.