Network Data Admin

Carnation Infotech Pvt Ltd.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Carnation Infotech Pvt Ltd. in Bengaluru seeks a seasoned Technical Program Manager to lead IT infrastructure programs across networking and data center domains.

You will coordinate planning, testing, deployment, vendor management, and cross-team communication to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery. With 12+ years in IT infrastructure, you will drive end-to-end delivery, apply agile methods, manage RFI/RFP/SOW processes, and optimize network architecture using Cisco/Juniper/F5/Arista platforms

Qualifications

• 12+ years of IT infrastructure management in a complex, multi-system environment as a Technical Program manager.
• 5+ years leading end-to-end delivery of IT infrastructure services, Telecom Carrier management, RFI, RFP and SOWs with supplier KPI definition.
• 5+ years of networking technology experience driving large-scale, data-driven projects.
• Willingness to work 24x7 shifts.
• Working knowledge of routing and switching concepts (BGP, OSPF, STP, VLANs).
• Configuring routers/switches from deployments to migrations.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco/Juniper/F5/Arista platforms.
• Excellent communication and strong stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver IT infrastructure programs across the networking portfolio.
• Lead end-to-end delivery: planning, budget, procurement, installation, deployment, and contract management.
• Manage supplier KPIs and SOWs and coordinate with multiple teams.
• Coordinate planning, testing, and stakeholder management across sessions and reviews.
• Identify improvements and drive initiatives to completion.
• Mitigate risks to maintain schedule, cost, and quality.

Skills

Program management

IT infrastructure

Networking

RFI/RFP/SOW

Vendor management

Networking devices

BGP/OSPF

Agile

Stakeholder management

Cloud technologies

Education

BS/MS in CS

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

F5

Arista

Job description

• Being vision led by providing industry leading infrastructure solutions to the enterprise.
• Build Program timelines, estimate of level of effort, manage milestones, and course correct Programs to maintain overall schedule/cost/quality by mitigating the program risks.
• Orchestrate planning, communications, testing, and stakeholder management across multiple teams.
• Leverage Service or Product expertise to deliver RFIRFP and Statements of work (SOW). Includes defining technical requirements, leading technical presentations, and reviews, and making solutiondesign tradeoffs with Telecom carriers.
• Define and negotiate Service Contracts with suppliers. Includes leveraging service expertise to define technical specifications, Service Level Agreements, Product Features and Capabilities.
• Increase reliability of the service through engineering practices, data driven approach, hardware/software refresh programs and optimization efforts.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in existing processes and drive ideas to completion.
• Planning service innovations by exhibiting and employing a product engineering mindset across the team.
• Partner with key stakeholders to drive the procurement, installation, configuration, testing, and deployment of IT infrastructure.
• Modernizing the infrastructure capabilities with market research, adopting cutting edge technologies, and partnering with product managers.
• Modernizing the infrastructure capabilities with market research and adopting cutting edge technologies.
• Developing and sustaining strong working relationships with business, application program managers, ISPs, OEM vendors, Engineering peers.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure management operating in a complex, multi-system environment as a Technical Program manager.
• 5+ years of experience in leading the end-to-end delivery of IT infrastructure services, Telecom Carrier management, RFI, RFP and Statements of work (SOWs) and defining supplier KPIs.
• 5+ Years of relevant experience in networking technologies driving large scale, date driven projects are highly desirable.
• Willingness to work 24X7 shifts.
• Working knowledge of BGP, OSPF and switching concepts like STP, Vlans, etc
• Configuring Routers Switches from deployments to Migrations.
• Working knowledge on Cisco / Juniper / F5 / Arista platforms.
• Good knowledge in fundamentals of networking like packet flow ,TCP/IP etc
• Plan and execute end-to-end delivery of IT infrastructure Programs across the portfolio especially in Networking.
• Demonstrated track record of leading end-to-end delivery of IT infrastructure services and Programs (planning, budget, procurement, installation, configuration, deployment, contract management etc)
• Excellent organizational and program management skills.
• Expertise in IT infrastructure and Networking technologies.
• Exposure to Cloud technologies would be an added advantage.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required for preparing clear, concise, and grammatically correct materials and communicating information effectively to others.
• Ability to use various project management methodologies, including agile.
• Solid customer focused, relationship focused pattern of work.
• Ability to create structure from abstract ideas, take initial concepts to full maturity.
• Technically savvy with the ability to solve both technical and non-technical problems.
• BS or MS in computer science, or a related discipline.