IT Network Practice Head -DataCenter Network Infrastructure Management - London/Amsterdam/Helsinki/Zurich

Position Title : Network (Datacenter/Enterprise) Practice Head - Europe
Company & Location : Switzerland / Germany / UK - Europe

Job Description -

• Candidate with extensive experience in Network Practice - IT infrastructure (Datacenter, Distribution and Edge Networks of an enterprise) domain with a deep experience in EU region for Transformation & Managed Services solutions.
• Candidate should possess all necessary skills around enterprise data/voice network & data security related understanding.

• The candidate must be able to effectively lead a global team of Network professionals across geographies to provide techno-commercial solutions/proposals and contribute with innovations, best practices leading to business growth.
• The candidate must have the ability to articulate & confidently present with experience of Inception, evaluation, comparison with Enterprise Network Technology concepts & business value proposition.
• The candidate should be able to work in a multifaceted work culture and should have managed complex technical integrations and work with the partner ecosystem (local and international)

Primary Skills 1. Business Growth : Establish growth of practice for revenue & size 2. Technology : Prepare competitive "Enterprise Network Solutions" covering all aspects of data/voice technologies, Integration with other IT infrastructure, related AIOps/GenAI tools architecture/products & related security solutions. Necessary financial & competitive knowledge for "Network as a service" 3. Solutions : Present & defend these solutions with a winning value proposition 4. Integration with other practices : Work with alliances and other practice teams for an integrated solutions to meet customer's objective. 5. Team Mgmt : Support/Lead the Network solutions team for both - Transformation as well as Managed Services. 6. Emerging technologies : Enhance techno-commercial Network Solution Offerings of SDLAN, SDWAN, Wireless/Wi-fi with innovation including 5G, AI (network for AI workloads and AIOps Solutions around IT Infra workloads), etc. 7. Global Ecosystem Leverage : Create visibility & awareness of practice within CIS and wider ecosystem 8. Alliance Relations : Collaborate with Alliance and partners boosting innovation & growth. 9. Analyst Relations : Maintain high degree of relations with analysts of key research organizations. 10. Technical Support Enablement : Extend necessary technical support to Network Transformation projects as necessary 11. Escalation Management : Extend necessary technical support to escalations of Managed Services / Operations

Secondary skills - 20 2. Proficiency in enterprise solutions with a deep understanding of interdependent in-house network & related technologies, workflow based sub-services & natural ability to integrate entities as part of M&A activities. 2 Proven practice management skills, driving results within internal and external business units, focusing on business readiness and practice growth in the region 3 Deep understanding of AI, GenAI or Agentic AI related solutions and related network management & automation 4 Experience in chaos engineering to enhance underlying processes, information security gaps and perform internal audits and MIS reporting. Technology : Prepare competitive "Enterprise Network Solutions" covering all aspects of data/voice technologies, Integration with other IT infrastructure, related AIOps/GenAI tools architecture/products & related security solutions. Necessary financial & competitive knowledge for "Network as a service" Adeptness in IoT VAPT, Zero Trust Security, and orchestration, ensuring robust controls for the interconnected IoT landscape. 6 Fair understanding of core domain stack viz., Identity (LDAP, Entra), AD Federation, DNS, remote access (Zscaler, Checkpoint, Citrix, CAC) & authentication knowledge 7 Operate autonomously with extensive requisition analysis, RCA on incidents, change management process, capacity management to effectively scale as business demands.
Soft Skills -

• Documentation & Presentation Skills
• Analytical & Negotiation Skills
• Financial Understanding and contract Conditions
• Team Management Skills
• Partner relation & Ecosystem Management skills

Qualifications -

• Engineering or equivalent degree IT
• Proven experience in IT management for a min of 10 years having successfully managing Network Practice / projects and multi-cultural and multi-geo teams.
• Proven Experience in Solutions & Sales of IT Infrastructure - Network Technologies in EU Geography

Languages and cultural flexibility -

• Proficiency, knowledge and familiarity of working and managing globally diverse teams
• Proficiency in English