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PSS NIPS at airtel — Pune Division

Experience8–10 yrs
SalaryNot disclosed
Work modeunknown
Levelsenior
Posted11 Sept 2026

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About airtel

airtel is hiring in Pune Division in telecom. This role looks for around 8+ years of experience.

The role

A senior IT network presales and business development role at telecommunications company Airtel, working with Sales to generate NIPS business opportunities and provide network architecture technical consulting to enterprise and government customers. You will lead solution discovery and opportunity conversion, create high-level and low-level design documents, write proposals and scope of document, and prepare bills of material while driving OEM and partner funnel initiatives. Skills/skills tags: CCIE, CCNP/CCDP, Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, HP, enterprise networking, unified communications, security, and data center, plus experience with IT infrastructure presales/business development. Location is Pune Division, Maharashtra, India; work mode is not specified.

Full job description

Job Role & Requirements

 Business Development experience, able to work with Sales teams to generate opportunities for NIPS Business.

 Design, Presents, demonstrates the Network Architecture for the assigned Network and IT Infrastructure domain(s) and provide technical consulting to Enterprise and Government customers.

 Required to understand customer requirements and provide consultation / design on the architecture and solution.

 Business Development experience, able to work with Sales teams to generate opportunities for NIPS Business. Able to drive Technical & Sales on various NI offerings.

 Able to drive new technology solution and need to have market intelligence on NI Business, Competition, and Customers etc

 Understand complete discovery of customer environment and able to convert an opportunity by coordinating between Sales, Commercial, Partners etc.

 Understanding of product portfolio of various OEMs e.g., Cisco, Juniper, HP, Fortinet etc.

 Able to Work on Funnel review, partner mindshare, drive higher discounts, drive commercial negotiations and closure of opportunity.

 Responsible for achieving Targets in terms of Order Booking, Revenue & NI PS penetration, enterprise customers and retention of customers etc

 Responsible for the backend process like P&L, Cost optimization, Marketing etc.

 Driving the funnel and initiatives with the OEMs and partners

Desired Candidate Profile

 Candidate must possess at least a Degree in any discipline.

 Individual contributor with 8 to 10 years of working experience in IT Network Presales/Business Development and/or IT Infrastructure.

 Should have excellent knowledge in creating High level & Low level Design document, proposal writing skills, Bill of Material Preparation and writing Scope of Document.

 Excellent Interpersonal & Collaboration Skills

 Technology Certifications like CCIE, CCNP/CCDP etc. are added advantage

 Must be able to learn new technologies quickly.

 Familiarity with hands of experience in one or more of the following Network Solutions (Enterprise Networking, Unified Communications, Security, Data center) will be an added advantage.

 Hunger to stretch and outperform.

 Leadership skills to lead an informal matrix team to accomplish the objective