Senior IT Manager — Bangalore

Company Description
Appglide Solutions is a business process accelerator dedicated to empowering global startups and SMEs. We specialize in scaling and automating essential business and technology processes across areas like Sales, Marketing, Customer Support, Remote Monitoring, and Financial Operations. Appglide Solutions is a certified provider of Priority aiERP software, driving efficiency and precision for our clients. We are skilled in delivering mobile, web, DevOps, AI, and data engineering projects that help automate and scale technological initiatives.
Role & Responsibility:
We are looking for a Senior IT Manager on behalf of one of our clients: a venture-backed deep-tech company in Bengaluru building AI compute infrastructure.
About the client -
Founded by semiconductor and AI leaders — 15+ years each in the industry, 30+ chips shipped between them
Backed by a leading deep-tech investors, now scaling engineering and early enterprise deployments
Building a full-stack, inference-first compute platform — custom silicon and software designed together
A small, senior team where your work is visible from day one and you set the standard rather than inherit it
Skills:
8+ years in IT and infrastructure, including time leading the function
Hands-on experience taking an organisation through ISO 27001 and/or SOC 2, not just maintaining someone else's programme
Real depth in the Microsoft stack
Discretion and integrity. This role holds the keys to everything, and trust matters more here than any single certification
Comfortable being the IT function rather than managing a large team
Responsibilities:
ISO 27001 — take the company through certification and keep it audit-ready
SOC 2 — readiness, control design, evidence collection, audit support
VAPT — plan and run penetration testing cycles, track findings to closure
Microsoft infrastructure — Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Intune, Windows Server, endpoint hardening
Identity and secrets — credential and password management, privileged access, joiner-mover-leaver process
Day-to-day IT for a growing team — devices, access, vendors, licensing, support
Why you'll love AppGlide
We believe in a culture of mutual respect and ownership. We value employee’s work life balance and ensure you have ownership of your work streams. We invest in our employees training and development with structured learning plans.
Location
The role will be based in Chennai

Work arrangement
No