Job Overview
Location
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
April 14, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Lead the development and optimization of a critical dataplane module for SonicWall’s next-generation firewall (NGFW) platforms, ensuring high performance, scalability, and security across cloud, hybrid, and traditional environments.
- • Design, implement, and enhance high-throughput packet-processing paths using DPDK, ODP, OFP, or similar frameworks; diagnose and resolve complex performance, throughput, and latency issues; prototype emerging dataplane technologies; and influence architectural decisions for long-term technical direction.
- • Collaborate closely with platform, networking, security, and QA teams to deliver product improvements and drive cross-functional technical discussions in a hybrid work environment based in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
- • Opportunity to shape the future of SonicWall’s dataplane architecture, deepen expertise in high-performance systems and network security, and contribute to solutions protecting enterprises, governments, and SMBs worldwide against evolving cyber threats.
🎯 Requirements
- • 12+ years of experience in C/C++ systems-level development for networking or embedded platforms.
- • Strong hands-on expertise in DPDK, ODP, OFP, or similar high-performance packet-processing frameworks.
- • Solid understanding of L3/L4 networking protocols, including IPv4/IPv6, routing, NAT, VPN/IPsec/SSL, and related protocols.
- • Proven ability to build multi-threaded, low-latency, high-throughput systems.
- • Strong knowledge of OS internals, memory and concurrency models, and network stack behavior.
- • Excellent debugging, performance tuning, and system analysis skills.
- • Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to drive cross-functional technical discussions.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Hybrid work model offering flexibility between remote and office work.
- • Opportunity to work with a cybersecurity forerunner with over 30 years of expertise and a global partner-first approach.
- • Access to SonicWall’s threat research center for cutting-edge security innovation.
- • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as an equal opportunity employer.
- • Exposure to real-world security challenges across cloud, hybrid, and traditional environments.
- • Engagement with a global team protecting customers in 100+ countries.
Skills & Technologies
About SonicWall Inc.
SonicWall Inc. is a cybersecurity company that designs network-security appliances and software, including next-generation firewalls, secure mobile access, email security, and threat-intelligence services for mid-market and distributed enterprises. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, the company provides real-time breach detection and prevention, cloud-delivered protection, and zero-touch deployment solutions. Its portfolio spans hardware, virtual, and cloud-native offerings that secure networks, endpoints, email, and cloud applications against ransomware, encrypted threats, and zero-day attacks.
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