Software Dev Senior Engineer

SonicWall Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Lead development and optimization of a key dataplane module for SonicWall NGFW platforms, contributing to the company's mission of delivering relentless security against cyber threats across cloud, hybrid, and traditional environments.
• Design, implement, and enhance high-performance packet-processing paths using DPDK/ODP/OFP or similar frameworks, diagnose and resolve complex performance, throughput, and latency issues, and prototype new dataplane technologies for next-generation NGFW capabilities.
• Collaborate with platform, networking, security, and QA teams to deliver features and product improvements, while influencing architectural decisions, scalability strategies, and long-term technical direction for dataplane components.
• Join SonicWall, a cybersecurity forerunner with over 30 years of expertise, recognized as a leading partner-first company, providing purpose-built security solutions to enterprises, government agencies, and SMBs worldwide through its own threat research center.
• Grow technical expertise in high-performance systems, deepen knowledge of networking protocols and OS internals, and drive cross-functional technical discussions in a hybrid work environment based in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ 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 behaviour.
• 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 cutting-edge technologies in cybersecurity and high-performance packet processing.
• Collaborative, inclusive culture committed to diversity and equal opportunity employment.
• Exposure to global impact through security solutions deployed in 100+ countries.
• Professional growth in a leader in network security with over 30 years of industry expertise.

Skills & Technologies

SSL

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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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