19 hours ago
Pune, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the long-term technical vision and architecture strategy for the Secure Private Access platform and Zero Trust access technologies.
- Lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, resilient, cloud-native distributed systems.
- Influence technical direction, architecture decisions, and engineering standards across multiple product and engineering organizations.
- Provide technical leadership during production incidents, customer escalations, and security events, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Advise engineering and executive leadership on architecture, strategy, and innovation.
- Mentor Principal Engineers and cultivate technical leadership across the organization.
- Champion AI-first engineering practices and translate customer and operational needs into platform investments.
Requirements
- 15–18+ years of software engineering experience, including significant technical leadership in large-scale infrastructure, networking, or security platforms.
- Hands-on experience building complex distributed systems and cloud-scale services.
- Deep expertise in data plane architectures, TCP/IP, DNS, WireGuard, and cloud-oriented Layer 3/4/7 access enforcement strategies.
- Strong programming experience in Go, C++, Rust, or similar systems languages.
- Deep understanding of authentication, authorization, encryption, and identity systems.
- Expertise in one or more of Secure Private Access, Zero Trust Network Access, Secure Service Edge, SASE, VPN/secure connectivity, or enterprise access security platforms.
- Ability to influence engineering strategy across organizations without direct authority and mentor senior engineers.
- Expertise in AI-enabled software engineering and platform modernization.
- Experience leading large-scale production incidents, customer escalations, and security events, including executive communication and long-term remediation.
- Ability to translate customer requirements, operational learnings, and market needs into architectural investments.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement in Pune.
- Equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
About SonicWall
SonicWall builds network and cloud security products for SMBs, enterprises, and the public sector, including next‑gen firewalls, secure remote access, email and endpoint security, and threat intelligence services. The company sells hardware plus subscription-based security services, primarily through a global channel of MSPs/MSSPs and resellers. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, SonicWall is privately held under Seahawk Holdings and was formerly part of Dell.