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About the Role

Technical leader and hands-on architect responsible for the deepest layers of a next-generation firewall operating system from data-plane packet processing and kernel interfaces to secure platform boot chains, crash diagnostics,



and performance optimization across physical appliance and virtual firewall product

Key Responsibilities:
- System Architecture — Define and evolve the firewall OS architecture across multiple hardware generations and virtual platforms; OS interface design (A/B image lifecycle, secure boot, recovery mode)
- Data Plane Performance — Architect high-performance packet pipelines using DPDK/ODP; optimize throughput, connection rates, and DPI-SSL concurrency across multi-core, multi-queue environments
- Crash Analysis & Security Hardening — Serve as senior escalation point for production crashes; drive ASan/eBPF adoption; triage and fix memory corruption, deadlocks, and watchdog failures
- Hotfix & Escalation Engineering — Build and deliver targeted firmware fixes; analyze diagnostic logs from field deployments to resolve critical customer issues
- Technical Leadership — Set architectural standards and design review processes; me

📌 Software Dev Principal Engineer — System Engineering (Pune)
🏢 SonicWall
📍 Pune