Hardware Design Engineer in Pune

SonicWall is a cybersecurity forerunner with more than 30 years of expertise and is recognized as a leading partner-first company, ensuring our partners and their customers are never alone in the fight against cybercrime. With the ability to build, scale and manage security across the cloud, hybrid and traditional environments in real-time, SonicWall provides relentless security against the most evasive cyberattacks across endless exposure points for increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled users. With its own threat research center, SonicWall can quickly and economically provide purpose-built security solutions to enable any organization—enterprise, government agencies and SMBs—around the world. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on Twitter , LinkedIn , Facebook and Instagram . About the Role SonicWall is seeking a Software Dev Senior Engineer (Dataplane) with deep expertise in High Availability, Fast-Path Packet Processing, and Distributed Systems to architect and optimize the dataplane HA subsystem across SonicWall NGFW hardware and virtual firewalls — driving sub-millisecond session state synchronization, zero-packet-loss failover, and line-rate forwarding for IPsec, SSL-VPN, and TCP/UDP flows at 10G–100G+. Responsibilities Dataplane HA Architecture — Own fast-path HA engine design covering Active/Standby mirroring, Active/Active flow redistribution, and zero-drop VMAC/VIP failover. Stateful Session Mirroring — Build low-overhead dataplane sync for TCP/UDP 5-tuple tables, IPsec SA fast-path, SSL-VPN contexts, and L7 states across HA peers at line rate. Lock-Free Session Tables — Design NUMA-aware, lock-free (RCU/CAS/seqlock) session tables for multi-core pipelines sustaining tens of millions of concurrent sessions at sub-microsecond latency. High-Performance Sync Fabric — Engineer zero-copy ring buffer / DPDK mempool-based sync with prioritized queuing for IPsec/SSL-VPN state

WHO WE ARE: Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights, Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying, selling, and administering insurance products. All of which enables more people to protect their financial futures. Our success is driven by a commitment to three core values: be bold, team up, deliver value – and that we do. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration, serves 100+ carrier clients, 2500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders. WHO YOU ARE: We are looking for a Network Security Engineer with deep Zscaler expertise and a well rounded background in cloud and enterprise networking. This role centers on the deployment, administration, and optimization of Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Zscaler Private Access (ZPA), while also supporting broader network security initiatives, including Cisco Meraki infrastructure and AWS cloud networking. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with strong security instincts, a problem solving mindset, and experience managing both on-prem and cloud-based networking environments. WHAT YOU’LL DO: Lead the design, deployment, and optimization of Zscaler ZIA and ZPA across the enterprise. Manage Zscaler policies, including SSL inspection, URL filtering, access control, and zero trust configuration. Serve as the subject matter expert for Zscaler, owning integrations, troubleshooting, and escalations. Configure and support Cisco Meraki networking hardware, including firewalls, switches, and wireless infrastructure. Architect and manage AWS networking, including VPC design, Transit Gateway, NACLs, Security Groups, and routing. Develop and implement network segmentation and secure access strategies using both cloud and on-prem tools. Create and maintain detailed network documentation, runbooks, and security standards. Automate and streamline network ma

SonicWall is a cybersecurity forerunner with more than 30 years of expertise and is recognized as a leading partner-first company, ensuring our partners and their customers are never alone in the fight against cybercrime. With the ability to build, scale and manage security across the cloud, hybrid and traditional environments in real-time, SonicWall provides relentless security against the most evasive cyberattacks across endless exposure points for increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled users. With its own threat research center, SonicWall can quickly and economically provide purpose-built security solutions to enable any organization—enterprise, government agencies and SMBs—around the world. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on Twitter , LinkedIn , Facebook and Instagram . Senior Technical Program Manager – Software & Hardware What You’ll Do The Senior Technical Program Manager will work with globally distributed cross-functional teams of Product Management, Software, Hardware, QA, Sales, Marketing, and others to plan, execute, and launch new SonicWall software and network security products. You are responsible for managing the product lifecycle from concept to market launch while maintaining program schedules, budget, scope, and quality. This includes working with external labs and internal teams to achieve regulatory and other government/security certifications. This position reports to the Director of Program Management and is located in Pune, India. Who You Are You are an authority in the development and manufacturing of cybersecurity software and hardware appliances in the network security field. You are a leader who steers a cross functional team to achieve a common set of goals. You possess: Strong program management skills in the definition, planning, executi