Senior Software Engineer – C or C++ | SSL/TLS experience New Pune, Maharashtra, India

SonicWall; Pune District; On-site; INR 400,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

SonicWall in Pune, Maharashtra, India is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – C or C++ with SSL/TLS experience to design and develop control-plane and system services for a firewall platform.

You will build management interfaces, APIs, CLI, and secure access; contribute to certificate lifecycle management; and work with cross‑functional teams to harden security and licensing frameworks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in C/C++ software for embedded platforms or security appliances.
• Experience with SSL/TLS, PKI, and authentication mechanisms.
• Proficiency with Linux/embedded OS internals and debugging of complex system issues.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop control-plane and system services for a firewall platform.
• Build and maintain management interfaces and APIs, including CLI, logging, and diagnostics.
• Implement security services such as SSL/TLS, authentication, and certificate lifecycle management.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded

Networking (L3-L7)

SSL/TLS

Secure coding

Linux

Tools

OpenSSL

CLI tooling

Job description

Senior Software Engineer – C or C++ | SSL/TLS experience

Pune, Maharashtra, India

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.

Responsibilities

• Design and developcontrol‑plane and system services for a firewall platform, operating above the networking dataplane (OSI Layer 3+).
• Build and maintainmanagement interfaces and APIs, including configuration frameworks, CLI, secure access (SSH), logging, and diagnostics.
• Implementsecurity services such as authentication (SAML), guest access, SSL/TLS handling, andcertificate lifecycle management.
• Develop embedded services forcontent filtering, including URL categorization, reputation, and rating systems, along with SNMP/telemetry support.
• Lead efforts in licensing systems, vulnerability remediation, and secure architecture in collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in C/C++ systems development for embedded platforms, security appliances, or network operating systems.
• Strong hands‑on expertise withconfiguration frameworks, service APIs, CLI development, logging systems, and secure remote access (SSH).
• Solid understanding ofL3–L7 networking and security concepts, including SSL/TLS, authentication, identity federation, and PKI.
• Experience with certificate management, license enforcement frameworks, vulnerability mitigation, and secure coding practices.
• Proficiency inLinux or embedded OS internals, debugging complex system issues, and driving technical discussions across teams.

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