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# Software Dev Senior Engineer at SonicWall

- **Company:** SonicWall
- **Location:** Pune, India
- **Posted:** 2026-05-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sonicwall/jobs/7921446

## Job description

For more than 30 years, [SonicWall](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D4263951-1%26h%3D4126915226%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fnam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%252F%253Furl%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.sonicwall.com%25252F%2526data%253D05%25257C01%25257Cbfitzgerald%252540SonicWall.com%25257Ca6c16b82afc749239f1c08dbda330d94%25257C84fe6f401cbc473083288018b2af88bc%25257C1%25257C0%25257C638343685070400977%25257CUnknown%25257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%25253D%25257C3000%25257C%25257C%25257C%2526sdata%253DQiWUyjNRdG%25252F5Rg2xvGXa1CYzr9V6BNnIgriz33Hk4vw%25253D%2526reserved%253D0%26a%3DSonicWall&data=05%7C02%7CNikhilaR%40SonicWall.com%7Cfd3ae83762384be031d508dcdf3d2ddf%7C84fe6f401cbc473083288018b2af88bc%7C1%7C0%7C638630701067920926%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GhrhwS9jae1nk4KBGBzKfBcXS7BDBmkWDO87fbJLQxQ%3D&reserved=0) has delivered a partner-first unified cybersecurity portfolio that helps SMBs, MSPs, and IT teams consolidate network security, endpoint security, security service edge (SSE), and threat response across hybrid environments. By bringing connected technology, real-time threat intelligence, automation, and expert services together, SonicWall helps organizations simplify security operations, achieve better security outcomes, and lower total cost of ownership. Backed by a global ecosystem of more than 17,000 partners, SonicWall delivers enterprise-grade protection built for SMB and mid-market realities.

For more information, visit [www.sonicwall.com](https://www.sonicwall.com/) or follow us on [X,](https://x.com/SonicWALL) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sonicwall), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/SonicWall/), and [Instagram.](https://www.instagram.com/sonicwall_inc/)

CSE SRE – Systems Focus

Job Description

As a Software Dev Senior Engineer, you will own the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of our Cloud-based services. You will define and enforce reliability standards, drive the adoption of SRE practices across engineering teams, and build the systems and tooling that keep our production infrastructure healthy. We follow a DevOps model: Development and Operations teams are integrated, and the SRE function acts as the reliability layer — setting Service Level Objectives, managing error alerts, and continuously reducing toil through engineering.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead on call response and triage – help design and lead the 24x7 response team for triage and rally engineering to address service degradation, facilitating process and communications along the way
- Define, publish, and continuously refine Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for all critical services, partnering with product and engineering leadership.
- Own the error management practices, including monitoring and alerting, and surfacing notable errors to the development teamLead the design and implementation of comprehensive observability platforms — metrics, structured logging, and distributed tracing — to ensure full visibility into production systems.
- Drive toil reduction initiatives by identifying and automating repetitive, manual operational work, targeting measurable reduction in operational burden across teams.
- Design and execute chaos engineering programs to proactively uncover reliability weaknesses in our infrastructure and services before they impact customers.
- Lead blameless postmortem culture: facilitate incident retrospectives, extract systemic learnings, and track corrective action items to completion.
- Build and improve on-call incident response processes, runbooks, and escalation paths; manage and optimize on-call rotation health to prevent burnout.
- Collaborate with platform and application developers to bring new features and services into production using production-readiness reviews and launch checklists.
- Champion reliability engineering best practices across the organization, embedding SRE principles into the software development lifecycle.
- Mentor team members on SRE philosophy, technical decision-making, code reviews, and cloud engineering best practices.
- Participate in roadmap planning, identify areas of improvement, and perform technology evaluation and selection.

Required:

- 8+ years of experience in scalable, distributed systems architecture.
- 3+ years of hands-on Site Reliability Engineering experience, including ownership of SLOs and error budget management.
- 4+ years of experience with Cloud Platforms, including GCP.
- 4+ years of experience in infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS CDK).
- 5+ years of experience in scripting using Python, Shell, or a similar language.
- • 4+ years of experience with orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes.
- In-depth understanding of networking, including routing, naming, security, network performance, and network failure modes.
- Demonstrated experience designing and operating observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, or equivalent).
- Experience with incident management platforms and on-call tooling (e.g., PagerDuty, OpsGenie).
- Experience defining and implementing automated service deployments, including provisions for networking, security, reliability, management, reporting, and configuration management.
- • Experience managing databases — PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDB, MongoDB.
- CS Degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred:

- Familiarity with Google SRE principles and the concepts outlined in the Google SRE Book.
- In-depth understanding of the HTTP protocol and experience diagnosing distributed system latency issues.
- Experience with instrumentation and management of automated deployments.
- Experience resolving customer-facing production issues under time pressure.
- Experience with capacity planning, load testing, and performance benchmarking at scale.
- Experience working with distributed, cross-functional teams

#LI-Pune

## #LI-DS9

#LI-Hybrid

SonicWall is an equal opportunity employer.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

At SonicWall, we pride ourselves on recruiting a diverse mix of talented people and providing active security solutions in 100+ countries.

[Applicant Privacy Notice](https://www.sonicwall.com/legal/job-applicant-privacy-notice/)

## About SonicWall

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: SonicWall delivers advanced, cost‑effective cybersecurity solutions for organizations of all sizes, powered by real‑time threat intelligence and a partner‑first platform.
- **Entity Type**: Private (owned by Francisco Partners; no public ticker)
- **Headquarters**: Milpitas, California, USA
- **Founded**: 1991
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed (company was originally founded as SonicWALL, Inc.)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Computer and Network Security, Cybersecurity
- **Target customers**: SMBs, mid‑market enterprises, government agencies, channel partners (10,000+ global partners)
- **Mission**: To design and develop advanced, cost‑effective cybersecurity solutions built on superior threat intelligence that evolves with partners’ and customers’ needs.
- **Purpose**: To protect and empower the well‑being of organizations online.

## Products & Services
- **Next‑Generation Firewalls (NGFW)**: Hardware and virtual firewalls with integrated threat prevention, intrusion detection, and application control.
- **Cloud Secure Edge (CSE) / ZTNA**: Zero‑trust network access solutions for secure remote access.
- **Endpoint Protection**: Anti‑virus, anti‑malware, and advanced threat protection for endpoints.
- **SonicWall Unified Management**: Multi‑tenant architecture for centralized policy and device management.
- **Managed Protection Bundle**: Subscription service backed by SonicWall’s threat research and 24/7 SOC.
- **SAMI (SonicWall AI)**: Embedded AI to simplify operations, resolve issues faster, and reduce noise.
- **Global Response Intelligent Defense (GRID) Threat Network**: Real‑time threat intelligence network powering all products.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Annual Revenue**: Approximately $480 M (estimated; source: LinkedIn)
- **Total Funding**: Not applicable (private, owned by Francisco Partners; previously acquired by Dell and later taken private)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Francisco Partners (parent company); 10,000+ channel partners; 1.1 million security sensors deployed in 215 countries
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Active job postings surged +92.7% monthly and +172.4% quarterly (LinkedIn data)
  - Recent introduction of SAMI AI and new Managed Protection bundle
  - Expanding Cloud Secure Edge (ZTNA) offerings
  - Headcount of ~1,241 (LinkedIn) to ~1,832 (Built In) – conflicting reports; both cited below

## Competitive Advantages
- **Partner‑first ecosystem**: Strong channel partner network (10,000+) gives broad reach and loyalty.
- **30+ years of cybersecurity expertise**: Deep domain knowledge and a dedicated threat research center (GRID).
- **Real‑time, multi‑vector protection**: Covers network, cloud, endpoint, and remote access in a unified platform.
- **Cost‑effective for SMBs**: Positioned as affordable yet enterprise‑grade security.
- **Embedded AI (SAMI)**: Differentiates by simplifying operations and reducing alert fatigue.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI‑driven automation**: Expanding SAMI to automate threat response and streamline management.
- **Cloud‑first security**: Growing Cloud Secure Edge (ZTNA) and managed services for hybrid/remote work.
- **Partner enablement**: Strengthening tools and programs for channel partners.
- **Global expansion**: Operating in 46 countries; hiring aggressively in India, US, Canada, and Europe.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaborative, innovative, and fun environment with a “never alone” philosophy. Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) foster inclusion and belonging.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Mix of remote, in‑office, and hybrid roles; many positions are fully remote (US, Canada, Europe, India).
- **Wellness & Benefits**: Mental and physical wellness programs, paid time off, ample holidays, work‑life balance, and competitive compensation.
- **Recognition**: Awards tied to core values; outstanding performance is celebrated.
- **Engineering Culture**: Heavy focus on networking, security, and AI; teams in Pune, Bengaluru, and US offices. Strong learning and development opportunities.
- **Social Responsibility**: Community engagement, fundraising for nonprofits, and partnerships to access untapped talent pools.

## Sources
1. [SonicWall Careers](https://www.sonicwall.com/careers)
2. [SonicWall Website](https://www.sonicwall.com/)
3. [SonicWall Jobs on Greenhouse](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sonicwall)
4. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sonicwall)
5. [Built In SonicWall Profile](https://builtin.com/company/sonicwall)

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