Software Dev Principal Engineer -Go and cloud experience is a must

SonicWall, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India +1

The role

SonicWall is a global leader in cybersecurity, offering firewalls, secure access solutions, and threat intelligence that protect millions of networks for enterprises, governments, and service providers worldwide. SonicWall’s portfolio includes next-generation firewalls (NGFW), centralized management, wireless network management, secure mobile access, cloud security, and endpoint security. All these solutions are coordinated and managed through SonicWall's Unified Management (UM) architecture.

What you need

Education and Experience

At least 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 6 years’ experience; or equivalent experience preferred
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred

Required Skills

AI-Assisted Coding: Proficient use of AI coding tools is expected as a force multiplier applied with engineering rigor.
Critical validation – Identify and fix security vulnerabilities, logic errors, and inefficiencies in AI-generated code.
Iterative collaboration – Work with AI to refine, test, and improve code in small, reviewable chunks rather than accept large, unreviewed outputs.
Secure Coding – Hands-on knowledge of the OWASP Top 10, threat modelling and secure design code review.
System Design
Ability to design distributed systems at scale
Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS architectures
Familiarity with event-driven architecture at scale
Languages, APIs and Databases
Golang – 8 to 10 years of software development using Golang on Linux or MacOS
Microservices – inter-service communication (gRPC/REST), event-driven patterns
RESTful API design -versioning, security, OpenAPI specification
WebSockets – real-time bidirectional communication.
mTLS & Certificate Trust - mutual TLS configuration, x509 certificate lifecycle, PKI integration, client identity verification
Databases - MongoDB: Core operations - CRUD, aggregation pipeline, indexing strategies, Schema design, Query optimization.
Structured Logging & Observability
Open Telemetry – instrumentation code for distributed traces, metrics, and logs using the OTel SDK.
New Relic – APM integration, custom dashboards, alert policy configuration, service maps for cloud-native workloads
OpenSearch – structured log ingestion, familiarity with OpenSearch Dashboards for observability workflows
Cloud-Native Development - AWS & Kubernetes
AWS – EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, EMR, VPC, Security Groups, KMS, CloudWatch
Kubernetes – Service Mesh (Istio), Container Network Interface (CNI), eBPF, Secrets, RBAC, network policies, Pod Security Standards, Helm
Network Security
Familiarity with basic Networking Security Concepts - OSI & TCP/IP Model, Firewall & Traffic Control
Familiarity with firewall policy lifecycle — creation, review, audit, and automated compliance checks
Familiarity with SD-WAN and (IPSec/IKEv2/WireGuard) VPN topologies.

Software Dev Principal Engineer -Go and cloud experience is a must

The role

Software Dev Principal Engineer -Go and cloud experience is a must

The role

What you will do

What you need

Education and Experience

Required Skills

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