Distinguished Engineer – Secure Private Access (SPA) / Zero Trust

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Skills you'll use

What you'll do

• Define and drive the long-term technical vision and architecture strategy for SonicWall's Secure Private Access (SPA) platform and Zero Trust access technologies.
• Lead the design and evolution of highly scalable, secure, resilient, cloud-native distributed systems.
• Influence technical direction, architectural decisions, and engineering standards across multiple product and engineering organizations.
• Provide technical leadership during critical production incidents, customer escalations, and security events, driving root cause analysis and long-term architectural improvements.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to engineering and executive leadership.
• Mentor Principal Engineers and cultivate technical leadership across the organization.
• Champion AI-first engineering practices to improve productivity, quality, and innovation.
• Required Qualifications
• 15 -18+ years of software engineering experience, including significant technical leadership in large-scale infrastructure, networking, or security platforms.
• Proven track record of hands-on contributions to complex distributed systems and cloud-scale services.

Who can apply

• Proven track record of hands-on contributions to complex distributed systems and cloud-scale services.
• Deep expertise in networking and traffic processing technologies, including data plane architectures, TCP/IP, DNS, WireGuard, and cloud-oriented Layer 3/4/7 access enforcement strategies.
• Strong programming experience in Go, C++, Rust, or similar systems languages.
• Deep understanding of networking and security fundamentals, including authentication, authorization, encryption, and identity systems.
• Expertise in one or more domains: Secure Private Access (SPA), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Secure Service Edge (SSE), SASE, VPN/secure connectivity, and enterprise access security platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to influence engineering strategy across organizations without direct authority.
• Strong track record of mentoring senior engineers and driving impactful technology decisions.
• Expertise in AI-enabled software engineering and platform modernization.

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