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Staff SW Systems Engineer 10531 – DPDK/VPP Data Plane Developer (SD-WAN Security)

Bangalore💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design and develop high-performance packet processing, forwarding, and security services for the SD-WAN platform.

Role type

Staff Software Systems Engineer (Data Plane)

Builds

High-performance software data plane components, forwarding, traffic steering, QoS, visibility, and security services for SD-WAN.

Domain

Networking and Network Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C/C++ development, VPP, DPDK, packet processing, Linux systems programming, performance optimization, routing, switching, SD-WAN architectures, IPSec, Firewall, IDS/IPS, Secure Web Gateway, DPI, QoS, SASE/SSE, Kubernetes, Docker, gRPC, distributed systems

Preferred skills

CNFs/VNFs development, programmable packet pipelines, integrating with security platforms (Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks NGFW)

Responsibilities

Design and develop networking and security features for the SD-WAN platform; Build and enhance high-performance software data plane components using VPP, DPDK; Develop forwarding, traffic steering, QoS, visibility, and security services; Integrate open-source and third-party networking/security solutions; Troubleshoot complex networking, security, and performance issues; Collaborate with globally distributed teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC

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