Sandesh Sawant

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India23 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 22 years in software product development.
Expertise in cloud networking and security.
Proven track record in leading high-performing teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned expert in Cloud Networking and Cybersecurity with a focus on high-performance solutions.

Contact

sandesh.sawant@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Other Skills

Agile Application DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesCCisco TechnologiesCross-functional Team LeadershipCybersecurityDPIDeep Packet InspectionEmbedded LinuxEmbedded SoftwareEmbedded SystemsEngineering ManagementFirewallsIPSIPSec

About

As a Senior Engineering Manager at Google Cloud India, I lead Cloud VPN and GCE API development teams. I have over 22+ years of software product development and 5+ years of technical leadership experience in cloud networking and security. My technical stewardship encompasses designing and delivering resilient and high-performance networking & security products, evidenced by contributions to multiple patents in these domains. I am passionate about building and growing high-performing teams, driving innovation, and solving complex customer problems.

Experience

Google

Engineering Manager II

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Leading the Google Cloud VMware Engine Networking R&D team.

Vmware

3 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jun 2020 – Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Led multiple Carbon Black sensor development teams which delivered industry-leading cybersecurity solutions viz. Carbon Black Cloud, Carbon Black Workload Protection, and Carbon Black Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR).

Staff Engineer

Jan 2017 – Jun 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Technical architect for NSX VPN solutions catering to data centre and cloud interconnect solutions including VMC on AWS. Responsible for performance, interoperability, resiliency, security certifications, and third-party integrations of NSX Edge VPN services.

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Oct 2014 – Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Design and development of NSX Edge Gateway VPN Services including L3VPN/L2VPN for cloud hybridity and remote access in SDDC environment.

Cisco systems

Software Engineer

Feb 2010 – Sep 2014 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Pune Area, India

Design and development of SDN/NFV based service chaining solution for Telecom vEPC use cases. Added SDN controller interfaces on top of Cisco Nexus 1000v Distributed Virtual Switch platform to add policy layer for subscriber awareness. Integrated 3rd party VNFs into solution such as vSCE for DPI, vASA for FW, vSRX for CG-NAT, etc.
Previously added DPI-based enhanced charging services in 3G/LTE Gateways (GGSN, PGW, PDG) on Cisco ASR 5000 (Starent) platform. Work included developing charging and monetization features based on L3-L7 DPI functionality and development of IPSec VPN gateway. Joined Cisco through acquision of Starent Networks.

Marvell india pvt. ltd.

Sr. Software Engineer

Oct 2008 – Jan 2010 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Development of next generation mobile and wireless security technologies in Emerging Embedded Business Group (acquired by NXP). Worked on IPsec/IKE for wireless mobile stack.

Packetmotion (acquired by vmware)

Sr. Software Engineer

Mar 2007 – Sep 2008 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore, India

Lead developer for Application Decode datapath team in India Development Centre. Developed a wide range of network protocol decoders for network monitoring and data leak prevention of a DPI appliance.

Nevis networks (acquired by qualys)

Software Engineer

May 2004 – Feb 2007 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Development of control plane security protocols for Nevis's LAN security switch appliance. Implemented IPSec VPN based security solution by making enhancements in IKE stack.