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Dhawal Arora

Senior Technical Lead | Post-Quantum Cryptography (ML-DSA, ML-KEM) | Smart Card & HSM Security | PKI | Thales | IIM-B

India

12+ years of work experience

Thales
Jan 20265 mosPresent

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Thales
Jan 20233 yrsDec 2025

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Thales
Aug 20202 yrs 5 mosDec 2022

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Working on Smart Cards Middleware Safenet Authentication Client (SAC) which utilises PKCS#11, CrytoAPI, CNG and Minidriver. Responsibilities: Single point of contact for Engineering Support. Mentor and groom team. Design and coding of new features/Bugs. Providing training related Cryptography & PKI to L1 Support and Engineering team.
IDEMIA
Aug 20182 yrs 1 moAug 2020

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Project Name: RD SERVICE Responsibilities: ● Product owner for Windows & POS platforms. ● Research and development of code. ● Preparation of design documents. Description: RD Service is a utility that performs biometric authentication using MSO1300 ( biometric device) hardware. RD Service is developed using the guidelines issued by UIDAI (Central body which manages aadhar card for Indian citizens), the utility authenticates a user details by matching their biometric details present on UIDAI server. RD Service is a widely used product of IDEMIA which is used by several banks & merchants.
HCL Technologies
Feb 20162 yrs 6 mosJul 2018

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Description: The Project is to Software development of camera with Japanese Client, which comprises complete latest feature of DSLR camera. This software handles all the functionalities of camera, capturing still image, recording of videos, applying different effect on still image as well during the capturing of image, image enhancement, transfer of files to computer etc. There are three layers of application, Application Layer, Middleware, Infrastructure layer. My responsibilities are to handle Middleware code. Responsibilities: ● Solving the Mantis (Bugs) in the application. ● Implementing new features & design as per client requirement into code. ● Preparation of HLD (High Level design) & Low level design (LLD) documents.
Bharat Electronics
Mar 20151 yrFeb 2016

India

Magnaquest Technologies Ltd
Mar 20131 yr 5 mosJul 2014

Greater Hyderabad Area

Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Business Administration and Management, General

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

20242024

Diploma in system software development, Computer Software Technology/Technician

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Hyderabad

20121 yr2013

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Headline

Senior Technical Lead | Post-Quantum Cryptography (ML-DSA, ML-KEM) | Smart Card & HSM Security | PKI | Thales | IIM-B

About

I am a Senior Cryptography Engineer and Senior Technical Lead at Thales with deep expertise in Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), smart card middleware with management and Leadership training from IIM-Bangalore I specialize in integrating NIST PQC standards — ML-DSA (CRYSTALS-Dilithium) and ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) — into production-grade systems including smart cards, HSMs, and PKCS#11 frameworks. My work bridges the gap between cutting-edge cryptographic research and real-world enterprise deployments. Thanks & Regards, Dhawal Arora +91 9910173714

Location

India

Work experience

Senior Technical Lead at Thales, Jan 2026 - Present · 5 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Technical Lead at Thales, Jan 2023 - Dec 2025 · 3 yrs, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Senior Software Engineer at Thales, Aug 2020 - Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, Working on Smart Cards Middleware Safenet Authentication Client (SAC) which utilises PKCS#11, CrytoAPI, CNG and Minidriver. Responsibilities: Single point of contact for Engineering Support. Mentor and groom team. Design and coding of new features/Bugs. Providing training related Cryptography & PKI to L1 Support and Engineering team.

Sr. Software Engineer at IDEMIA, Aug 2018 - Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, Project Name: RD SERVICE Responsibilities: ● Product owner for Windows & POS platforms. ● Research and development of code. ● Preparation of design documents. Description: RD Service is a utility that performs biometric authentication using MSO1300 ( biometric device) hardware. RD Service is developed using the guidelines issued by UIDAI (Central body which manages aadhar card for Indian citizens), the utility authenticates a user details by matching their biometric details present on UIDAI server. RD Service is a widely used product of IDEMIA which is used by several banks & merchants.

Software Engineer at HCL Technologies, Feb 2016 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, Description: The Project is to Software development of camera with Japanese Client, which comprises complete latest feature of DSLR camera. This software handles all the functionalities of camera, capturing still image, recording of videos, applying different effect on still image as well during the capturing of image, image enhancement, transfer of files to computer etc. There are three layers of application, Application Layer, Middleware, Infrastructure layer. My responsibilities are to handle Middleware code. Responsibilities: ● Solving the Mantis (Bugs) in the application. ● Implementing new features & design as per client requirement into code. ● Preparation of HLD (High Level design) & Low level design (LLD) documents.

Project Engineer at Bharat Electronics, Mar 2015 - Feb 2016 · 1 yr, India

Software Engineer at Magnaquest Technologies Ltd, Mar 2013 - Jul 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos, Greater Hyderabad Area

Education

Business Administration and Management, General, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Diploma in system software development, Computer Software Technology/Technician, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Hyderabad