Welcome to Security Engineer Interview Questions & Answers – your one-stop destination for mastering Security, DevOps, Cloud, and Site Reliability Engineering interviews! 🚀
We cover:
✅ Encryption & Authentication: Methods to secure data in transit and verify user identities in your systems; applicable in CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure as Code.
✅ Network Security & Logging: Techniques to protect network layers and record security events across cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, and OpenStack.
✅ OWASP Top 10, Pentesting & Web Application Security: Defending against web vulnerabilities, performing penetration testing, and securing modern app platforms like Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
✅ Databases & Data Security: Best practices for securing databases and sensitive data, including deployment and automation with Jenkins, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions.
✅ Monitoring & Observability Tools: Strategies for real-time system monitoring, log analysis, alerting, and visualization using Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK Stack.
✅ Programming & Secure Coding: Developing software with secure coding practices in languages such as Python, Go, and Bash.
✅ Compliance & Governance: Ensuring your organization meets audit and regulatory requirements, including PCI DSS, GDPR, SOC 2, and security frameworks.
We have organized the questions based on DevOps tools and concepts:
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├── encryption-authentication/
│ ├── questions.md
│ └── cheatsheet.md
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├── network-security-logging/
│ ├── questions.md
│ └── cloud-examples.md
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├── webapp-security-pentesting/
│ ├── owasp-top10.md
│ ├── pentest-checklist.md
│ └── k8s-docker-helm.md
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├── databases-data-security/
│ ├── questions.md
│ └── deployment-automation.md
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├── monitoring-observability/
│ ├── tools-prometheus-grafana.md
│ └── elk-stack.md
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├── secure-coding-programming/
│ ├── python-go-bash.md
│ ├── best-practices.md
│ └── code-review.md
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├── compliance-governance/
│ ├── pci-gdpr-soc2.md
│ └── frameworks.md
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└── README.md