Senior engineer securing AWS physical sites via Infrastructure-as-Code services on the Amazon Optics team

Design and build security services that protect physical AWS and Corporate sites worldwide, deployed to every AWS region in a fully Infrastructure-as-Code environment, owning services end-to-end. Requires experience leading architecture/design of new and existing systems, mentoring or tech-leading, and object-oriented programming (Java, C++, or C#); EU citizenship required for this Dublin role.

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What this interview tests

Secure service design deployed via Infrastructure as Code across AWS regions
End-to-end ownership: scoping, design, testing, deployment, operations
Root-causing operational issues into permanent fixes
Automating operational inefficiencies at scale
Technical leadership in architecture/design decisions and code review

Common question themes

Design a secure service to be deployed across every AWS region using IaC

Tell me about owning a service end-to-end and root-causing a production issue

Describe automating an operational inefficiency for your team or customers

A time you led the architecture or design of a new or existing system

Balancing stakeholder business requirements against team engineering objectives

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