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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Interview Questions for Infrastructure Engineer

Can you describe your cloud experience, particularly in AWS?

Describe an approach you have taken to design and implement a secure network architecture.

How familiar are you with different operating systems and platforms?

How do you approach problem-solving in an infrastructure engineering role?

Describe your experience with information and operational support systems design.

How do you approach testing and maintaining operating systems and application software?

What monitoring systems have you used in the past?

What strategies do you employ to maintain security, backup, and redundancy in an infrastructure engineering role?

Tell me about your networking knowledge and experience.

What communication skills do you possess that would make you effective in this role?

Have you used any automation software, such as Puppet, cfengine, or Chef? If so, what was your experience like?

What scripting languages do you have experience with?

What system management tools have you used in previous roles?

How do you stay up-to-date with the latest networking technologies and trends?

Can you give an example of a situation where you had to liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution?

Have you worked with Puppet, cfengine, or Chef to automate tasks? If so, what was your experience like?

Tell me about any experience you have with Tomcat, JBoss, Apache, Ruby, or NGINX.

How do you ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability?

How have you provided 2nd and 3rd level support in previous roles?

Tell me about your experience with virtualization technologies, including VMware and Virtual Box.

Have you written custom scripts to increase system efficiency? If so, please provide an example.

Can you talk about your experience in participating in the design of information and operational support systems?

What steps do you take to provide effective 2nd and 3rd level support?

Have you worked with virtualization and containerization technologies? If so, please provide details.

Tell me about your experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks.

Can you provide examples of the systems and infrastructure you have monitored and managed in the past?

Tell me about a time when you faced a challenging problem in an infrastructure engineering role and how you resolved it.

How have you worked to increase system efficiency and decrease human intervention time in previous roles?

Can you explain your experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting UNIX / Linux based environments?

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