1. Tell me about your background.
Answer:
I have over five years of experience as a DevOps Engineer working with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Linux. At Northern Trust, I managed production AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps deployments using Argo CD. Before that, I worked at CDW and Apex Systems supporting cloud automation and containerized applications.
2. What do you know about Lam Research?
Answer:
Lam Research is a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The company builds tools that companies like Intel, Samsung, and TSMC use to manufacture semiconductor chips. I also understand Lam has Semiverse Solutions, which provides software simulations to optimize manufacturing processes before physical testing.
3. Are you familiar with etch, deposition, and clean?
Answer:
Yes, at a high level. Etch removes material to create circuit patterns, deposition adds thin layers of material onto the wafer, and clean removes contamination between manufacturing steps.
4. Why are you interested in this role?
Answer:
I'm looking for an opportunity to work on large-scale cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and automation. I like that Lam combines software engineering with advanced technology, and I believe my DevOps experience fits well with the team.
5. What would you like to get out of this move?
Answer:
I'm looking for long-term growth in a technically challenging environment where I can continue building cloud infrastructure, automation, and CI/CD while learning new technologies.
6. Are you actively looking?
Answer:
Yes. I'm actively looking for a long-term opportunity where I can contribute and continue growing as a DevOps Engineer.
7. Tell me about your work at Northern Trust.
Answer:
At Northern Trust, I supported production AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms. I provisioned infrastructure using Terraform, managed EKS clusters, maintained Jenkins and GitHub Actions pipelines, deployed applications with Helm and Argo CD, monitored production using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and CloudWatch, and responded to production incidents.
8. What does Northern Trust do?
Answer:
Northern Trust is a financial services company providing wealth management, asset servicing, investment management, and banking solutions for institutional and high-net-worth clients.
9. What type of products do they have?
Answer:
Their products include wealth management platforms, investment management solutions, asset servicing, custody services, and private banking applications. As a DevOps Engineer, I supported the infrastructure behind those applications.
10. Do you build CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins?
Answer:
Yes. I built and maintained Jenkins pipelines that checked out code, ran tests, performed security scans with SonarQube or Trivy, built Docker images, pushed them to Amazon ECR, and deployed applications to Kubernetes using Helm and Argo CD.
11. Do you do scripting?
Answer:
Yes. I use Bash scripting to automate deployments, log cleanup, backups, health checks, environment setup, and Jenkins pipeline automation.
12. Which Linux distributions have you worked with?
Answer:
Primarily Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Amazon Linux, and Ubuntu. I'm comfortable with package management, systemd, networking, SSH, permissions, process management, and Bash scripting.
13. What would success look like during your first 90 days?
Answer:
My focus would be learning the environment, understanding the team's processes, building relationships, and contributing wherever I can while becoming productive as quickly as possible.
14. Do you have any questions for us?
Answer:
• What does success look like after six months?
• What are the biggest technical challenges the team is working on?
• What does a typical day look like for this role?
• How is the DevOps team structured?
• What do you enjoy most about working at Lam Research?
15. Closing
Thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. I really enjoyed learning more about the role and the team. I'm excited about the opportunity and look forward to hearing about the next steps.
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