Network Design and Security Architecture Questions

Design secure and reliable network and security architectures for cloud environments. Topics include virtual network and subnet design, segmentation and firewall policies, private connectivity patterns, load balancing and failover, encryption in transit and at rest, key management fundamentals and integration with key vaults, identity and access management boundaries, denial of service protections, network monitoring and logging, and compliance and regulatory controls such as data residency and auditability. Interviewers look for practical trade offs between usability security and operational complexity.