Azure Cloud and Terraform Hands-on Expert
Budget: $50 – $75 USD
Hi,
I am hiring you to prepare an AWS Pro engineer for a Principal L3 Systems Engineer (Azure Cloud) interview for healthcare organization in US. We have 72 hours. I do not need a theoretical overview; I need a hands-on technical deep dive. Please follow these three strict principles:
"No PowerPoints": I want 100% of our time spent screen-sharing in the Azure Portal and VS Code. We will build and break things in real-time.
"Principal Mindset": For every configuration we build, you must explain why it is the superior choice for a high-security, high-availability hospital environment compared to a standard enterprise setup.
"Terraform First": If an Azure resource can be built in Terraform, I want to see the code and the terraform plan first. We will only use the Portal to verify the final result of our deployment.
Technical Syllabus & Lab Checklist
1. Enterprise Networking (The Backbone)
Hub-and-Spoke Deployment: Use Terraform to deploy a Hub VNet and two Spoke VNets with VNet Peering.
Azure Firewall Premium: Deploy via Terraform; configure IDPS, TLS inspection, and Network/Application rules.
Advanced Routing (UDRs): Create Terraform azurerm_route_table resources to force Spoke traffic through the Hub Firewall.
Private Link Mastery: Deploy Private Endpoints for Storage/SQL; disable public access and configure Private DNS Zones.
2. Infrastructure as Code & State (Terraform)
Remote State Management: Configure an Azure Storage Backend with Blob Lease Locking to prevent state corruption.
Terraform Import: Practice bringing an existing, manually created VNet into a Terraform state file without destroying it.
State Refactoring: Practice terraform state mv and rm to simulate large-scale architectural changes.
Modularization: Build a reusable Terraform Module for a "Standard Clinical Spoke" to automate rapid department onboarding.
3. CI/CD & Automation Pipelines
Pipeline Integration: Build a GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps YAML pipeline to automate terraform plan and apply.
Approval Gates: Implement a manual "Approval" step in the pipeline to simulate a senior engineering sign-off.
Security Linting: Integrate Checkov or tflint into the pipeline to automatically scan code for security vulnerabilities.
Post-Deployment Automation: Use Azure CLI/PowerShell or VM Custom Script Extensions to automate configuration inside the OS.
4. Identity, Security & Governance
Managed Identities: Use Terraform to enable System-Assigned Identities on all compute resources (Zero passwords in code).
Key Vault Hardening: Automate Key Vault Access Policies via Terraform to grant identities "Get" access to secrets.
Custom RBAC: Create a JSON-based Custom Role for "Least Privilege" and deploy it using Terraform.
Azure Policy as Code: Use Terraform to deploy an Azure Policy that denies the creation of any untagged resources.
5. L3 Troubleshooting & "The Grill"
CLI Debugging: Use az network watcher test-ip-flow and show-next-hop to identify blocked traffic in a live environment.
Effective Route Analysis: Verify the priority of UDRs over System Routes using the CLI.
Architecture Defense: Act as the "Interviewer" and grill me on my design choices regarding cost, security, and scalability.
I am hiring you to prepare an AWS Pro engineer for a Principal L3 Systems Engineer (Azure Cloud) interview for healthcare organization in US. We have 72 hours. I do not need a theoretical overview; I need a hands-on technical deep dive. Please follow these three strict principles:
"No PowerPoints": I want 100% of our time spent screen-sharing in the Azure Portal and VS Code. We will build and break things in real-time.
"Principal Mindset": For every configuration we build, you must explain why it is the superior choice for a high-security, high-availability hospital environment compared to a standard enterprise setup.
"Terraform First": If an Azure resource can be built in Terraform, I want to see the code and the terraform plan first. We will only use the Portal to verify the final result of our deployment.
Technical Syllabus & Lab Checklist
1. Enterprise Networking (The Backbone)
Hub-and-Spoke Deployment: Use Terraform to deploy a Hub VNet and two Spoke VNets with VNet Peering.
Azure Firewall Premium: Deploy via Terraform; configure IDPS, TLS inspection, and Network/Application rules.
Advanced Routing (UDRs): Create Terraform azurerm_route_table resources to force Spoke traffic through the Hub Firewall.
Private Link Mastery: Deploy Private Endpoints for Storage/SQL; disable public access and configure Private DNS Zones.
2. Infrastructure as Code & State (Terraform)
Remote State Management: Configure an Azure Storage Backend with Blob Lease Locking to prevent state corruption.
Terraform Import: Practice bringing an existing, manually created VNet into a Terraform state file without destroying it.
State Refactoring: Practice terraform state mv and rm to simulate large-scale architectural changes.
Modularization: Build a reusable Terraform Module for a "Standard Clinical Spoke" to automate rapid department onboarding.
3. CI/CD & Automation Pipelines
Pipeline Integration: Build a GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps YAML pipeline to automate terraform plan and apply.
Approval Gates: Implement a manual "Approval" step in the pipeline to simulate a senior engineering sign-off.
Security Linting: Integrate Checkov or tflint into the pipeline to automatically scan code for security vulnerabilities.
Post-Deployment Automation: Use Azure CLI/PowerShell or VM Custom Script Extensions to automate configuration inside the OS.
4. Identity, Security & Governance
Managed Identities: Use Terraform to enable System-Assigned Identities on all compute resources (Zero passwords in code).
Key Vault Hardening: Automate Key Vault Access Policies via Terraform to grant identities "Get" access to secrets.
Custom RBAC: Create a JSON-based Custom Role for "Least Privilege" and deploy it using Terraform.
Azure Policy as Code: Use Terraform to deploy an Azure Policy that denies the creation of any untagged resources.
5. L3 Troubleshooting & "The Grill"
CLI Debugging: Use az network watcher test-ip-flow and show-next-hop to identify blocked traffic in a live environment.
Effective Route Analysis: Verify the priority of UDRs over System Routes using the CLI.
Architecture Defense: Act as the "Interviewer" and grill me on my design choices regarding cost, security, and scalability.