Automation and scripting skills are essential for a security engineer. Interviewers may ask questions like:
Automation Questions
1. How have you automated security processes in the past?
2. Can you describe how you’d implement automation in a CI/CD pipeline?
Scripting Questions
1. What scripting languages do you use for security automation?
2. Can you write a script to detect unauthorized login attempts?
Example Script:
import os
with open('/var/log/auth.log', 'r') as f:
for line in f:
if 'failed password' in line:
print(line)