Interview prompt
Problem context
Global support and SRE teams need to inspect tenants, change routing, restore data, and override automated controls. Static administrator roles are overbroad, scripts bypass review, and an identity-provider compromise could expose every region. Redesign privileged operations.
Skills being evaluated
privileged access architecturehuman factorsblast-radius controlsecurity governance
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High-level architecture
Data model and flow
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Failure modes and recovery
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Observability and SLOs
Capacity and cost
Alternatives and trade-offs
Evolution and migration
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