Hire Pre-vetted Infrastructure Engineers

What is an Infrastructure Engineer?

An Infrastructure Engineer is a specialist who designs, builds, and maintains the foundational systems that support IT operations—servers, storage, data centers, and cloud infrastructure. Infrastructure Engineers do more than manage hardware—they architect scalable systems, implement automation, design disaster recovery solutions, and ensure infrastructure supports business operations reliably. Whether you need someone to design data center infrastructure, migrate to cloud platforms, implement infrastructure automation, or support your existing infrastructure, a skilled Infrastructure Engineer brings deep systems expertise and operational knowledge.

What makes Infrastructure Engineers valuable is their ability to design infrastructure that is reliable, scalable, and cost-effective. They understand the trade-offs between on-premises, cloud, and hybrid approaches and can architect solutions aligned to business needs. This is why organizations depend on Infrastructure Engineers to keep systems running. When you hire through Torc, you're getting someone who builds infrastructure designed for reliability and growth.

Technology Stack

Server & Virtualization

• Hypervisors (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM)

• Physical server administration

• Virtual machine management

• Bare metal provisioning

Storage & Backup

• Storage systems (SAN, NAS)

• Backup & recovery solutions (Veeam, Commvault)

• Disaster recovery planning & implementation

• Data replication & synchronization

Cloud Infrastructure

• AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, networking)

• Azure (VMs, storage, networking)

• Google Cloud Platform

• Hybrid cloud management

Infrastructure Automation

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

• Configuration management

• Deployment automation

• Container orchestration (Kubernetes)

Monitoring & Operations

• Infrastructure monitoring tools

• Logging & log aggregation

• Performance management

• Capacity planning

Key Qualities to Look For on an Infrastructure Engineer

Architecture Thinking — They design infrastructure for reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency. They understand capacity planning, redundancy, and how infrastructure needs evolve.

Automation Focus — They automate infrastructure provisioning and management. They use infrastructure-as-code to make infrastructure repeatable and versionable.

Problem Diagnosis — They troubleshoot infrastructure issues methodically. They understand systems deeply enough to identify root causes and implement solutions.

Cost Awareness — They design cost-efficient infrastructure without sacrificing reliability. They understand cloud pricing models and can optimize spending.

Security Mindset — They implement security as a core infrastructure component. They understand access control, encryption, and compliance requirements.

Continuous Improvement — They stay current with infrastructure technologies and practices. They evaluate new tools and approaches and recommend when to adopt them.

Project Types Your Infrastructure Engineers Handle

Data Center Design & Operations — Designing and managing data center infrastructure. Real scenarios: Data center buildout, capacity planning, hardware lifecycle management.

Cloud Migration — Migrating on-premises infrastructure to cloud platforms. Real scenarios: Infrastructure assessment, cloud architecture design, migration planning & execution.

Infrastructure Automation — Implementing automation for provisioning and management. Real scenarios: Terraform implementation, configuration management setup, deployment automation.

Disaster Recovery — Designing and implementing disaster recovery solutions. Real scenarios: Backup strategy implementation, failover testing, business continuity planning.

Performance Optimization — Optimizing infrastructure for performance and cost. Real scenarios: Resource optimization, capacity planning, performance tuning.

Hybrid Cloud Management — Managing infrastructure spanning on-premises and cloud. Real scenarios: Hybrid architecture design, workload placement strategy, multi-cloud management.

Infrastructure Support & Operations — Providing ongoing infrastructure support and management. Real scenarios: System administration, capacity management, incident response, maintenance.

Interview questions

Question 1: "Design an infrastructure solution for a rapidly growing SaaS company expecting 10x growth in the next year. What approach would you take, what technologies would you use, and how would you ensure scalability?"

Why this matters: Tests infrastructure design for growth and scalability. Reveals whether they think about capacity planning, automation, and cost. Shows strategic infrastructure thinking.

Question 2: "Tell me about an infrastructure migration project you led—either to cloud, between cloud providers, or major infrastructure refresh. What were the main challenges and how did you minimize downtime?"

Why this matters: Tests execution of complex, high-stakes infrastructure changes. Reveals whether they plan thoroughly, communicate well, handle issues that arise. Shows project management and risk mitigation skills.

Question 3: "Describe your experience with infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code. What tools have you used and what benefits did you realize?"

Why this matters: Tests modern infrastructure practices and ability to reduce manual toil. Reveals whether they embrace automation as core practice. Shows understanding of DevOps culture.