Infrastructure Engineering Team Lead

Porch Group•Seattle, WA

3d•Remote

About The Position

The future is bright for the Porch Group, and we’d love for you to be a part of it as our Infrastructure Engineering Lead. Reporting directly to the Head of Engineering, this position is a highly driven, execution‑focused POD leadership role with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, Platform Engineering, DevOps, and regulatory compliance in the financial services sector. You will design, build, and operate secure, scalable, compliant cloud platforms aligned with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022. This role balances hands‑on architecture and engineering with people leadership and delivery accountability, operating within SAFe Agile. You will directly lead a POD consisting of DevOps, Compliance, and Release Management roles while remaining deeply engaged in platform design, reliability engineering, security execution, and operational excellence.

Requirements

10+ years in Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps with increasing leadership responsibility.
Hands‑on experience building and operating Azure platforms in regulated financial environments.
Strong CI/CD, IaC (Terraform, Bicep, ARM), automation, and reliability engineering experience.
Demonstrated ownership of SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 operational controls.
Understanding of SAFe Agile and scaled delivery environments.
Experience administering Microsoft Entra ID and Office 365 in secure enterprises.
Demonstrated POD/team leadership including hiring, coaching, and performance management.
Strong technical judgment and ability to guide architecture and operational decisions.
Excellent communication and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
Ability to thrive in dynamic, fast‑changing environments.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Experience supporting large‑scale, high‑availability, transactional systems.
Authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

Azure Landing Zones and multi‑subscription governance
Cloud‑native architecture; advanced DevOps
Azure SIEM/security tooling
Experience with large‑scale financial transaction platforms

Responsibilities

Provide hands‑on leadership for Azure‑based infrastructure, platform engineering, and DevOps capabilities supporting mission‑critical financial systems.
Architect, build, and operate secure, scalable, highly available Microsoft Azure environments for regulated workloads.
Lead Platform Engineering practices including CI/CD pipelines, IaC, automation, observability, and SRE.
Own operational execution for SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 (evidence, remediation, audit readiness, continual improvement).
Embed security and compliance controls into SAFe Agile delivery, PI planning, and release execution.
Participate in architectural reviews and technical design decisions to ensure high‑quality outcomes.
Lead Microsoft Entra ID & Office 365 administration including identity governance, access controls, licensing, and security configuration.
Produce reporting on infrastructure, security, and O365 expenses, trends, and cost‑optimization opportunities.
Evaluate infrastructure, security, and SaaS usage to drive measurable cost reduction.
Lead all POD people‑management responsibilities (hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, corrective action).
Manage Release Management to ensure controlled, auditable, compliant deployments.
Audit, maintain, and reconcile software/hardware inventory, licensing, subscriptions, and associated costs, identifying discrepancies and inefficiencies.
Partner with Product, Security, Compliance, Audit, and IT Operations teams.
Identify operational, security, and delivery risks and remove blockers to ensure predictability.
Maintain visibility into platform health, delivery metrics, security posture, and compliance status.
Participate hands‑on in internal and external audits (ISO, SOX) including evidence prep, control validation, auditor Q&A, and remediation using tools like AuditBoard.

Benefits

Our benefits package will provide you with comprehensive coverage for your health, life, and financial wellbeing.
Our traditional healthcare benefits include three (3) Medical plan options, two (2) Dental plan options, and a Vision plan from which to choose.
Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity and Accident plans are offered on a voluntary basis.
We offer pre-tax savings options including a partially employer funded Health Savings Account and employee Flexible Savings Accounts including healthcare, dependent care, and transportation savings options.
We provide company paid Basic Life and AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability benefits.
We also offer Voluntary Life and AD&D plans.
Both traditional and Roth 401(k) plans are available with a discretionary employer match.
Supportlinc is part of our employer paid wellbeing program and provides employees and their families access to on demand guided meditation and mindfulness exercises, mental health coaching, clinical care and online access to confidential resources including will preparation.
LifeBalance is a free resource to employees and their families for year-round discounts on things like gym memberships, travel, appliances, movies, pet insurance and more.
Our wellness programs include flexible paid vacation, company-paid holidays of typically nine per year, paid sick time, paid parental leave, identity theft program, travel assistance, and fitness and other discounts programs.