Azure Platform Lead - Infra & DevOps (Remote)

Porch Group; United States; On-site; USD 169,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term incentive awards

Healthcare benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Porch Group, a leading home services software and insurance platform, is seeking an Infrastructure Engineering Lead to architect, build, and operate secure Azure environments for regulated workloads. You will lead a POD across DevOps, Compliance, and Release Management, balancing hands-on engineering with people leadership in a SAFe Agile setting.

You will own security, compliance, and cost optimization, delivering auditable deployments and reporting while partnering with Product, Security,

Qualifications

• 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, 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.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Authorized to work in the U.S.

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.

Skills

Azure expertise

DevOps leadership

CI/CD

IaC

Security/compliance

SAFe Agile

Office 365 admin

POD leadership

Cloud platforms

FinTech security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM

Job description

Porch Group, a leading home services software and insurance platform, is seeking an Infrastructure Engineering Lead to architect, build, and operate secure Azure environments for regulated workloads. You will lead a POD across DevOps, Compliance, and Release Management, balancing hands-on engineering with people leadership in a SAFe Agile setting.

You will own security, compliance, and cost optimization, delivering auditable deployments and reporting while partnering with Product, Security,