Manager, Infrastructure and Database Operation

CU Direct Corporation; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Manager for Infrastructure and Database Operations to lead a talented team in a fully virtualized Azure environment. This role is pivotal in ensuring the performance, scalability, and security of cloud-hosted infrastructure and database platforms. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in IT infrastructure, a customer-centric mindset, and a commitment to operational excellence. Join a forward-thinking company that values its employees and fosters a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to make a significant impact in the fintech industry, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

401k (8% match)

College Tuition Benefits

Good Benefits options

Cultural and Holiday celebrations

Monthly Townhalls

Quarterly Company Meetings

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT Infrastructure/Operations roles, with at least 2 years in leadership.
• Strong expertise in Azure VM, networking, and identity management.
• Experience managing IT infrastructure in a large-scale enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of infrastructure and database engineers in a virtualized environment.
• Manage and optimize Azure cloud infrastructure and database platforms.
• Ensure compliance with security and data protection standards.

Skills

Microsoft Azure

Cloud Networking

IaaS/PaaS Infrastructure

Database Operations

Project Management

Communication Skills

Customer Satisfaction

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

MongoDB

Azure Monitor

ServiceNow

Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., ARM templates, Bicep, Terraform)

Job description

Origence is always looking for diverse, talented people to join our exceptional team. Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.

Manager, Infrastructure and Database Operation

With 30 years at the forefront of fintech innovation, we specialize in SaaS lending solutions that lead the industry. Our core mission is customer-centric, focusing on empowering Credit Unions across the United States with the tools to offer accessible, competitive lending services. We're deeply committed to enhancing the financial ecosystem for a broad network of credit unions, members and auto dealers. We invest in our greatest assets, our employees, and foster a culture of innovation and ownership through freedom and responsibility. We celebrate fiscal accountability, operational rigor and efficiency to create a sustainably healthy and robust business for the long term.

The Manager, Infrastructure & Database Operation is responsible for leading a team of infrastructure and database professionals in a fully virtualized, Azure-native environment. This role ensures the availability, performance, scalability, and security of the company’s cloud-hosted infrastructure and SQL/MongoDB platforms. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with deep technical knowledge of Microsoft Azure, cloud networking, IaaS/PaaS infrastructure, and database operations, and will drive modernization and operational excellence across our development, staging, and production environments.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Leadership & Team Development
  • Lead, coach, and mentor a high-performing team of infrastructure and database engineers.
  • Oversee task prioritization, execution, and team accountability aligned to business priorities.
  • Promote a culture of operational rigor, continuous improvement, and documentation.
• Infrastructure & Cloud Operations
  • Manage and optimize virtual server infrastructure and network architecture in Azure.
  • Oversee cloud resource provisioning, capacity planning, right-sizing, and cost optimization.
  • Ensure compliance with security and data protection standards including PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and internal policies.
• Database Platform Management
  • Ensure high availability, performance, and scalability of SQL Server and MongoDB platforms.
  • Partner with application and development teams to optimize data flows and database performance.
  • Oversee patching, backups, monitoring, and incident management for database systems.
• Operational Excellence
  • Maintain infrastructure and database health through proactive monitoring, logging, and automation.
  • Own infrastructure-related components of business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
  • Drive root cause analysis and post-mortems for service disruptions and database incidents.
• Collaborate with security, architecture, development, and DevOps teams to support infrastructure modernization initiatives.
• Recommend and implement infrastructure and data platform improvements aligned to business and technology goals.

The Ideal Candidate:

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Experience:

• 8+ years in IT Infrastructure/Operations roles, with at least 2 years in a leadership capacity
• 4+ years managing environments hosted in Azure (IaaS/PaaS)
• Proven experience managing IT infrastructure in a large-scale enterprise environment (e.g., 1,000+ servers), including high-availability systems, disaster recovery planning, and performance tuning.
• Strong expertise in:
  • Azure VM, networking, storage, and identity management
  • Microsoft SQL Server (on VM) and MongoDB operations
  • Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., ARM templates, Bicep, or Terraform)
  • Monitoring & observability tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Datadog)
• Experience with ITSM practices and tools (e.g., ServiceNow)
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks: PCI, SOC2 Type 2
• Strong project management, communication, and vendor management skills
• Excellent organization, time management and follow-up skills.
• Understand customer needs and translate them to proposals and action.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to customer satisfaction.

Preferred Skills:

• Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-305)
• Experience with cost governance in Azure
• Exposure to containerization or serverless architecture
• Experience modernizing legacy infrastructure to cloud-native designs

Core Competencies

• Strategic Thinking & Execution
• Technical Leadership
• Problem Solving & Root Cause Analysis
• Customer-Centric Mindset
• Resilience & Adaptability in a Fast-Paced Environment

Why you should apply:

• Paid Time Off
• 401k (8% match)
• College Tuition Benefits/ Tuition Reimbursement
• Good Benefits options
• Company Culture! Cultural and Holiday celebrations, Theme days like Star Wars Day & Bring your Kids to Work Day, Monthly Townhalls and Quarterly Company Meetings that ensure awareness, inclusion, and transparency.

The starting salary range for this full-time position in Irvine, CA is $144700 - $180900 per year. This base pay will take into consideration internal equity, candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge and experience among other factors. Origence maintains a highly competitive compensation program. Under company guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual bonus to provide an incentive to achieve targeted goals. Bonuses are awarded at company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Origence is an equal opportunity employer. All recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, and other terms and conditions of employment will be based upon an individuals’ qualifications regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, military service, marital status, pregnancy, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.