Infrastructure Engineering Team Lead

Porch Group is a leading vertical software and insurance platform and is positioned to be the best partner to help home buyers move, maintain, and fully protect their homes. We offer differentiated products and services, with homeowners insurance at the center of this relationship. We differentiate and look to win in the massive and growing homeowners insurance opportunity by
1) providing the best services for home buyers,
2) led by advantaged underwriting in insurance,
3) to protect the whole home.

As a leader in the home services software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) space, we’ve built deep relationships with approximately 30 thousand companies that are key to the home-buying transaction, such as home inspectors, mortgage companies, and title companies.

In 2020, Porch Group rang the Nasdaq bell and began trading under the ticker symbol PRCH. We are looking to build a truly great company and are JUST GETTING STARTED.

Job Title: Infrastructure Engineering Lead

Location: United States

Workplace Type: Remote

Job Summary: 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, Dev Ops, 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 Dev Ops, Compliance, and Release Management roles while remaining deeply engaged in platform design, reliability engineering, security execution, and operational excellence.

• Provide hands‑on leadership for Azure‑based infrastructure, platform engineering, and Dev Ops 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  & 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 Audit Board.

• 10+ years in Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Dev Ops 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…