AWS Cloud Architect

• Architect and govern secure AWS cloud environments, including enterprise landing zones, identity integration, hybrid connectivity, and high-availability design.
• Establish and maintain reference architectures, technical standards, and governance guardrails to ensure consistent, compliant cloud implementations across multiple concurrent modernization efforts.
• Lead architectural design reviews and approve solution designs to maintain alignment with enterprise security, compliance, and modernization strategies.
• Integrate infrastructure-as-code, policy enforcement, and automated security controls into DevSecOps pipelines using modern CI/CD and automation practices.
• Maintain alignment with security control frameworks and formal authorization environments, including role-based access management and continuous monitoring approaches.
• Guide Financial Operations, scalability planning, performance optimization, availability, and disaster recovery strategies across AWS environments.
• Provide architectural direction for cloud-native, containerized, and data-driven workloads supporting enterprise modernization initiatives.
• Partner with engineering, security, and operations teams to ensure solutions are supportable, maintainable, and consistent with enterprise standards.

ICF is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect to lead the design and governance of secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-native solutions in complex, regulated enterprise environments. This role is central to enterprise modernization initiatives requiring strong architectural leadership, security alignment, and DevSecOps integration., * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional (required).
• 10+ years of experience architecting and leading enterprise cloud solutions across complex, multi-team environments.
• 8+ years of experience across multiple technical domains, including network infrastructure, application development, data platforms, or low-code/no-code technologies.
• 5+ years demonstrated experience designing secure AWS environments within regulated enterprise settings that require formal security authorization and continuous compliance oversight.
• 5+ years of experience implementing infrastructure-as-code and integrating automated security validation into CI/CD pipelines.
• 5+ years of experience supporting cloud governance, compliance alignment, and continuous monitoring frameworks.
• 3+ years of experience operating within hybrid and multi-cloud enterprise environments.
• 5+ years of experience in modernizing large application portfolios and establishing architectural standards across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience aligning cloud architectures to established security and compliance control frameworks.
• Experience designing enterprise landing zones and policy enforcement models.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization and FinOps strategies.

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we're not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future. We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building a workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO (https://www.icf.com/legal/equal-employment-opportunity) policy. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records., At ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is not permitted. This policy is in place to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the interview process.