Senior AWS Architect (Remote)

*We are open to supporting 100% remote work anywhere within the U.S.*

We are looking for a Senior Solutions Architect who is customer-focused and passionate about helping a government agency modernize and transform its legacy websites and applications through pragmatic enterprise strategies. If you have an equal passion for tapping into the collective wisdom of developers to create team synergy, then we want to talk with you. 

This position requires a high level of technical expertise, combined with excellent planning, coordination, and communication skills, and the ability to work with teams. You will provide leadership over multiple projects in developing new system requirements and researching, evaluating, and selecting solutions. You understand the importance of security and believe risk management should be tackled early and not as an afterthought. You have been through the trenches in helping teams obtain authority to operate (ATO) and can have intelligent discussions around NIST recommendations and security controls. You are invested in the use of automation and creating an environment that fosters DevSecOps approaches. You articulate the connection from technical services to business capabilities and help client organizations navigate the tension between evolving traditional IT processes and modern approaches. You also tailor communications for a variety of audiences and bring clarity to the details around complex problems. Most importantly, you understand that leading is not about being a hero, it’s about developing capabilities in your team to deliver the right solutions for our customers. 

What you’ll be doing: 

• Translate business needs into application solution architecture requirements, making frequent use of diagrams to help communicate with broad audiences 

• Inform the balance of security, tech debt, feature, and defect work 

• Estimate the financial impact of solution architecture alternatives 

• Evolve the team’s capabilities toward high-performing DevSecOps practices within the Agile framework 

• Drive continuous improvement 

• Work with teams to help support and drive future development of the platform while coordinating and prioritizing the needs of existing programs and outcomes 

• Quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new and emerging technologies 

• Evaluate legacy and current applications, architecture, database design, etc. to make recommendations on improvements on design, performance, and quality 

• Ensure solutions are developed and packaged in an easily consumable and repeatable way for customers and internal technical teams 

• Assume the role of technology advisor that understands customer business processes and maps them to technology solutions to optimize business outcomes 

• Build and interact with APIs using API Gateway 

• Own the technical roadmap and interface with application Project Managers to ensure achievability 

• Provide operations and monitoring support for legacy systems 

• Collaborate with IT Security to ensure solutions comply with regulatory policies 

• Perform proofs-of-concept as needed to determine technology solutions 

• Coordinate with application developers, managers, and application experts to ensure that required features and modifications are included in the appropriate releases to support cross-product features and to communicate architectural designs and standards. 

• Lead and mentor a team of software developers and engineers

What you must have:  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related scientific or technical discipline 

• 10+ years of experience in leading and architecting enterprise software systems 

• 10+ years of experience with building web-based enterprise systems 

• 10 + years of experience with relevant programming languages and platforms, such as Java, JavaScript, Python, Node.js, Angular and React 

• 10 + years of experience with SQL and database development and migration 

• 7+ years of application architecture or product development experience 

• US Citizenship required due to federal contract requirements

• Must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Job Location: This position requires that the job be performed in the United States.  If you accept this position, you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses, and also prohibits personal VPN connections.

What we'd like you to have:  

• Experience with software development working i