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Role Description

ICF seeks an experienced Azure Cloud Architect to lead the design and governance of secure, scalable cloud-native solutions in complex, regulated enterprise environments. This position plays a key role in modernization initiatives, requiring strong architectural leadership, security alignment, and DevSecOps integration.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, enterprise cloud governance, and secure platform architecture. This role provides strategic oversight, guidance, and technical credibility across infrastructure, application, and data domains.

Job Location: This position is remote within the United States. Please note that ICF monitors employee work locations, restricts access from foreign locations and IP addresses, and prohibits the use of personal VPN connections.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Architect and govern secure Azure cloud environments, including enterprise landing zones, identity integration, hybrid connectivity, and high-availability design.
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, technical standards, and governance controls to ensure consistent and compliant cloud implementations across multiple 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 established security frameworks, including role-based zero trust, role-based access controls, and continuous monitoring.
• FinOps, scalability planning, performance optimization, availability, and disaster recovery strategies across Azure environments.
• Provide architectural guidance for cloud-native, containerized, and data-driven workloads that support enterprise modernization.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to ensure solutions are supportable, maintainable, and consistent with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (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: infrastructure, application development, data platforms, or low-code/no-code technologies.
• 5+ years demonstrated experience designing secure Azure environments within regulated enterprise settings that require formal security authorization and ongoing compliance.
• 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 modernizing large application portfolios and establishing architectural standards across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Benefits

• ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, combining unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve complex challenges.
• We are an equal opportunity employer.
• Reasonable Accommodations are available for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs.

Pay Range

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $108,476.00 - $223,134.00.