AWS Architect

Please note: This role is contingent upon a contract award. While it is not an immediate opening, we are actively conducting interviews and extending offers in anticipation of the award. 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 mindset. The ideal candidate offers deep expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS), enterprise cloud governance, and secure platform architecture. This role requires strategic architectural oversight and technical credibility across infrastructure, applications, and data domains. Working with client leadership and technical SMEs, this role will help define the modernization approach for a portfolio of applications. The architect will support analysis of dozens of applications, including on-premises and cloud-hosted systems, COTS products, and custom-built applications, to recommend the right modernization path and target cloud environment. The architect will help establish a repeatable factory model of standards, patterns, and architecture guidance for the current application portfolio, with specific focus on workloads moving to AWS. 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 Analyze the current state and architect secure AWS cloud environments, including enterprise landing zones, identity integration, hybrid connectivity, and high-availability design for the modernized environment. Create a factory model for modernizing cloud applications that development teams will use. In coordination with the data architect, assess data architectures, dependencies, integratio