AzureArchitect

_This role is contingent upon a contract award._ 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 lead role in modernization initiatives, requiring strong architectural leadership, security alignment, and a DevSecOps mindset. 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. Partnering with an AWS architect, this role will drive the modernization approach for a portfolio of applications. This includes analyzing dozens of applications (both on-prem and cloud, COTS and custom-built) to determine and recommend the best course of action for modernization and migration to a multi-cloud environment (AWS and Azure). The architect will establish a “factory model” of standards and architecture to create a high-quality, repeatable modernization process, with a specific focus on applications moving to the Azure cloud. **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 current state and architect, then govern secure Azure cloud environments, including enterprise landing zones, identity integration, hybrid connectivity, and high-availability design for modernized environments * Create a factory model for modernizing cloud applications that development teams will use * In conjunction with the data architect, assess and design data architectures, dependencies, and integration patterns to support application rationalization and modernization, including shared data sources, APIs, and data hub enablement * Design cloud architectures