Senior Cloud Engineer (Remote)

We are open to supporting 100% remote work anywhere within the US.

ICFs IT Modernization division is a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial, technology department, seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to support upcoming needs with our federal customers.

Our IT Modernization division is an information technology and management consulting department that offers integrated, strategic solutions to its public and private-sector clients. ICF has the expertise, agility, and commitment to design, build, and operate high-performance IT engines to support all aspects of our clients business.

Position Description

At ICF, we are fearless in finding new ways to solve problems, relentlessly making sure it pays off for our clients and committed to making a positive change in the world. Join our community of management consultants, mission-driven technologists, data scientists, innovation researchers, CIO strategists, and public health researchers & evaluators to challenge the status quo. As we continue to expand our services and to support this growth, we are looking for Cloud Engineers to join our Digital Modernization Division (DMD). We provide technical assistance services to US Civilian Federal Agencies and their partners, such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

We are looking for junior-, mid-, and senior-level Cloud Engineers who are customer focused and passionate about helping large government agencies modernize and transform through pragmatic enterprise strategies. The projects and services supporting the CDC meet the objectives of the agency's Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) objectives. You will be working on multiple projects simultaneously, interacting with all levels of ICF staff and CDC OCIO and C/I/O stakeholders.

General Description

The ideal candidate will have the ability to move smoothly between tactical and strategic conversations with technical, business, and mission leadership. You will play a critical role in helping our team formalize, standardize, and mature our cloud services offerings. 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 passionate about 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 understand that success is not about being a hero, its about developing a capable team to deliver the right solutions to our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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
• Drive continuous improvement
• Install, operate, and maintain cyber security systems.
• Contribute to the design of existing and future platforms.
• Effectively and efficiently troubleshoot the system and the infrastructure that supports it.
• Routinely interact with clients and internal teams such as developers and analyst teams.

Required Skills include:

• Ability to maintain an active clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active CDC clearance
• BS or MS in IT or equivalent degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ or more years of working experience with one or more cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) advance concepts such as Serverless, Infrastructure as Code, containers, CI/CD pipelines, and Git repositories (such as Gitlab).
• 1+ years of basic experience with basic networking technologies
• US Citizenship or Green Card required due to federal contract requirements
• Must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.), as this work is for a federal contract and laws do apply

Preferred Skills include:

MCSE Cloud Platform and Infrastructure

VMWare Cloud

AWS Certified Solutions Architect- Professional

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Working at ICF means applying a passion for meaningful work with intellectual rigor to help solve the leading issues of our day. Smart, compassionate, innovative, committed, ICF employees tackle unprecedented challenges to benefit people, businesses, and governments around the globe. We believe in collaboration, mutual respect, open communication, and opportunity for growth.

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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final salary for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position. The salary range for Colorado is -

$88,722.00 - $150,827.00

Nationwide Remote Office (US99)