Systems Technical Director

ICF

. Define and maintain the program engineering strategy, technical roadmap, architecture guardrails, and incremental modernization approach .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • United StatesLead💰 $158,819 - $269,993 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading engineering teams and defining technical roadmaps for .NET application architectures, APIs, and data platforms. Proficient in establishing secure development practices, CI/CD processes, and managing technical debt within federal data collection systems.

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C#/.NET DevelopmentAPI ArchitectureAgile DeliveryTechnical LeadershipSecure Development Practices

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Hard Skills

C#.NETASP.NET MVCSQL ServerAPI DevelopmentEnterprise IntegrationsAutomated TestingCode QualityCI/CDArchitecture Decision Making

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipCommunicationMentoringStakeholder EngagementProblem Solving

Tools & Technologies

AWSAWS GovCloudContainersInfrastructure as CodeAlteryxTableauDevSecOpsMonitoring ToolsETL ToolsFederated Identity

Certifications & Qualifications

Public Trust Determination

Industry Keywords

Federal Data CollectionNIST ModerateFedRAMPATO ProcessesHigh-Volume Data CollectionPublic Health ProgramsGrants Programs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ASP.NETAWSCloudETLSQLTableau.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and maintain the program engineering strategy, technical roadmap, architecture guardrails, and incremental modernization approach
Lead engineering team leads and multiple development workstreams by aligning priorities, capacity, dependencies, standards, and delivery expectations
Provide technical direction across .NET application architectures, APIs, data models, SQL Server solutions, system integrations, analytics/reporting platforms, and cloud-hosted services
Establish program-wide practices for secure development, automated testing, code review, CI/CD, release readiness, documentation, and production support
Evaluate technical options and communicate recommendations, costs, risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs to program leadership and federal stakeholders
Partner with product and delivery leaders to shape release plans, estimates, staffing needs, and technically achievable acceptance criteria
Coordinate architecture and delivery across cloud, DevSecOps, database, security, quality assurance, accessibility, data, user experience, and operations teams
Identify and manage technical debt, performance constraints, reliability risks, integration dependencies, and modernization sequencing
Oversee complex production issue response, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, monitoring, and operational readiness improvements
Mentor engineering leads and senior engineers and build consistent engineering practices across the program
Maintain technical roadmaps, decision records, interface documentation, standards, and executive-ready status reporting
Serve as overall technical authority for platform operations, maintenance, development, modernization, and enhancement of a mission-critical federal data collection and performance reporting platform

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
7+ years architecting, delivering, or overseeing resilient production enterprise applications and data platforms
Demonstrated ability to lead teams working with C#/.NET, ASP.NET MVC or Web API, and relational databases such as SQL Server
5+ years architecting APIs, enterprise integrations, or distributed application services across modern application stacks
Ability to evaluate .NET design decisions and guide hands-on engineering leads
3+ years leading engineering teams, technical leads, or multiple engineering workstreams
Experience with Agile delivery, estimation, dependency management, and technical risk management
3+ years making and documenting architecture decisions across applications, data, integrations, cloud infrastructure, security, and operations
Ability to communicate tradeoffs to technical and nontechnical stakeholders
3+ years establishing or improving engineering practices for automated testing, code quality, source control, CI/CD, release management, and production support
3+ years guiding authentication, authorization, role-based access, privacy protections, and secure handling of sensitive data
Authorization to work in the United States
Ability to perform all work within the United States
Ability to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust determination and complete required background screening
Preferred: experience with legacy .NET modernization, AWS/AWS GovCloud, CI/CD automation, containers, infrastructure as code, NIST Moderate, FedRAMP, ATO processes, high-volume data collection, ETL, Alteryx, Tableau, federated identity, Okta, and federal/public health/grants programs