Technical Team Lead – Business & Infrastructure

Technical Team Lead – Business & Infrastructure

This role is contingent upon a contract award. While it is not an immediate opening, ICF is conducting interviews and extending offers in anticipation of the award.

ICF seeks a hands‑on Technical Team Lead to support a federal data and analytics program focused on business and infrastructure operations, data platforms, and analytics environments. The role blends technical leadership with hands‑on operational support, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability of enterprise data systems. The team lead will guide a team responsible for platform operations, data pipelines, and analytics environments while contributing to troubleshooting, optimization, and system improvements.

Job Location: Onsite in Reston, VA (with potential for limited remote flexibility based on program needs)

• Lead a team supporting data operations, analytics platforms, and infrastructure services.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership across cloud‑based environments, data platforms, and enterprise systems.
• Troubleshoot system issues and lead root‑cause analysis across data, infrastructure, and platform layers.
• Ensure systems meet performance, availability, and security requirements.
• Mentor team members and drive continuous improvement in operational processes.
• Provide operations and maintenance (O&M) support for data platforms, including monitoring, tuning, and overall system health.
• Support and manage cloud‑based infrastructure and analytics environments to ensure availability, scalability, and performance.
• Provide technical support for incident, problem, and change management, including root‑cause analysis and resolution.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and performance optimization for applications, databases, and infrastructure.
• Maintain data flows, ingestion pipelines, and interoperability across enterprise systems and data sources.
• Support data quality management, including resolution of missing, invalid, or delayed data issues.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, database, and enterprise teams to resolve performance and system issues.
• Support automated deployments and operational processes aligned with CI/CD and Dev Ops practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to federal contract requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years.
• 6+ years of experience in technical delivery, system operations, or infrastructure‑focused roles.
• 3+ years of experience supporting data platforms, infrastructure, or analytics systems.
• 2+ years of experience leading or mentoring technical teams.
• 3+ years of experience working in cloud environments (AWS or similar).

• Current or recent Public Trust clearance.
• Experience supporting federal government clients, particularly DHS or similar agencies.
• 2+ years of experience supporting system monitoring, incident management, or operational support.
• 2+ years of experience performing troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis in distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience working with databases (e.g., SQL, Postgre
  
  SQL, Oracle).
• 1+ year experience with data platforms such as Databricks or analytics tools such as Tableau.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Cloud Watch, Splunk, or similar).
• Understanding of data governance, security, and compliance practices.
• Relevant certifications (AWS, Databricks, Agile).

• Strong technical leadership with a focus on operational excellence.
• Excellent problem‑solving and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced Agile environment.
• Detail‑oriented with focus on system performance, reliability, and quality.

ICF is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Reasonable accommodations are available for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs in all phases of the application and employment process.

$98,187.00 – $ (Reston, VA – VA30)