Gofore is an international digital transformation consultancy with Finnish roots. We employ nearly 1,500 experts across 18 locations in Finland, Germany, Austria, Spain, and Estonia. With our technology and business expertise, we work for functional, secure and equal services for the digital society and sustainable solutions for the intelligent industry. Our diverse group of professionals share a pioneering ambition to create a more humane and responsible digital world. Our values guide our business: Gofore is a great workplace that thrives on customer success. In 2024, our net sales amounted to EUR 186,2 million. Gofore Plc’s share is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland. Our vision is to be the most significant digital transformation consultancy in Europe.
You can find more information about Gofore as a employer from Join the Crew and Culture pages.
Our agile cloud team is looking for Azure architects to join our customer projects!
At Gofore, around 40 experts are already building public cloud infrastructure in projects, creating truly meaningful services that impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of Finns. Join us as a cloud architect in our inspiring cloud community, where we value good working life, opportunities to grow as experts, and chances to develop your own career paths.
As an Azure Cloud Architect most important thing for us is your desire to work hands-on with the cloud and find the best technological solutions to enable our customers’ success. You can get an glimpse into our project routine from our Cloud project radar 2024 update, which highlights the types of projects Gofore cloud experts work on and the technologies used in them.
As a cloud architect at Gofore, you can get involved in the development or renewal of demanding public services and socially significant projects. Our customer projects are usually long-term, allowing you to focus on one project at a time. You can familiarize yourself with our work as cloud experts in KEHA and Aimo Park’s customer projects.
What we expect from you
We hope you have a strong background in Azure public cloud services and understand the different types of cloud service models and deployment architectures. You have worked on several Azure development projects and have insight into both application development and cloud platform management. You also have an understanding of the best practices of cloud data security. We expect you to have a general understanding of cloud architecture, and the ability to act systematically.
In addition, you have strong expertise in some of the cloud architecture areas listed below:
- Knowledge of Azure’s IaaS, PaaS, or FaaS services
- Experience with container technologies and orchestration
- Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD technologies
- Familiarity with serverless solutions
- You are familiar with WAF and CAF (Azure Well-Architected Framework and Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework)
- Understanding of Landing Zone principles and Infra as Code utilization
- Experience with Azure data platform technologies and Azure information security
- Experience with Azure hybrid environments, Hub & Spoke architecture and centralized services
- You are familiar with governance, Azure management structures and policies
- Ability to work in cooperation with both customers and other stakeholders
We do not require a strong knowledge of all the cloud architecture areas listed above.
Our company language is English, but many of our client projects require fluent Finnish.
Please note that the selected person may be subject to a personal security clearance required by the customer.
What we offer
As an employer and a community, we promise to take care of you, because happy and healthy employees are the heart of our company. Our reputation for producing excellent services for our customers is entirely thanks to our team of top professionals. Our low hierarchy allows for a self-directed and transparent company culture. Our diverse team of professionals share a pioneering spirit and a desire to work for a company whose purpose goes beyond making a profit – we strive to create a more humane, sustainable and ethical digital world.
With us, you get to develop your skills and gain experience in diverse customer projects. You also get to choose how you wish to develop your expertise. We offer, for example, support for self-study in addition to other training and events. At Gofore, you can create a meaningful role and career path for yourself.
The community spirit of Goforeans also extends outside the workplace: you can join your colleagues in various leisure activities, such as video game sessions and events for families – or a traditional Finnish sauna evening! We want to support you in finding a work-life balance that works for you, so we offer you flexible working conditions as well as tools and equipment according to your needs.
We offer our employees a diverse package of benefits, including:
- Certification bonuses, training opportunities (Udemy business)
- Lunch, exercise and bicycle benefits
- Culture & exercise benefit, Wellbeing, Commute and/or Massage (Edenred MyChoice)
- Sick child care benefit, you can also request paid leave when a family member gets sick
- Comprehensive occupational healthcare
- Share savings plan offered to all Goforeans
Salary development
For us it is important that Goforeans receive reasonable total compensation for their work. The compensation is the outcome of, not only experience and skills, but also active work for our two values: being a good workplace for everyone and considering customer perspective in everything we do. The feedback that you receive, your utilisation rate (we are consultants, after all!) and your own professional development are central in the salary discussions with your People Leader (i.e. supervisor).
Typically, the salary for this role ranges between 5000-6000€ per month, we can determine the appropriate level together as discussions progress and we learn more about your skills. In addition to the monthly salary, we offer performance-based bonuses, which can be related to cloud certifications, recruitment, sales, or increasing Gofore’s visibility.
Our recruitment process
Read here what happens when you send your application and how recruitment progresses here at Gofore.
We recognize and understand neurodiversity, and are willing to adapt our recruitment process based on your needs.
