Gofore Plc is a digital transformation consultancy with over 1,400 impact-driven employees across Finland, Germany, Austria, Spain and Estonia. We care for our people, our customers, and the surrounding world. Our diverse group of experts shares a pioneering ambition to create a more humane, sustainable and ethical digital world. At Gofore we want to provide the best opportunities to develop and thrive, both at work and beyond. In 2023, our net sales amounted to EUR 189.2 million. Gofore Plc’s share is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
You can find more information about Gofore as a employer from Join the Crew and Culture pages.
Our agile cloud specialist team is looking for Azure experts to work on our customer projects.
Did you know that Gofore already employs about 50 public cloud specialists, who build genuinely meaningful services that affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of Finns. Become a cloud expert and join our inspiring cloud community which values a good working life, opportunities to grow as experts and opportunities to develop your own career paths.
As a Goforean, you can create your own career path and role: focus on and delve into technical implementations, or build and develop infrastructure as a Cloud Developer. Or if you prefer to have a more consultative role close to the customer’s business, designing architectures and sustainable cloud solutions, you can become or grow with us as a Cloud Architect. The most important thing is the desire to work hands-on in the cloud and find the best technology solutions to enable our customers to succeed.
Together, we build genuinely meaningful services that have a broad, positive impact on people and the environment. Learn more about some of our clients and the work we do as cloud specialists: KEHA and Aimo Park. You can also take a peek into our Cloud Project Radar 2023 and learn more details about our projects and the technologies that we use in them.
What we expect
As a baseline, we expect that you can lead yourself and the way you work, combined with the ability to interact well with customers and development teams. We also require that you have several years of experience in cloud solutions, for example, in roles such as cloud expert, system specialist, or software developer.
In addition, we hope that you are familiar with some of the following areas:
- 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
- Understanding of Infra as Code utilization
- Experience with Azure data platform technologies and Azure information security solutions
- Ability to work in cooperation with both customers and other stakeholders
This role provides an opportunity to grow as a specialist alongside our cloud business. Of course, you don’t have to know everything, yet, but above all, we value enthusiasm to develop yourself and a genuine interest in cloud solutions. We promise to provide you with challenging customer projects, the support of our expert community and the tools you need to continuously develop your skills.
Our company language is English, but many of our customer projects require 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, commuter and bicycle benefits
- Sick child care benefit, you can also request paid leave when a family member gets sick
- Comprehensive occupational healthcare
- Massage and dentist benefits
- 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). We have different salary models, and in addition to the monthly salary, we have separate bonuses linked with the company’s success. Bonuses can be related to, for example, recruitment, sales or actions advancing Gofore’s employer brand.
Our recruitment process
Read here what happens when you send your application and how recruitment progresses here at Gofore.
We recognise and understand neurodiversity, and are willing to adapt our recruitment process based on your needs.
