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 expect that 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:
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Knowledge of Azure’s IaaS, PaaS, or FaaS services
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Experience with container technologies and orchestration
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Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD technologies
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Familiarity with serverless solutions
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You are familiar with WAF and CAF (Azure Well-Architected Framework and Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework)
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Understanding of Landing Zone principles and Infra as Code utilization
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Experience with Azure data platform technologies and Azure information security
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Experience with Azure hybrid environments, Hub & Spoke architecture and centralized services
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You are familiar with governance, Azure management structures and policies
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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
Comprehensive well-being and smooth everyday life are at the core of Gofore. Our goal is to be a work community where working is inspiring, rewarding, and enhances your professional skills. Our customer satisfaction is high, our NPS being 62 (2025), and our reputation for providing high-quality services to our customers is solely thanks to our top experts. Gofore employees receive particularly good feedback for their customer-oriented attitude. Our employee satisfaction is based on a skilled community and collaboration.
We are proud of our transparent culture, pioneering spirit, and the fact that we have a greater purpose than just generating profit – striving for a more humane, sustainable, and ethical digital world and working life.With us, you will become part of a community where you are close to other experts in your field and at the same time work closely with other top experts on customer projects. We are organized in a customer-oriented manner, which allows visibility towards individual and team successes and professional development, for example, within a specific industry.
The community spirit of Gofore employees also extends outside of work through various activities such as small event workshops, board games, and family days. To ensure optimal balance, we offer flexible working conditions and tools that you can choose from according to your needs.
In addition, we have comprehensive benefits. Gofore has its own collective agreement that reflects our employees. You can familiarize yourself with it here.
Salary
At Gofore, we value fair compensation. Your salary will reflect your experience and skills while aligning with our commitment to being a great workplace and ensuring client-centricity. Typical salaries for this role range from €5000-6000 per month, with further opportunities for performance-based incentives.
We recognize and understand neurodiversity, and are willing to adapt our recruitment process based on your needs.
