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.
Experienced AWS-architect, join Gofore to design and implement cloud solutions!
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 AWS 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 explore our work as AWS cloud experts in customer projects for Elenia, the City of Tampere, or Aimo Park.
What we expect
We hope that you have a strong background in AWS public cloud services and understand the different types of cloud service models and deployment architectures. You have worked on several AWS development projects and have a comprehensive understanding of both the application development lifecycle and cloud platform management. You also have knowledge of best practices regarding cloud security. You communicate fluently in both Finnish and English.
The key thing is that you enjoy working not only on architectural design but also as a hands-on technical architect and want to continue developing in that role.
In addition, you have strong expertise in some of the cloud architecture areas listed below:
- Good understanding of AWS IaaS, PaaS, or FaaS services. Our projects often involve VPC, EC2, ECS, EKS, Route53, Lambda, SQS, SNS, RDS, S3, CloudFront.
- Experience with utilizing and implementing Infrastructure-as-Code, such as Terraform and AWS CDK.
- Experience with container- technologies and orchestration.
- Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD technologies.
- Familiarity with serverless solutions.
- Knowledge of WAF and CAF (AWS Well Architected Framework and AWS Cloud Adoption Framework).
- Understanding of Landing Zones and their utilization.
- Experience with AWS data platform technologies and AWS security solutions.
- Experience with AWS hybrid environments, Hub & Spoke network architecture, and centralized services in AWS organizations.
- Understanding of governance, AWS management structures, and policies.
- Ability to work collaboratively with clients and other stakeholders.
- We consider any AWS certifications an advantage.
We do not require strong expertise in all the cloud architecture areas listed above, so please apply even if not all of the above are part of your skill set.
Please note that a security clearance required by the client may be conducted for the selected candidate.
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.
