Cloud Architect

Skills & Requirements

Join us!

We are looking for a Cloud Architect to join our teams working on meaningful private sector projects, building game-changing solutions to elevate our clients’ businesses! Your home office can be in either Tampere or Helsinki. If you are looking to join our innovative and inclusive bunch of Futuriceans, read more below.

About the role

We are seeking a talented Cloud Architect for whom tech choices are about finding a balance between creating scalable, maintainable, and modern digital services – and getting things done effectively.

As a Cloud Architect at Futurice, you will work in a team of talented individuals. As an agency, we cooperate with different clients across various business fields. This means you have options in terms of projects and technologies when you join Futurice. Depending on your skills, impact, and responsibilities, we can customize a role fitting for your learning goals and professional aspirations. You can work from Tampere or Helsinki.

Depending on your background and career goals, you may engage in tech advisory projects related to web app modernization and/or be part of the implementation teams supporting our clients in their cloud transformation initiatives. You understand how to create long-term technical roadmaps and select cost-efficient and suitable cloud components to maximize our clients’ investments.

What helps you succeed in this role?

We are looking for a team member who has

• 4+ years of professional experience in software architecture
  
• Practical software development experience from a variety of projects and domains. Experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, and Python experience are highly desirable at the moment
  
• Experience with at least one of the main public cloud stacks (AWS/Azure/GCP) and familiarity with core concepts and their applicability in business context, such as serverless workloads, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.
  
• Expertise in designing and implementing secure and developer-friendly APIs, considering maintainability and scalability aspects, as well as API consumer needs.
  
• A DevSecOps mindset and a strong understanding that autonomy is fueled by trust and transparency.
  
• An understanding of the benefits and tradeoffs of different architecture paradigms (e.g. microservices and event-driven infrastructures) and technology choices.
  
• An appreciation for good communication and quality advocacy with both our multidisciplinary teams and the clients.
  
• Strong presentation skills when suggesting our approach to our clients
  
• The will to support our business development, guide our clients, and shape the project architecture in pre-sales, sales and early project phases through technical insights and inspiration.
  

Seen as a plus

• Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert and/or AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional
  
• Experience with cloud-native and/or Kubernetes technologies.
  
• Experience in DevSecOps, supporting developers by provisioning infrastructure, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, etc.
  
• Practical experience with monitoring/alerting stacks and performing threat modeling
  
• Development and implementation of quality assurance (QA) processes, automated tests etc.
  
• Agile experience, perhaps even working as a Scrum Master beside your other tasks
  
• Experience with IoT devices and services.
  

Futurice offers you

Besides our overall cultural and organizational model, we support your growth as a professional. As an agency, we have a versatile portfolio of projects, and we solve different kinds of problems that require different kinds of tools. For you, this means the chance of a lifetime to pursue your learning goals and broaden your skill set. You will be inspired and supported throughout your journey, as our aspiration is to be the Ultimate Learning Platform for your career. On top of this, you get the opportunity to work with the most motivated and multi talented forces in development, design and strategy.

In addition, we listed here some of the perks we offer:

• Futurice Hybrid Work Model
  
• Free choice of laptop, phone, tablet, headphones and other work gear
  
• Sports and lunch benefit
  
• Futurice's clubs for free-time activities
  
• Learning events
  
• Certification programs
  

Compensation

Your complete compensation package will be discussed in detail during the recruitment process. Our salary model is designed to offer a range of levels based on three factors: skills, responsibilities and impact. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment where every employee has the opportunity to thrive and advance in their career and become better versions of themselves.

During the initial interview round, we will discuss the salary range for this position. We offer a fixed salary with the possibility of performance-based bonuses and additional benefits.

Next steps

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for and are ready to take the next step, please submit your application by clicking the Apply -button.

Our application form is about as easy as it gets, just enter your contact information and upload your attachments. We’re hoping to see at least your CV and a few lines about yourself and why you want to join Futurice. You’ll also have the option to submit a link to your LinkedIn, as well as share other attachments relevant to the application.

We will process the applications in the order of their arrival. Those selected for the interview phase can look forward to an initial discussion, both in order for us to get to know you better, and for you to get more familiar with life at Futurice. That will be followed by an in-depth talk with your potential future colleagues to dive deeper into your professional skills, and finally, one more general chat where you’ll discuss things like your potential future projects. It is also worth mentioning that reference calls are an integral part of our recruitment process.

How we work

Ever since Futurice was founded, we’ve been committed to offering a workplace people will genuinely enjoy coming to every morning, Mondays included. We’ve put tons of effort into fostering a healthy and welcoming company culture combined with fair and competitive salaries as well as perks that improve the wellbeing of each Futuricean – take a look here to learn more, check our Culture handbook 2.0 and get to know some of our people through their career stories. Each of our offices also adds its own unique vibe and flavor into the mix. Learn more about our offices here!

At Futurice, new joiners are not expected to fit into a specific mold – people are free to come as they are, regardless of their background. We believe there’s power in perspectives and consider diversity an important part of our success. You can learn more about our DE&I commitment and efforts here.

We're Futurice

We are Futurice, an outcome-focused digital transformation company.We help our clients solve their biggest challenges and empower them to make a positive impact on the world.

Founded in 2000, our team comprises over 800 diverse experts who represent more than 60 different nationalities. We have Nordic roots and a global mindset and operate across Europe.