Principal Enterprise Architect
Principal Enterprise Architect designs transformative solution architectures leveraging Agentic AI, data, and cloud strategies for prospects and customers. Requires 10-15 years experience, strategic thinking, C-level presentation skills, and strong background in integrations, data architecture, and cloud/SaaS technologies.
About the job
The work you’ll do
- Lead and define the overall architecture, data and cloud strategy for our largest client accounts
- Confidently engage with customers' C-level executives to align their strategic objectives with the Celonis technical strategy
- Drive innovation by identifying and architecting solutions that leverage emergent technologies, including Agentic AI
- Act as the bridge between Celonis product & engineering teams and client teams to provide the best technical services
- Assess customer installed base IT landscape maturity for the region
- Participate in pre-Sales and post-Sales phases, engaging with customer Architecture and security teams
- Coach and guide Celonis consulting teams and ecosystem partners on technical implementation issues (architecture, integration, performance and scalability)
- Develop re-usable assets for the consulting teams on projects
- Develop customer facing position papers, assets and thought leadership presentations on architecture and innovation with Celonis
- Creation of technical designs and presentations for internal and client stakeholders
Qualifications
- 10 to 15 years of relevant experience (Software vendor Architect, Top consulting firms CTO or Enterprise Architect at a customer)
- Proven ability to think strategically, connecting technical solutions to business value and customer objectives
- Strong background in Data Architecture, Integrations patterns, and Development background in data related languages (SQL, Python)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent presentation and creativity skills
- Ability to comfortably switch from explaining an architecture diagram to coding/assembling a demo of the architecture
- Strong technical background with a focus on system integrations, data operations and automation capabilities
- Strong understanding of cloud native architectures, SaaS solutions (Salesforce, SAP, Dynamics CRM, ServiceNow, etc.), cybersecurity posture fundamentals, API ecosystems and legacy on-premise enterprise architectures
- Fluency in English; an additional language such as Spanish, French or Italian is a strong advantage
- MSc degree in Computer Science or equivalent in Information Technology related field
Preferred
- Celonis Certifications and Experience with OCPM and Case Centric Data Pipelines
- AWS/Azure/GCP Certifications
- ESB / ETL Certifications (Mulesoft, Oracle, SAP, Talend, Informatica, etc.)
- Experience in at least 2 domains among: Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Customer/Consumer Management (Service, Order Management, Sales), HR, Procurement
- Experience in at least 2 industries among: Consumer Goods, Banking, Pharma, Aerospace, Telco, and Transport
Skills
Enterprise Architecture, Data Architecture, SQL, Python, Cloud Native Architectures, AWS, Azure, GCP, Saas Solutions, Salesforce, SAP, Servicenow, Cybersecurity, Api Ecosystems, Agentic AI
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