# Principal Enterprise Architect

**Company:** [Celonis](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/celonis)
**Location:** Raleigh, NC
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Python, Data Architecture, Cloud Architecture, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Salesforce, SAP, Servicenow, Mulesoft, Informatica, Talend, Agentic AI
**Posted:** 2026-04-22

> Designs transformative solution architectures for enterprise clients, aligning C-level strategies with Celonis' Process Intelligence technology. Bridges sales, product, and customer teams to drive innovation using AI, data ops, and cloud strategies; requires 10-15 years experience and MSc.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and define the overall architecture, data and cloud strategy for our largest client accounts
- Confidently engage with customers C-level their strategic objectives with the Celonis technical strategy
- Drive innovation by identifying and architecting solutions that leverage emergent technologies, including Agentic AI
- Be the bridge between our product & engineering teams within Celonis with the clients teams to provide the best technical services for our clients
- Assess our 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 related 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
- You can comfortably switch from explaining an architecture diagram to an environment where you coded/assembled 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**), **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**)
- 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

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