Lead Solutions Architect

Overview

Lead Solutions Architect at Celonis, owning complex, highly customized data integration projects end to end, with a strong focus on Oracle technology, while acting as a trusted technical advisor to customer IT, data and security leaders.

What you'll do

• Architect and deliver data extraction and ingestion from Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Oracle EBS R12, and Oracle Database / Autonomous Database, including JDBC and PL/SQL-based approaches.
• Design change data capture and event-driven architectures using Oracle GoldenGate, Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), Kafka, and REST/SOAP APIs to power Celonis Action Flows.
• Lead Oracle ERP connections or cloud-based equivalents (e.g. via Oracle BICC), including customized JDBC setups, Dockerized and real-time configurations.
• Design advanced custom API connectors, including complex authentication, pagination, and delta loads, and advise on synchronous versus asynchronous APIs and OData.
• Lead Python-based pipelines using the Celonis data ingestion API, and design Landing Zone and lakehouse solutions (e.g. Databricks or Microsoft Fabric), including zero copy solutions.
• Work with customer IT on DMZs, network bridges, WAFs, proxies, certificates, on-premise agent deployments, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) networking.
• Tune extraction schedules and delta strategies, optimize database and pipeline performance (e.g. Oracle DB and Exadata), and resolve data load failures.
• Configure Action Flows with customized agent settings and direct API-based integrations, including writebacks into Oracle systems, and advise on bot integrations, permissioning, and security.
• Design AI integration patterns connecting Celonis Orchestration and Action Flows with OCI Generative AI Agents, Oracle Select AI (Database 23ai), or Oracle Digital Assistant, and guide customers in connecting Celonis to their LLMs and AI agents through MCP, covering authentication, permissions, and governance.
• Configure SSO (SAML, OIDC) with identity providers such as OCI IAM, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and Ping, and set up SCIM-based user and group provisioning.
• Coordinate with the Celonis security team on customer questionnaires, and explain architecture and data flows to customer security and compliance stakeholders.
• Build deep expertise in Oracle integrations, give structured feedback to Product & Engineering on Oracle connectors and AI agent capabilities, and set up and run team initiatives such as knowledge bases and Oracle integration templates.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, technical consulting, or solutions architecture in a customer-facing role, including leading customer implementations.
• Hands-on experience extracting data from and understanding business processes in Oracle systems (Fusion Cloud ERP, Oracle EBS R12, Oracle Database / Autonomous Database), with PL/SQL and Oracle SQL skills.
• Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and its integration and data services such as Oracle Integration Cloud.
• Python and SQL skills, and ETL pipeline creation for large volumes of enterprise data, including migration scripting and custom transformations.
• Hands-on experience with REST/SOAP APIs, authentication patterns, and API design concepts (synchronous and asynchronous APIs, OData).
• Network and security fluency at the level needed to engage customer enterprise IT (DMZ, WAF, proxies, certificates, VPNs), plus comfort with Linux environments.
• Excellent communication and storytelling across written, verbal, and slide formats, tailored to technical and executive audiences, and fluency in English.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with Oracle Exadata, Oracle Select AI (Database 23ai), Oracle Digital Assistant, or Oracle Analytics.
• Familiarity with SAP (ECC/S/4HANA, PI/PO, SNC, RISE, CPI, BTP) or other enterprise ERPs.
• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or Microsoft Fabric, and with iPaaS or low-code tools (MuleSoft, Boomi, Workato, Power Automate).
• Experience with LLMs, AI agents, or MCP.
• Docker and Linux server administration experience.
• Relevant certifications (Celonis, Oracle/OCI, cloud, or SAP).

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Flexible hybrid work model balancing remote focus with office collaboration.