Senior Kubernetes Solutions Architect — Enterprise Deployments

Celonis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Unlimited PTO

Hybrid work model

Learning platform access

Wellbeing programs

Annual Impact Days

Job summary

Celonis is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to lead containerized solution deployments for enterprise clients in a hybrid London-area role. You will drive architecture discussions, set up real-time integrations, and ensure secure, scalable Kubernetes deployments across customer environments.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in containerized apps, extensive Kubernetes experience (EKS/AKS/OpenShift), and IaC with Terraform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience, 3+ deploying containerized apps on Kubernetes.
• Advanced knowledge of at least one Kubernetes distribution (EKS/AKS/OpenShift).
• Eligibility for UK Security Check (SC) clearance required; existing clearance is a plus.
• Strong practice in deploying scalable, secure, highly available containerized apps.
• IaC experience (Terraform) is required; Helm or Kustomize preferred.
• Experience with Terraform, ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Ansible is a plus.
• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP and API management (REST/SOAP) desired.
• Experience with data pipelines/ETL, Python/SQL a plus.
• Security/compliance awareness for enterprise apps; strong PM and customer focus.

Responsibilities

• Be the technical lead for successful delivery and onboarding for enterprise clients.
• Lead discussions to analyse customer architecture and drive deployments.
• Remove technical obstacles to maximize user adoption and manage risks.
• Promote reusability by choosing dedicated vs. platform-wide enhancements.
• Establish real-time data integrations between customers and Celonis via APIs.
• Guide customers on authentication, user/group provisioning and access controls.

Skills

Kubernetes deployment

Kubernetes distributions

IaC Terraform

Helm/Kustomize

ArgoCD/Jenkins/GitHub Actions

AWS/Azure/GCP

API Management (REST/SOAP)

Data ingestion & streaming

SSO/LDAP

IT security/compliance

Python/SQL/ETL

Project management

Customer-facing communication

Tools

Terraform

ArgoCD

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Ansible

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

REST/SOAP

Job description

Celonis is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to lead containerized solution deployments for enterprise clients in a hybrid London-area role. You will drive architecture discussions, set up real-time integrations, and ensure secure, scalable Kubernetes deployments across customer environments.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in containerized apps, extensive Kubernetes experience (EKS/AKS/OpenShift), and IaC with Terraform.