diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/infrastructure/kafka-client.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/infrastructure/kafka-client.yaml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..77ad4b3f3ee11c824ce3abef4522584f3fd2a188
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: kafka-client
+  labels:
+    app: kafka-client
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: kafka-client
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: kafka-client
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: kafka-client
+        image: confluentinc/cp-enterprise-kafka:5.4.0
+        command: 
+          - sh
+          - -c
+          - "exec tail -f /dev/null"
+        restartPolicy: Never
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diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-beam-samza-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d2686b58d1349ab48b1edf712582e0c861ee0001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: uc2-beam-samza
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: uc2-beam-samza
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: uc2-beam-samza
+    spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
+      containers:
+        - name: uc2-beam-samza
+          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc2-beam-samza
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 5555
+              name: jmx
+          env:
+            - name: SAMZA_JOB_COORDINATOR_ZK_CONNECT
+              value: "theodolite-cp-zookeeper:2181"
+            - name: SAMZA_SYSTEMS_KAFKA_PRODUCER_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
+              value: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
+            - name: SAMZA_SYSTEMS_KAFKA_CONSUMER_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
+              value: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
+            - name: MAX_SOURCE_PARALLELISM
+              value: "1024"
+            - name: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
+              value: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
+            - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
+              value: "http://theodolite-cp-schema-registry:8081"
+            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
+              value: "100"
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              memory: 4Gi
+              cpu: 1000m
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diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-beam-samza-service.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-beam-samza-service.yaml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6317caf9fe624e42449b8f630d040a068709cda3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-beam-samza-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: titan-ccp-aggregation
+  labels:
+    app: titan-ccp-aggregation
+spec:
+  #type: NodePort
+  selector:
+    app: titan-ccp-aggregation
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: 80
+    targetPort: 80
+    protocol: TCP
+  - name: metrics
+    port: 5556
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-service-monitor.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-service-monitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4e7e758cacb5086305efa26292ddef2afc958096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-service-monitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: ServiceMonitor
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: titan-ccp-aggregation
+    appScope: titan-ccp
+  name: titan-ccp-aggregation
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+        app: titan-ccp-aggregation
+  endpoints:
+    - port: metrics
+      interval: 10s
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/uc2-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/uc2-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dc45a90142ef58bd55fb0ec061d429a97490c461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/uc2-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
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+apiVersion: theodolite.com/v1
+kind: benchmark
+metadata:
+  name: uc2-beam-samza
+spec:
+  sut:
+    resources:
+      - configMap:
+          name: "benchmark-resources-uc2-beam-samza"
+          files:
+          - "uc2-beam-samza-deployment.yaml"
+          - "uc2-beam-samza-service.yaml"
+          - "uc2-service-monitor.yaml"
+    # beforeActions:
+    #   - selector: # delete zookeeper nodes to reset zookeeper
+    #       pod:
+    #         matchLabels:
+    #           app: "cp-zookeeper"
+    #       container: "cp-zookeeper-server"
+    #     exec:
+    #       command: ["/usr/bin/zookeeper-shell", "localhost:2181", "ls" , "/"]
+    #       timeoutSeconds: 60
+      # - selector: #Create input topic for samza with 10 partitions
+      #     pod:
+      #        matchLabels:
+      #          app: "cp-zookeeper"
+      #      container: "cp-zookeeper-server"
+      #    exec:
+      #      command: ["kafka-topics", "--zookeeper", "localhost:2181",
+      #               "--topic", "input", "--partitions", "10", "--create"]
+      #      timeoutSeconds: 90
+    afterActions:
+      - selector: # delete zookeeper nodes to reset zookeeper
+          pod:
+            matchLabels:
+              app: "cp-zookeeper"
+          container: "cp-zookeeper-server"
+        exec:
+          command: ["zookeeper-shell", "localhost:2181",
+           "deleteall", "/app-theodolite-uc2-application-1"]
+          timeoutSeconds: 60
+  loadGenerator:
+    resources:
+      - configMap:
+          name: "benchmark-resources-uc2-load-generator"
+          files:
+          - "uc2-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+          - "uc2-load-generator-service.yaml"
+  resourceTypes:
+    - typeName: "Instances"
+      patchers:
+        - type: "ReplicaPatcher"
+          resource: "uc2-beam-samza-deployment.yaml"
+  loadTypes:
+    - typeName: "NumSensors"
+      patchers:
+        - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
+          resource: "uc2-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+          properties:
+            container: "workload-generator"
+            variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
+        - type: NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher
+          resource: "uc2-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+          properties:
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
+  kafkaConfig:
+    bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
+    topics:
+      - name: "input"
+        numPartitions: 40
+        replicationFactor: 1
+      - name: "output"
+        numPartitions: 40
+        replicationFactor: 1
+      - name: ".*samza.*"
+        removeOnly: true
+      - name: ".*uc2-application.*"
+        removeOnly: true
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