Cloud Architect and Governance Lead in Bristol

Role Type: Full Time, Permanent

Location: Based in UK, Netherlands or Portugal, can also be remote (with international travel)

Role Benefits: Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits + holiday (plus Bank holidays) + Pension Scheme, and more!

About the role: Are you looking for a role where you can shape the future cloud platforms at Malvern Panalytical? At Malvern Panalytical we are looking for a Cloud Architect & Governance Lead to take ownership of our cloud architecture, strategy, and governance driving secure, resilient, and cost‑effective solutions at global scale. In this role you will define our cloud direction, establish robust governance, and act as a trusted advisor across IT, Cyber, and the wider business. If you thrive on combining deep technical expertise with leadership, strategy, and impact, this role offers a real opportunity to leave your mark. You will design, evolve, and govern Malvern Panalytical’s cloud landscape, ensuring it is secure by design, fit for purpose, compliant, and financially optimised. Working closely with Cyber Compliance, engineering teams, and external partners, you will enable teams to innovate quickly while maintaining strong controls and accountability.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Design and champion scalable, resilient, high‑availability cloud architectures across Azure and AWS.
• Define and execute a comprehensive Cloud Strategy and lifecycle, aligned with business and technology goals.
• Act as a trusted advisor, helping teams design secure, compliant cloud solutions that meet business needs.
• Establish, operate, and continuously improve cloud governance, policies, and controls.
• Partner closely with Cyber Compliance to ensure alignment with security standards and regulatory requirements (e.g. ISO 27001, NIS2, CRA).
• Lead a Cloud Governance Board, overseeing policy compliance, risk management, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure cloud environments comply with company policies including Cloud Security, Backup & Disaster Recovery.
• Embed security, resilience, and least‑privilege principles into architecture, automation, and operating models.
• Own the cloud budget, including forecasting, cost monitoring, and reporting by platform and consuming team.
• Create and maintain clear documentation covering architectures, operations, and workflows.
• Manage cloud platform providers and support partners, ensuring performance meets expectations and identifying alternatives where required.
• Coach, mentor, and upskill teams to operate confidently and independently in the cloud—without compromising governance.
• Share knowledge, promote best practice, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and learning.

About You:

• 10+ years’ experience in senior cloud and technical architecture roles within cloud‑adopted organisations.
• Proven track record leading cloud governance frameworks and large‑scale cloud adoption initiatives.
• Deep hands‑on expertise in Azure (IaaS & PaaS), security, compliance, high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery.
• Strong focus on performance optimisation, cost management, and policy creation, enforcement, and reporting.
• Advanced automation and Infrastructure‑as‑Code skills (Terraform, ARM), with solid DevOps/DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline experience.
• Robust knowledge of networking and security principles (Secure by Design, Least Privilege), monitoring and reporting (Azure Monitor, Power BI), and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Confident, analytical, and pragmatic communicator who works effectively both independently and collaboratively, with a passion for continuous improvement.
• Azure‑aligned certifications (e.g. AZ‑305) and comfortable with on‑site presence, occasional international travel, and operating in high‑autonomy, strategically influential roles.

What’s in It for You:

• Be a part of an ambitious, fast‑growing, international company with a friendly and inclusive culture.
• Drive growth within a leading global organisation whose purpose is to work with our customers, to make the world a better place.
• Be a key member of our team in our amazing offices, with a hybrid working model available.
• Access to an onsite restaurant.
• Gym discounts.
• Volunteering days and much more.

About us - Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics and SciAps: We are the toolmakers for the world's most innovative companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories. We are their partners in discovery. Malvern Panalytical instruments analyze the chemical, physical and structural nature of materials, from proteins to polymers and semiconductors to minerals. Our leading technologies measure particle size, shape, concentration and zeta potential, biomolecular interactions and stability, elemental concentrations and crystallographic structure. Micromeritics manufactures systems for the characterization of particles, powders, and porous materials for a wide‑range of end markets including catalysts, chemicals, building materials, clean‑tech and battery. Our leading technologies measure surface area, porosity, density, adsorption and particle activity. SciAps specializes in portable X‑ray fluorescence (XRF), laser‑based (LIBS) and near‑infrared (NIR) analyzers to measure any element in any environment. SciAps is the Center of Excellence for our handheld instruments. We have a global footprint with R&D and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and Asia. We are more than 2,500 employees in a customer‑focused organization with sales and service offices in 20 countries, all committed to delivering expert and responsive customer support. We are part of Spectris. Spectris combines precision with purpose, delivering progress for a more sustainable world. Precision is at the heart of what we do – our leading, high‑tech instruments and software equip our customers to solve some of their greatest challenges to make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive. Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics & SciAps Your Partners in Discovery. Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics and SciAps, part of the Spectris Group, are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and achieve a fulfilling career. Changing the world isn’t something you can do on your own, or with a single way of thinking; it takes a wide collection of experiences, stories, knowledge, and expertise. We encourage applications from underrepresented individuals and people with diverse backgrounds. Although we always select the most qualified applicant for each role and make all decisions without regard to race, sex, age, or any other protected class, we are an inclusive, equal opportunity organization that prizes diversity. Your unique perspective is important to us.