Security Architect: Zero Trust & Cloud Security (Hybrid)

Malvern Panalytical; Malvern; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Job summary

Malvern Panalytical is seeking a Security Architect to define and govern enterprise security architecture across IT, cloud, digital, and OT. You will translate high-level requirements into practical standards and guardrails, ensuring secure by design delivery and influencing cross-functional teams globally.

This role blends strategic thinking with hands-on architectural leadership, guiding risk assessments, architecture reviews, and governance activities to continually improve security posture.

Qualifications

• Experience in Security Architecture or senior security engineering.
• Strong understanding of cloud, identity, network, application, and data security.
• Experience applying security-by-design methodologies and Zero Trust concepts within complex environments.
• Knowledge of security governance, risk management, and architecture assurance processes.
• Experience conducting architecture reviews, threat modelling exercises, and risk assessments.
• Ability to develop security standards, frameworks, and architectural patterns that can be adopted across multiple teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with practical delivery requirements.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can evolve.
• Relevant security certifications (CISSP, SABSA, TOGAF, Azure Security, or equivalent) would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Act as a central security design authority, ensuring security is embedded by design and by default across all technology environments.
• Apply and promote key principles such as Zero Trust, least privilege, and defence in depth to create scalable and resilient security architectures.
• Translate security policies and business requirements into practical standards, design patterns, and implementation guardrails.
• Bridge the gap between security, architecture, and delivery teams to ensure security requirements are both effective and achievable.
• Provide architectural leadership, challenge, and assurance across strategic technology initiatives and major design decisions.
• Lead and contribute to architecture reviews, risk assessments, and governance activities to identify and address security risks early.
• Shape and evolve target-state security architecture roadmaps, driving continuous improvement and innovation.
• Influence stakeholders across engineering, cloud, digital, and operational teams to embed security into everyday delivery practices.
• Balance technical depth, strategic objectives, and business priorities to enable secure technology transformation.
• Contribute to strengthening Malvern Panalytical's overall security posture while maintaining robust governance and control frameworks.

Skills

Security Architecture

Security Engineering

Cloud security

Zero Trust

Threat modelling

Governance

Stakeholder management

Architectural patterns

Security standards

Education

Security certifications (CISSP, SABSA, TOGAF)

Job description

Malvern Panalytical is seeking a Security Architect to define and govern enterprise security architecture across IT, cloud, digital, and OT. You will translate high-level requirements into practical standards and guardrails, ensuring secure by design delivery and influencing cross-functional teams globally.

This role blends strategic thinking with hands-on architectural leadership, guiding risk assessments, architecture reviews, and governance activities to continually improve security posture.