Service Architecture Lead

Cytiva; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytiva is seeking a Service Architecture Lead to define and govern service architecture for software-enabled products in Portsmouth, UK. The role ensures deployable, maintainable, diagnosable, and service-ready solutions across the product lifecycle, collaborating with engineering, service, and implementation teams.

You will drive design standards, lead reviews, and translate requirements into practical architecture while guiding cross-functional teams and external partners.

Qualifications

• Master’s or equivalent in Engineering or related technical field.
• 10+ years designing or architecting complex software-enabled systems or automation platforms.
• Ability to translate technical vision into actionable requirements and standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain service architecture standards and guardrails for software-enabled products.
• Lead Service Design Reviews across NPD and lifecycle programs to ensure deployability and upgradeability.
• Translate field and service requirements into architecture requirements early in development.
• Provide technical direction to cross-functional teams and external partners.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Architecture

IT/OT

Leadership

Education

Master's degree in Engineering or related

Tools

Rockwell

Siemens

AVEVA

OPC UA

Job description

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Service Architecture Lead is responsible for defining and governing service architecture for software-enabled products to ensure they are deployable, maintainable, recoverable, diagnosable, and service-ready across the full product lifecycle. This role translates system-level service strategy into standards, requirements, reusable procedures, and service offerings that can be executed by engineering teams, service teams, and implementation resources across new product development and on-market products.

This position reports to the Sr. Manager, GSRE Upstream & Automation and is part of Global Service engineering department located in Portsmouth, UK or Bangalore, India and will be an on-site role.

What You Will Do

• Define and maintain service architecture standards, design patterns, and guardrails across software-enabled products. Drive standardization of deployment architectures, reference designs, and reusable assets (templates, checklists, tooling)
• Lead Service Design Reviews (SDRs) across NPD and lifecycle programs to ensure deployability, recoverability, diagnostics, and upgradeability
• Own core design domains including:
• Field Installation & upgrade strategy
• Backup, restore & data integrity
• Crash recovery & resilience
• Diagnostics, logging, and observability
• IT/OT integration (networking, domain, security)
• Translate field and service requirements into technical architecture requirements early in product development
• Lead or direct work of cross-functional contributors without formal authority, including engineers and program stakeholders
• Provide technical direction and coaching to peers, contractors, and cross-functional NPD teams to ensure deliverables are standardized, reusable, scalable, and aligned to Cytiva service expectations.

Who You Are

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Automation, or a related technical discipline preferred; Bachelor’s degree with equivalent experience will be considered.
• 10+ years of experience designing, deploying, supporting, or architecting complex software-enabled systems, automation platforms, industrial control systems, IT/OT environments, or enterprise software solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to apply systems engineering thinking to connect software, infrastructure, networking, data, cybersecurity, service, and lifecycle requirements into practical architecture solutions.
• Experience developing architecture standards, serviceability frameworks, deployment models, or lifecycle strategies that enable repeatable execution by engineering teams, service organizations, and external partners.
• Proven ability to lead through influence by translating technical vision into clear requirements, reusable standards, procedures, and work packages that others can execute.
• Broad technical knowledge across multiple service domains, including software deployment and upgrades, backup and recovery, IT/OT integration, industrial networking, historian platforms, diagnostics, observability, automation validation, or system resilience.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements

• Ability to travel – up to 20% domestic and international
• Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record
• Ability to lift, move or carry equipment up to 25lb.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience with industrial automation platforms and ecosystems, including Rockwell, Siemens, AVEVA, OPC UA, historians, or related IT/OT integration technologies.
• Experience developing or governing service readiness, lifecycle support, deployment, upgrade, backup/restore, or diagnostics standards for complex software-enabled products.
• Experience working in regulated or validated environments, including exposure to SAT, IQ/OQ, GMP, or automation validation practices.

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.