Business Analyst

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking an experienced Business Analyst for the AUKUS programme, working in Barrow-in-Furness. The role focuses on analysing business requirements, ensuring alignment across teams, and shaping architecture. A competitive salary of around £50,000 is complemented by robust benefits, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Validated experience in business analysis within multi-layered organisations.
• Good skills in requirements gathering and stakeholder engagement.
• Understanding of Agile or hybrid methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and document business requirements for solution planning.
• Ensure process alignment across international partners.
• Act as a key voice in shaping digital and business architecture.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder engagement

Traceability

Process modelling

Continuous improvement

Education

BCS Diploma or equivalent experience

Tools

Business Analyst tools

Job description

Job Title: Business Analyst

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: circa £50,000subject to skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Analyse and document business requirements to inform solution selection and deployment plans

• Ensure process alignment across international partners and internal teams

• Maintain clear traceability between business needs and technical delivery

• Provide insight through Business Analysis and process modelling to drive informed decisions

• Act as a key voice in shaping the digital and business architecture of the SSNA programme

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Validated experience in business analysis within multi-layered organisations

• Good skills in requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, and traceability

• Demonstrable experience using Business Analyst tools and techniques to support strategy-making

• Process modelling and continuous improvement experience

• Understanding of project delivery within Agile or hybrid methodologies

Desirable:

• BCS Diploma or qualified through equivalent experience

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The AUKUS IM&T Enablement Team:

We’re excited to offer a unique and strategic opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst to join our team supporting the AUKUS programme a ground-breaking partnership between the UK and Australia.

This role is key to establishing enterprise-level collaboration, enabling integrated, secure, and scalable processes across both nations. You’ll be working with stakeholders across the business to translate needs into actionable insights and ensure that requirements are aligned to support delivery of complex solutions. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 7th August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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