Enterprise Architect

ZipRecruiter; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment platform is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the design and alignment of enterprise architecture across organisational boundaries. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in enterprise systems and excellent stakeholder management skills, supporting digital capabilities and strategic initiatives. This position offers a salary of approximately £75,000 along with benefits including flexible working arrangements and health plans.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in working with enterprise systems supporting global processes.
• Demonstrable experience in PLM systems, SAP, or Manufacturing systems.
• Familiarity with regulated or security-focused environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and alignment of enterprise architecture.
• Develop strategic roadmaps for collaboration and digital capability.
• Assess and shape solution options balancing business needs.

Skills

Experience with enterprise systems supporting global processes

Demonstrable experience with PLM systems, SAP, or Manufacturing systems

Familiarity with highly regulated or security-focused environments

Excellent stakeholder management experience

Strong analytical and business analysis skills

Job description

Job Title: Enterprise Architect
Location: Barrow-in-Furness

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Salary: Circa £75,000 depending on skills and experience with executive car allowance and bonus on top.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the design and alignment of enterprise architecture across organisational boundaries
• Developing and driving strategic roadmaps that support long-term collaboration and digital capability
• Assessing and shaping solution options, balancing business needs, security, compliance and interoperability
• Supporting the integration of collaboration platforms, cloud architectures and secure data environments
• Facilitating process alignment and helping to define business capability models within a secure ecosystem
• Acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, guiding architectural decisions and change initiatives

Your skills and experiences:

Essential: Experience of working with enterprise systems supporting processes operated by a global workforce
Demonstrable experience with one of the following: PLM systems, SAP or Manufacturing systems of work
Familiarity with highly regulated or security-focused environments
Excellent stakeholder management experience with the ability to guide and influence
Strong analytical and business analysis skills

Desirable: Proven experience in enterprise or business architecture

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.

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 that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

BAE Systems is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and having a culture that values and respects differences.

Closing Date: 23rd October 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.