Enterprise Architect

Babcock International; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence contractor in the UK seeks an Enterprise Architect for their hybrid working environment, focusing on cybersecurity, technical architecture, and solution design. Candidates should have experience in regulated industries like Nuclear or Defence. The role involves responsibilities such as project scoping and stakeholder communication, with generous benefits including matched pension contributions and excellent development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Volunteering leave

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Solution / Enterprise Architect within regulated industries such as Nuclear, Aerospace or Defence.
• Experience in accreditation and information assurance governance is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for scoping, designing and presenting solutions to key stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain a model of the current programme baseline and future IT systems architecture.
• Support bids and business changes in estimating cost and preparing business cases.

Skills

Technical Architecture

Solution Design

Product Lifecycle Management tools (PLM)

Digital Manufacturing systems

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP)

Security principles

Education

Relevant qualifications in Technical Architecture and solution design

Job description

Overview

Job Title: EnterpriseArchitect

Location: Warrington, Bristol, Leicester – Hybrid Working

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66121

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Enterprise Architect at our Warrington, Bristol, Leicester sites.

The role

As an Enterprise Architect, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. We are looking for a personable and professional Technical/Solution Architect with proven working experience within a complex organisation responsible for critical defence programmes. Closely working with government/MOD client, programme partners, and design collaborators, you will ensure the highest standards of cybersecurity across all stages of development.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Within a growing digital team, this role is responsible for a range of medium to enterprise scale projects within a wider defence programme.
• Responsible for the scoping, designing and presenting solutions to key stakeholders through discussion, written proposals, formal presentations, whiteboard workshops and diagrammatic storyboarding.
• You will be developing and maintaining a model of the current programme baseline and future IT systems architecture, integration and solutions roadmap.
• Supporting bids and business change in estimating cost and preparing business cases for solutions.

This role is full time and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience

• Must have experience in Technical Architecture and solution design.
• Advantageous to have proven experience in Product Lifecycle Management tools (PLM), Digital Manufacturing systems, as well as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) tools.
• Strong understanding of security principles is essential, and experience of accreditation and information assurance governance is advantageous.
• Proven experience as a Solution / Enterprise Architect within regulated industries such as Nuclear, Aerospace or Defence industry.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications in Technical Architecture and solution design.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 31/08/2025