IT Solution Lead - Submarines

Rolls-Royce; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Derby is seeking an IT Solution Lead to support the Submarines IT portfolio. You will develop concept solutions, maintain architecture records, and manage technical risk. The ideal candidate has a degree in a relevant discipline and demonstrates strong technical leadership. This role offers hybrid working arrangements and requires UK nationality and Security Clearance.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline.
• Demonstrates technical leadership in complex technical activities.
• Good business understanding and deep understanding of specialism.
• Advises on standards, methods, tools, and applications relevant to own specialism.

Responsibilities

• Develop concept solutions to define project scope and plans.
• Maintain architecture and design records for Submarines IT.
• Support Business Partners in determining service priorities.
• Manage technical risk for project delivery plans.
• Identify cybersecurity risks in solution development.

Skills

Technical leadership

Collaboration

Agility

Business understanding

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

Job description

Job Description

Job title - JR6143296 IT Solution Lead - Submarines (Open)

Working Pattern – Full Time

Working Location – Derby, Raynesway

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an IT Solution Lead to join Rolls‑Royce Submarines in Derby. As an IT Solution Lead for a subset of the RR Submarines IT portfolio, you’ll support the IT Project Management and IT Service Management community through leading the research and documentation of concept solutions.

Why Rolls‑Royce?

At Rolls‑Royce Submarines we support the Royal Navy as the technical authority to the UK Ministry of Defence for naval reactor plants. We are also growing our submarine and nuclear sector capabilities.

Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital‑first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you’ll be doing

You will develop concept solutions as input to the definition of project scope and plans; maintain architecture and design records for reference by the organisation to ensure Submarines IT capabilities remain compliant with Architectural Policies and Security posture and vendor support requirements.

• Contribute to the development of IT Architecture and solutions across the Submarines Enterprise.
• Support the Business Partners in determining Business and IT Service priorities and developing solutions as input to IT investment strategy.
• Support the Project Managers by interpreting project requirements, validating solution options and managing technical risk as input to the development and execution of the project delivery plan.
• Support the Security Management function by encompassing cybersecurity in solution development, identifying technical risk and preparing consistent architectural input to the Information Assurance process.
• Support the Service Transition function by encompassing Service Requirements in solution development, identifying risk and preparing consistent architectural input to the Service Assurance process.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls‑Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline, with chartered status preferred.
• Demonstrates technical leadership in complex technical and/or professional work activities, including the analysis of designs, delivery options and plans.
• Has good business understanding and deep understanding of own specialism(s).
• Advises on the available standards, methods, tools and applications relevant to own specialism and can make appropriate choices from alternatives.

We’re an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls‑Royce

To work for Rolls‑Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls‑Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Job Category: Information Technology — Posting Date: 27 Oct 2025; Posting End Date: 10 Nov 2025