SC Cleared Business Analyst

ARM; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

ARM is seeking a Business Analyst with active SC clearance for a 6-month contract in Reading, with hybrid work requiring 2 days on-site. The role supports digital engineering projects and requires experience in Synthetics, ITEA or TLS within a defence context.

The selected candidate will elicit and manage requirements, maintain baselines, and coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, development and verification to ensure alignment with delivery goals.

Qualifications

• Strong Business Analysis and Requirements Management experience.
• Experience in Synthetics, ITEA or TLS.
• Experience in Aerospace or Defence environments.
• Strong requirements elicitation, traceability and change management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience delivering or supporting digital/engineering tools.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse and document business and stakeholder requirements.
• Manage requirements throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Maintain requirements baselines, traceability and change control.
• Support requirement decomposition, allocation and impact assessments.
• Work closely with engineering, development and verification teams.
• Coordinate stakeholders and ensure requirements are aligned with technical delivery.
• Support reviews, validation activities, audits and governance.
• Produce and review business and technical documentation.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements Mgmt

Stakeholder Mgmt

Synthetics

ITEA

TLS

Aerospace/Defence

Education

Degree in Aerospace Engineering

Computer Science

Systems Engineering

Job description

SC Cleared Business Analyst

6-Month Initial Contract

Reading/Hybrid - 2 Days On-site

£Market Rate (Inside IR35)

***Please note - The selected candidaate must have ACTIVE SC Clearance AND be a Sole British National***

My client, a defence based organisation are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to support digital engineering projects.

The client requires a Business Analyst with experience in ONE or more of the following areas: Synthetics, ITEA or TLS.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse and document business and stakeholder requirements.
• Manage requirements throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Maintain requirements baselines, traceability and change control.
• Support requirement decomposition, allocation and impact assessments.
• Work closely with engineering, development and verification teams.
• Coordinate stakeholders and ensure requirements are aligned with technical delivery.
• Support reviews, validation activities, audits and governance.
• Produce and review business and technical documentation.

Essential Experience

• Strong Business Analysis and Requirements Management experience.
• Practical experience in one or more of:
• Synthetics - Model & Simulation
• ITEA - Integrated Test, Evaluation & Assurance / Virtual & Physical Testing, Qualification & Certification
• TLS - Training & Through Life Support
• Experience within Aerospace or Defence environments.
• Strong requirements elicitation, traceability and change management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience delivering or supporting digital/engineering tools.

Desirable

• Knowledge of aircraft certification, qualification and regulatory processes.
• Experience working in regulated development environments.
• ArchiMate and/or TOGAF.
• Experience working with Defence Primes, MoD or system integrators/suppliers.
• Experience working across international/transnational teams.
• Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering or a related discipline.