Solution Architect

weServed; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP / Aviva DigiCare+

Employee share scheme

Reservists in the armed forces leave

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Solution Architect to join our Digital Solutions team in Bristol with hybrid working. You will be at the heart of defence infrastructure programmes, shaping the technical solutions for submarine fleet maintenance, collaborating with government clients and partners.

Join an inclusive culture, contribute to medium to enterprise-scale projects, lead design and delivery, manage risks, and ensure alignment with architectural standards. Security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in technical architecture and solution design.
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Knowledge of security principles and governance.
• Experience delivering complex systems integration solutions.

Responsibilities

• Scope functional and non‑functional requirements and translate them into high‑level solution designs.
• Define system components, integration points and data flows using modern technologies and platforms.
• Present and communicate solution designs to stakeholders through workshops, proposals and visual storyboarding.
• Lead technical delivery, resolving complex issues, managing risks and working with software partners to achieve successful deployment.
• Ensure solutions align with architectural strategies and standards, selecting appropriate technologies and vendors to meet programme needs.

Skills

Architectural design

Stakeholder communication

Security governance

Education

BCS Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise and Solutions Architecture

Tools

Sparx EA

ArchiMate

Job description

Job Title: Solution Architect

Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74683

Shape the Future of Defence Engineering

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

The role

As a Solution Architect, you’ll be at the heart of one of the UK’s most significant defence infrastructure programmes. You’ll help shape the technical solutions that support the maintenance our submarine fleet - critical to national security. This is a unique opportunity to work within a complex organisation, collaborating with government clients, programme partners and design teams to deliver innovative, secure and scalable solutions.

By joining the architectural team, you will be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, integrity and attention to detail. We will provide you with the tools and training necessary to grow your skills in line with the ever-evolving task of submarine maintenance.

Day-to-day, you’ll be part of a growing architectural team within our Digital Solutions business unit, contributing to a portfolio of medium to enterprise-scale projects.

• Scope functional and non‑functional requirements and translate them into high‑level solution designs.
• Define system components, integration points and data flows using modern technologies and platforms.
• Present and communicate solution designs to stakeholders through workshops, proposals and visual storyboarding.
• Lead technical delivery, resolving complex issues, managing risks and working with software partners to achieve successful deployment.
• Ensure solutions align with architectural strategies and standards, selecting appropriate technologies and vendors to meet programme needs.

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

Essential experience for the Solution Architect

• Proven experience in technical architecture and solution design using tools like Sparx EA and frameworks such as ArchiMate
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate and manage all levels of stakeholders
• Strong understanding of security principles and governance
• Demonstrated success in designing and delivering complex systems integration solutions

Desirable experience for the Solution Architect

• Background in regulated industries such as defence, aerospace or nuclear, finance
• Experience in integrating enterprise level systems

Qualifications for the Solutions Architect

• Relevant qualifications in technical architecture and solution design such as BCS Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise and Solutions Architecture.
• Additional certifications in security or enterprise systems are advantageous

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national, who is 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 02/10/2026

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