Job Title:
System Design Authority – Business Systems
Competency
Centre
Location:
Warton – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary:
£63,900+ depending on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
Oversee the design, development and acceptance of the Air Sector Architecture and Infrastructure, ensuring alignment with wider enterprise strategy and Group technology goals
Support the seamless integration of all business systems and digital solutions within the broader Air Sector architecture to enable end-to-end operational efficiency
Oversee governance and approval of business requirements, solution designs and acceptance criteria, ensuring all systems meet agreed standards, functionality and performance expectations
Shape and influence the strategic direction of business systems by collaborating with strategic vendors, cross-functional stakeholders (Procurement, Commercial, Finance, Project
Management ), architectural peers and the Head of the Business Systems
Competency
Centre
Your skills and experiences:
Essential
Experience in an IT-related role, ideally including substantial experience of the business systems support area
Specific experience in Information/Data architecture development and delivery of IM&T solutions through business transformation projects
Experience of systems
analysis
& design in a broad business environment including experience of design for and deployment/operation
Desirable
Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
Validated experience in business information
analysis, including the functional
leadership
and mentoring of Business Architects, Solution Architects and Business Analysts
Considerable background in information and data
analysis
within large-scale business systems environments
Demonstrated experience in developing cost estimates and proposals for IM&T components of major bids and programmes
TOGAF certification (or equivalent)
ITIL certification (or equivalent)
Experience across the full solution development lifecycle, from concept to delivery
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.
IM&T Architecture – Business systems
competency
centre – Air
There are several exciting and high-profile transformation projects currently underway across the Air Sector and the wider business. These
initiatives
offer excellent development and career progression opportunities, both within the team and across the organisation.
The role
provides the chance to work with a diverse range of back-office systems, primarily focused on Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solutions, with opportunities to develop bespoke applications where required.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. 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 (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder
etc .) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please
speak
to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export
control
restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict
the roles
you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All
applicants
must
as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where
applicants
must
typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for
the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date
14th November 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for
the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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