Job Title: Enterprise Architect
Location: UK, Hybrid
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Create the future of secure engineering
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Enterprise Architect at Wigmore Street, near Central London, Greater London.
The role
As an Enterprise Architect, you will shape the technology direction of a global organisation delivering critical services in defence, aerospace and engineering. This is an exciting opportunity to influence enterprise‑wide decision‑making, modernise IT capabilities, and ensure technology solutions directly support Babcock’s strategic ambitions.
Day-to-day, your work will help protect national security, enable major transformation programmes, and strengthen the digital backbone of the organisation all while offering you exceptional professional growth and exposure to senior leadership.
1. Represent enterprise architecture at executive forums, providing insight that shapes major strategic decisions.
2. Define and communicate the enterprise architecture vision, ensuring alignment with long‑term business goals and digital transformation priorities.
3. Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, advocating for sustainable, scalable and secure technology solutions.
4. Establish architectural principles, standards and policies that support consistency and quality across all technology domains.
5. Create and present enterprise architecture and solution outlines, ensuring full traceability back to business strategies.
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 1-2 days in the office and the rest of week working from home. There will be occasional travel to Portsmouth and Bristol.
Essential experience of the Enterprise Architect
6. Demonstrable experience designing technical solutions for large‑scale, complex environments.
7. Strong background working with technologies such as Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and Oracle.
8. Proven experience in system architecture and technology governance.
9. Ability to develop strategic plans, convert them into actionable roadmaps and translate complex business needs into scalable solutions.
10. Understanding of modern technologies including microservices, APIs, data platforms and cybersecurity principles.
Qualifications for the Enterprise Architect
11. Technical qualifications such as MCSE, CCNA or TOGAF.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and 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 Babcock
We’re Babcock a global FTSE organisation with over 26, 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.
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