Job Title: Lead Solution Architect
Location: Warton – Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working arrangements! Speak to your recruiter about the options available for this role.
Salary: £61,110+ (dependent on experience)
What You’ll Be Doing:
* Defining Solution Architecture: Craft the architecture and design for projects that meet business and system requirements while adhering to cost and time constraints.
* Capturing Architectures: Define the current and future application, data, and technology architectures for assigned projects.
* Ensuring Quality: Assure that the overall functional and technical design of the solution is acceptable and fit for purpose.
* Providing Design Leadership: Lead the IM&T solution design and collaborate with 3rd parties and product teams to ensure effective communication.
* Liaising with Suppliers: Work closely with internal and external IM&T suppliers and product teams.
* Supporting Project Management: Collaborate with Project Managers to develop project plans, review estimates, and identify potential challenges.
Your Skills and Experiences:
Essential:
* Proven experience in the design, development, testing, and release of Information Systems.
* Strong incident and problem management skills.
* Effective stakeholder management – influencing local organizations, customers, suppliers, partners, and peers.
* Familiarity with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
Desirable:
* Architecture qualification such as TOGAF.
* Additional industry qualifications like BCS.
Benefits:
At BAE Systems, we offer more than just a competitive salary. Enjoy a robust pension scheme, employee share plans, and a wide range of flexible health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits. This includes a green car scheme, private health plans, and shopping discounts. You may also qualify for an annual incentive!
The Engineering Systems Competency Centre:
Join our dynamic ESCC Team, a cross-functional group dedicated to delivering critical technical solutions and system support. Collaborate with engineering software vendors, application owners, and internal stakeholders to ensure tools and processes run smoothly across global projects. This role offers exciting opportunities for international collaboration and innovation in engineering excellence.
Why BAE Systems?
Here, you can truly make a difference! We foster an inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives, rewards integrity, and empowers you to reach your full potential. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and strive to make our recruitment processes as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.
Important Security Information: Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Factors such as nationality, previous nationalities, and place of birth may affect your eligibility for certain roles. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, with many roles requiring higher levels of National Security Vetting, typically necessitating 5 to 10 years of continuous UK residency.
Closing Date: 12th February 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible!
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