Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Location: Plymouth, Bristol or Leicester + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £43, + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape the Future of Defence and Engineering
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Business Analyst at our Babcock Technology Centre, Devonport Royal Dockyard or Leicester, Radar Road sites.
The role
As a Senior Business Analyst, you’ll be at the heart of delivering innovative digital solutions that directly support submarines at sea and the Royal Navy. This is your opportunity to make a real impact on national security while advancing your career in a dynamic, future-focused environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll work within our Digital Solutions team in Babcock Naval Marine, collaborating with talented professionals to provide specialist knowledge management and technical expertise across a range of cutting-edge products and technologies. This role offers exposure to complex transformation programmes and the chance to influence the future of defence technology.
1. Leading medium to large-scale projects within transformation programmes, delivering solutions for complex asset management
2. Acting as Product Owner for key systems, ensuring alignment with business objectives
3. Modelling business information and producing system design documentation
4. Building strong customer relationships based on trust and collaboration
5. Working with technical architects to develop system architecture design and documentation
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Senior Business Analyst
6. Proven product ownership experience within an agile delivery framework
7. Ability to deliver detailed system documentation within a waterfall framework
8. Strong understanding of software solution architectures and system design
9. Experience developing system models and using design tools (e.g., UML, enterprise architecture frameworks)
10. Knowledge management and mentoring skills
Qualifications for the Senior Business Analyst
11. Degree in an IT-related discipline, BCS Business Analysis qualification, or equivalent experience as a Business Analyst
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 ()
What we offer
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
15. Employee share scheme
16. Employee shopping savings portal
17. Payment of Professional Fees
18. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
19. 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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
20. ‘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
21. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.