Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Location: Bristol, Leicester or Warrington + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape digital solutions that support the UK’s most critical defence assets
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 Bristol, Leicester or Warrington sites.
The role
As a Senior Business Analyst, you’ll lead the analysis and design activity for medium to large‑scale projects within a portfolio of digital and business transformation programmes. Your work will support complex asset management solutions, helping the organisation make better, data‑driven decisions across engineering, operations and support functions.
Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with customers, project managers, architects and technical teams to translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements and robust system designs. With a varied pipeline of work and evolving priorities, the role offers continuous learning, professional growth and the chance to make a tangible difference to how nationally important services are delivered.
1. Leading business analysis activities across medium to large‑scale transformation projects
2. Capturing and managing detailed requirements, producing functional and solution specifications
3. Modelling business and information systems, delivering high‑quality design documentation
4. Building strong stakeholder relationships, acting as a trusted partner to customers and delivery teams
5. Supporting project delivery, working closely with project managers and technical architects
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 2 days in the office/onsite.
Essential experience of the Senior Business Analyst
6. Strong experience in requirements capture and requirements management
7. Experience working across the full software development lifecycle, including agile and waterfall delivery
8. Proven capability in business and information modelling, including entity relationship and class models
9. Experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria and functional specifications
10. Confidence applying IT solutions to solve complex business problems
Qualifications for the Senior Business Analyst
11. Degree‑level qualification in an IT‑related discipline, or equivalent proven professional experience
12. Professional business analysis certifications are advantageous
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve 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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