IT Practitioner – Solution Architecture

Job Title : IT Practitioner – Solution Architecture

Location:

Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please  speak  to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary:
Competitive

What you’ll be doing

You will be working closely with Business Analysts to support requirements gathering

Contributing to the development and production of solution options and selecting down to present to business stakeholders

Supporting with demand m anagement  meetings to help route requirements appropriately to delivery teams or convert to projects

Aligning any incoming demand to the functional and overall strategic roadmap

Producing Architecture governance documentation whilst adhering to and following BAE  principles  and guidelines

Supporting with the production of high level designs to gain quotations from the IT service provider to support with the mobilisation of IT projects

Identifying and recording Architecture debt and d ecisions

Your skills and experiences

Essential

Experience gained in translating business requirements into solutions and select down process

Prior initial knowledge and experience gained within modelling and solution architecture

Knowledge and experience of The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

Competency  gained in identifying risks and opportunities

Desirable

Knowledge and experience of Business  Analysis  Process

Knowledge of the IT function – teams within the function and their high level responsibilities

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.

The IT Product Fulfilment team

By joining us in the team, you will have a fantastic opportunity to engage with multiple stakeholders across the business,  determining  their requirements, liaising with internal IT stakeholders and advising on IT solutions to meet them, while ensuring alignment with the functional and organisational strategy/roadmap. You will play a key part in some of our most  complex  and exciting programmes to date.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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:  6th February 2026

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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