Senior Architect

Job Description

Job title: Senior Architect

Location: Portsmouth – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements– please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £65,000 dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Participate in Combat System architecting activities including workshops and formal meetings as required by the customer
• Production of architectural; solution, guidance, specification and standards provision, leading on allocated tasks
• Engage and manage stakeholders, undertake systems analysis, production of conceptual and logical architecture models, reference architectures, specifications and standards
• Keep up to date with latest systems architecture patterns, techniques, and associated industry technologies (including Combat Systems)
• Contribute to defining architecture policies and apply best practice, help improve architectural team maturity over time, maintain and manage architectural models and documents
• Deliver high quality outputs to time and budget
• Motivate and inspire colleagues – creating architecture where purpose, and the mechanism for adherence by others is clearly understood and realised

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Strong background in formal systems engineering
• Highly experienced in a senior architecture role
• In depth technology expertise, and wide experience of tailoring architecture frameworks, methods, and approaches in different contexts

Desirable:

• Formal certification in architectural frameworks, preferably TOGAF and UAF
• Experience of Enterprise Architect, MATLAB, System Composer
• Combat systems experience

Candidates should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects as well as specific (either academic or professional) qualifications and become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate recognised professional institution. Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve the relevant accreditation. Preference will be given to candidates who are already professionally registered.

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 NCSISS (Naval Combat Systems Integration Support Service) Team:

As part of this role you will be a part of an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing team.

The MISC located on Portsdown Hill, is a specialist facility providing vital support for Royal Navy warships whilst researching future Combat Systems and Technologies.  Shaped like a Type 45 destroyer, the MISC is a unique building that now benefits from new facilities including a state of the art visualisation suite.  The site offers a range of staff amenities, including a modern canteen with outdoor seating that offers spectacular views across Hampshire’s rolling countryside, a pool table and a gym.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 15^th April 2025 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 21^st April.

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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