Job Title: Lead Enterprise Architect

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: Circa £80,000 depending on skills and experience with executive car allowance and bonus on top

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

As a Lead Enterprise Architect, you will play a key part and lead the alignment of IT strategies with business, sector and group objectives, whilst both creating and managing a single roadmap across IT and OT capabilities. This will be to help maximise the efforts and value from investment out of the project delivery whilst identifying and managing cross Product Group dependencies across Submarines, the wider sector and overall IT Group.

You’ll develop and maintain a view of how “fit for purpose” Submarines business capabilities are, whilst guiding investment prioritisation based on a holistic understanding of business needs.

Core duties:

• You will drive cross product integration, whilst aligning IT strategies and roadmaps with business priorities

• You will oversee programme architecture, ensuring the coordinated planning, dependencies and shared risk visibility

• You will champion high standards in user experience and support the effective evaluation and user involvement

• You will communicate policies and standards, whilst helping to deliver organisational strategies for strong information control

Essential Skills:

• You will hold demonstrable experience within an IT Function as a highly experienced Enterprise Architect
• You will need to have gained an expert level of experience in supporting strategy definition and architectural road mapping of key projects
• Be able to balance the requirements of proposals with the broader needs of the organisation
• You will need to be able to promote a learning and growth culture in the Architecture Discipline
• You will need prior experience gained and the ability going forward to identify and advocate for the adoption of new technologies and digital services

The Enterprise Strategy and Planning Team:

This is an exciting time to join us where as a team, we are leading the Architecture Office Strategy, delivering the overarching integrated architecture assurance of change across our estate. We connect strategies and roadmaps across Product Groups to create an aligned technology direction that supports business and sector objectives. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 7th April 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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