Business Architect

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job description

Business Architect

Location: Bristol, Leicester or Plymouth + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF61304

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 Business Architect at our Babcock Technology Centre, Leicester Radar Road or Devonport Royal Dockyard sites.

The role
As a Business Architect, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary, working with customers across the defence sector and the naval marine domain in particular.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for the development of architectural artefacts/deliverables and act in a consultative capacity supporting the customer on a range of delivery/transformation programmes.

• Contribution to the selection/definition of context-appropriate architectural meta-models including industry standard (e.g. Archimate), extended/adapted and bespoke.
• Analysis of current and future business (process and organisation), information and applications to create associated architectural models and viewpoints. This will involve bottom-up analysis of physical artefacts (e.g. database schema) and review of documentation (e.g. quality management systems, specifications, etc.) supported by interviews and workshops with subject matter experts.
• Development of ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be’ architectures to support assessment of solution options and transformation programme/portfolio management.
• Liaison with internal and customer leadership in a consultative capacity to assist in development and communication of transformation strategy.
• Application of systems thinking and architectural principles to support project teams with development of user requirements, system requirements and solution specifications including high level designs and functional specifications etc.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Business Architect

• Extensive experience using ArchiMate
• Excellent communication skills, able to distil and convey complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• Able to guide and influence customer understanding and thinking.
• Significant practical experience of the application of model driven architecture (framework agnostic) in support of business transformation.
• Able to guide and lead less experienced team members in model driven architecture.
• Must be a professional, self-starter able to take responsibility for their own work without reliance on direct guidance and close supervision.

Qualifications for the Business Architect

• Domain experience in engineering and asset management, preferably in the context of any of naval marine, defence equipment and support and nuclear (defence and civil).
• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be 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.

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.