Senior Business Analyst - Defence

Join our organisation! AtkinsRéalis is growing its Business Analysis consulting team to support digital, data and transformation programmes across the defence sector. We are looking for experienced Business Analysts who can help clients solve complex problems in secure, highly regulated and mission‑critical environments, where operational resilience, assurance, security and stakeholder alignment are essential.

This is an opportunity to apply your business analysis expertise to meaningful defence programmes, helping clients translate mission needs into clear requirements, improve operational effectiveness, and deliver digitally enabled transformation across complex defence and secure government contexts.

We are seeking experienced professionals operating at Senior Consultant level who are ready for a new challenge. We welcome creative, adaptable problem solvers who want to help shape the future of the defence sector while continuing to develop their own career. This role offers the opportunity to work across complex, high‑impact programmes and to take your career in the direction of your interests.

When it comes to living your life, we want your role with AtkinsRéalis to be a key part of your personal journey. We have a collaborative inclusive team culture where people will help, guide and mentor you to help you grow. We pitch in and help colleagues because we succeed as a team.

Our flexible and remote working policies are designed to support different personal priorities and needs. Also, ask us about some of our recent pledges for Women’s Equality, as well as being a ‘Disability Confident’ and ‘Inclusive Employer.’

Your role

• Delivering exceptional results for our clients by putting value at the core of everything we do.
• Leading collaboration with cross‑functional teams to drive digital initiatives and shape the culture and behaviours required for successful digital adoption.
• Leading senior‑level engagement. Working with military, operational, engineering, security, commercial, assurance and digital stakeholders, using senior‑level facilitation, analysis and constructive challenge to translate complex defence and secure government needs into clear, prioritised and traceable requirements that support mission outcomes, operational resilience and deliverable digital transformation.
• Analysing processes and operations, using appropriate tools and techniques to identify improvements in accordance with client objectives, including workshop facilitation.
• Leading end‑to‑end requirements development, from initial business needs through user‑level requirements, ensuring clear translation, traceability, and alignment to support the creation of value‑adding digital solutions.
• Developing and leading transformation roadmaps that form the foundation of digital change for our customers.
• Influencing Agile practices within our client’s environment, helping to shape key activities and actively participating in sprints, scrums and retrospectives.
• Contributing to the development of operational improvement tools, techniques and methods that build capability within our teams, including exploring how AI‑enabled approaches can enhance efficiency, insight and value.
• Championing stakeholders’ needs, ensuring development is aligned with their requirements and business goals.

About you

• Experience in operating at a Senior Level in consulting services to clients or relevant business analyst role.
• Experience working in the defence sector, or in comparable highly regulated, secure or mission‑critical environments such as secure government, aerospace, national security, nuclear, energy, utilities or transport. Direct defence sector experience would be advantageous.
• Attained or working towards BA Diploma.
• Understanding of the defence delivery environment, including mission focus, security, regulatory compliance, assurance, operational resilience, configuration control and the importance of working effectively across multidisciplinary military, engineering, operational, commercial and digital teams.
• Experience in technology‑led transformation programmes across strategy, business design and change management.
• Experience in an agile project delivery environment (e.g., APMP, SAFe, MSP, DSDM, Scrum).
• Ability to lead the translation of user needs and business requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Analysing complex problems, designing innovative solutions, and communicating them effectively to a wide range of audiences.
• Experience with core Business Analysis and delivery tools such as Visio for process modelling, IBM Doors, Jira, Confluence and Azure DevOps for backlog management, and other platforms that support effective requirements development and Agile delivery.
• Exemplary stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• An avid interest in emerging technology and being digital savvy.
• Proactive in shaping the future of our team and contributing to our communities.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Additional information

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.