Enterprise Architect in Warrington

Location: Hybrid, UK

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape The Future of Technology in Defence and Engineering

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Enterprise Architect at any of our main UK locations including London, Warrington, Bristol, Devonport, Leicester, Rosyth.

Role

As Enterprise Architect, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how technology enables our business to deliver critical defence, aerospace and engineering programmes. This is a strategic, high-impact position where you’ll influence enterprise-wide decisions, align technology with business objectives, and ensure our digital landscape evolves to meet future challenges. You’ll work at the heart of our corporate services function, collaborating with senior leaders and technical teams to create scalable, secure and forward-thinking architecture. This is an opportunity to help drive innovation, optimise operations and contribute to projects that protect national security and critical infrastructure - all while advancing your own career in a dynamic, purpose-driven environment.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Leading enterprise architecture discussions and influencing senior stakeholders across the organisation
• Developing and maintaining technology strategies aligned to business goals
• Establishing architectural principles, standards and governance across all domains
• Creating and presenting enterprise architecture models and roadmaps
• Identifying opportunities to optimise platforms through consolidation, reuse and innovation

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office and days working from home.

Essential Experience:

• Strong experience in enterprise or solution architecture and architecture modelling tools
• Translating business strategy into actionable technology roadmaps
• Interpreting complex business requirements into scalable, sustainable solutions
• Aligning technology architecture with organisational goals and priorities
• Working with modern technologies such as microservices, APIs, data platforms and cybersecurity principles

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, or a related field
• Professional certifications such as TOGAF, MCSE, CCNA or equivalent (preferred)

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and 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 may affect your eligibility for certain roles based on place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

What We Offer:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave. This window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) for volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity

EEO Statement:

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.

Closing date: 03/07/2026