At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape technical solutions for the UK's defence infrastructure and submarine fleet.
- Company: Join Babcock, a global leader in defence engineering with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, matched pension scheme, and health consultations.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on national security while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in technical architecture and solution design is essential.
The predicted salary is between 46114 - 56362 £ per year.
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Shape the Future of Defence Engineering
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Solution Architect at our Warrington, Bristol, Leicester sites.
The role
As a Solution Architect, you’ll be at the heart of one of the UK’s most significant defence infrastructure programmes. You’ll help shape the technical solutions that support the maintenance of our submarine fleet - critical to national security. This is a unique opportunity to work within a complex organisation, collaborating with government clients, programme partners and design teams to deliver innovative, secure and scalable solutions.
By joining the architectural team, you will be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, integrity and attention to detail. We will provide you with the tools and training necessary to grow your skills in line with the ever-evolving task of submarine maintenance.
Day-to-day, you’ll be part of a growing architectural team within our Digital Solutions business unit, contributing to a portfolio of medium to enterprise-scale projects:
- Scope functional and non‑functional requirements and translate them into high‑level solution designs.
- Define system components, integration points and data flows using modern technologies and platforms.
- Present and communicate solution designs to stakeholders through workshops, proposals and visual storyboarding.
- Lead technical delivery, resolving complex issues, managing risks and working with software partners to achieve successful deployment.
- Ensure solutions align with architectural strategies and standards, selecting appropriate technologies and vendors to meet programme needs.
This role is full time and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.
Essential experience for the Solution Architect:
- Proven experience in technical architecture and solution design using tools like Sparx EA and frameworks such as ArchiMate.
- Strong understanding of security principles and governance.
- Demonstrated success in designing and delivering complex systems integration solutions.
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate and manage all levels of stakeholders.
Desirable experience for the Solution Architect:
- Background in regulated industries such as defence, aerospace or nuclear, finance.
- Experience in integrating enterprise level systems.
Qualifications for the Solutions Architect:
- Relevant qualifications in technical architecture and solution design such as BCS Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise and Solutions Architecture.
- Additional certifications in security or enterprise systems are advantageous.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national, who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
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 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 UK Babcock 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 is a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
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: 14/08/2026
Solution Architect in Bristol employer: Babcock
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