Data Architect Practitioner in Warton

Location: Warton – Hybrid, 3 days on site per week

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £59491+ (DOE)

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.

Job Description: You’ll play a key role within a data-driven environment, supporting the development of data foundations that enable smarter strategy-making across the organisation. Working with advanced data tools and business systems, you’ll evaluate highly detailed datasets, design data solutions and contribute to building scalable data models that support a wide range of projects within the Air Data and Analytics programme. You’ll collaborate with architects, analysts and business stakeholders to shape how data is structured, integrated and used, ensuring quality and consistency across systems. This role offers exposure to innovative data projects, opportunities to influence enterprise data strategy and ample development potential within a growing, forward-thinking data function.

Core duties:

• Reviewing multi-faceted data from business systems, identifying trends and designing solutions to support strategy-making
• Developing and maintaining data models, supporting conceptual, logical and physical structures across domains
• Collaborating with architects and stakeholders to align data solutions with business and technical requirements
• Supporting data integration and quality activities, ensuring consistency across systems and information flows
• Applying data standards and best practices, improving how data is structured, overseen and used across the organisation

Essential Skills:

• Extensive experience in data evaluation across the full lifecycle, delivering insights from multi-faceted datasets
• Ample knowledge of system integration and relational databases, including interface design and data structures
• Experience in data modelling and information architecture, supporting scalable and structured data solutions
• Ability to communicate advanced technical concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders through presentations and reports
• Considerable problem-solving skills, applying evaluative thinking to address business and data inquiries

The Information Architecture Team: Working at the centre of a major data transformation programme, this function shapes how data is structured, integrated and used across the organisation. By delivering advanced analytics and scalable data solutions, it drives innovation, supports strategic agreements and unlocks value to enable long-term business growth.

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: 19th May 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.