IM&T Solution Architect in Leeds

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa: Frimley, London, Leeds, Gloucester, Gt Baddow - hybrid

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

What You'll Be Doing

As a Solution Architect, you will design, own, and communicate a pragmatic, risk-aware transition roadmap that moves the Digital Intelligence estate from its current state to the target architecture. You will embed cloud-infrastructure expertise—spanning public, private, and hybrid environments—to ensure migration steps are technically sound, cost-effective, and aligned with BAE Systems standards. In addition, you will assure and lead the development of solution architectures that meet both functional and non-functional requirements, manage smooth transition into operation, and mitigate technical risks in collaboration with quality and test management. You will consult with stakeholders to evolve early solutions, uphold architecture standards, and work closely with the Chief Enterprise Architect and Head of Technology Strategy to shape initiatives that deliver a secure, resilient, and future-ready digital estate.

Essential Your skills and experiences

• Proven experience in solution architecture and transition planning within large, regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture, containerisation, infrastructure-as-code, and networking/security concepts.
• Ability to translate technical migration steps into concise, senior-level roadmaps and business cases.
• Expertise in architecture modelling and visual communication using tools such as Bizzdesign.
• Solid grasp of non-functional requirements (NFRs), technical risk management, and assurance practices.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, capable of influencing senior leaders.
• Proficiency with AI Assisted tooling.
• Minimum SC clearance; DV may be required.

Desirable

• Experience with hybrid hosting models, multi-cloud strategies, and emerging technologies.
• Knowledge of security, privacy, and compliance frameworks.
• Professional certifications (e.g., TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect/GCP) or equivalent experience.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

IM&T Vision

The vision of the IM&T Function is to actively drive to enable a world-class, resilient, digital infrastructure within BAE Systems. We will work across digital, data and cyber to create a secure, insight-led, digitally-enabled working world within BAE systems to protect those that protect us.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

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.