Application Architect

Job Title: Application Architect

Location: Warton or other NW Area sites - Hybrid, 3 days onsite

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

Salary: £67,000 (minimum)

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.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there's no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

You'll play a key role in shaping the future application landscape across the sector, supporting the design and evolution of enterprise-wide technology solutions. Working closely with Group IM&T, business owners and technical teams, you'll define application strategies, roadmaps and architecture standards that improve performance, security and efficiency across a highly detailed digital environment.

You'll contribute to application portfolio coordination, integration design and technology governance, supporting modernisation and reducing system obsolescence. Using architecture frameworks, application management tools and emerging technologies, you'll help guide solution delivery across the full development lifecycle. This role offers considerable opportunities to influence strategic technology strategies, support innovation and develop within a highly collaborative architecture function.

Core duties:

• Defining application architecture roadmaps, aligning systems with business goals, security standards and operational requirements
• Collaborating with business owners and technical teams to maintain integrated, scalable and consistent application solutions
• Overseeing application portfolio activities, supporting system rationalisation, data quality and technology lifecycle planning
• Evaluating emerging technologies, recommending tools and frameworks to improve application performance and efficiency
• Supporting governance and solution delivery, reviewing designs and ensuring compliance with architecture standards and best practices

Essential Skills:

• Experience delivering application architecture standards and governance within multi-faceted enterprise or technology environments
• Considerable stakeholder and people coordination skills, supporting collaboration across technical and business teams
• Ability to influence customers, suppliers, partners and peers to support consistent technology and architecture strategies
• Familiarity with IT governance frameworks, supporting compliance, risk management and effective decision -making processes
• Experience working within an IT function, with awareness of emerging technologies, trends and industry best practices

The Group IM&T Team:

Driving the future application landscape across the sector, this function shapes technology strategy, architecture standards and system integration. By improving performance, security and efficiency across complex digital environments, it supports innovation, reduces technology risk and enables scalable solutions that contribute to 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: 25th 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.