Software Architect

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About the role

Job Title : Software Architect

Location : Isle of Wight – Cowes or Portsmouth – BroadOak

Salary : Up to £85,700 depending on skills and experience plus bonus scheme. Part time & accruing hours available. Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options.

Responsibilities :

• Provide Software Subject Matter Expertise : Working across multiple projects with various programming languages, architectures, and lifecycle models, offering specialist technical advice and guidance to peers and projects.
• Define and Develop Architectural Artefacts : Creating, assessing, and reviewing software and data processing architectures to meet software and system requirements and support future re-use of software, ensuring alignment throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Establish and Maintain Design Processes : Enhancing transformational activities and tools used to develop and manage software design artefacts, ensuring robust, resilient, scalable, and secure middleware and applications architectures on modern hardware.
• Ensure Toolchain Compliance and Integration : Collaborating with DevOps to ensure tools are licensed, OSS-compliant, interoperable, and integrated into the build process.
• Lead Technical Governance : Conduct peer reviews, lead technical design reviews, verify and sign off software designs, and uphold Maritime Services’ software processes.
• Promote Continuous Improvement and Knowledge Sharing : Supporting skills development within the team, maintaining awareness of industry trends, and ensuring architectural awareness of Security and Safety Integrity Levels (SILs).

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Benefits :

Competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, flexible health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans, shopping discounts, and potential annual incentives.

About the Future Radar Team :

Join us in shaping the future of radar technology. We are evolving our radar portfolio by enhancing existing products and developing new radar solutions to address emerging threats in Future Air Dominance. Collaborate with our customers and invest in talent to keep the UK at the forefront of defence innovation.

As the Software Architect, you will act as the technical focal point and design authority, developing and maintaining software architectures that meet complex radar requirements. Using modern operating systems, tools, and design patterns, you will create robust, resilient, scalable, and secure middleware and application layers for hardware. You’ll leverage licensed and open-source tools, ensuring OSS compliance, and work with the wider team to ensure smooth implementation, integration, and testing.

Our workplace in Cowes is accessible from Southampton via ferry and BAE shuttle service. We offer flexible working arrangements, including hours and location, to help balance work and personal life.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place to make a real difference. We value diversity, reward integrity and merit, and empower you to reach your potential. We are inclusive and support candidates with disabilities or health conditions by offering reasonable adjustments. Many roles require security and export control clearances, including UK residency requirements.

Closing Date : 31st July 2025. We may close early if we receive sufficient applications. Apply early to be considered.

Nice-to-have skills :

Work Experience : Software Architect

Languages : English

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