Job Title: IT Systems Lead
Location: Bristol + Leicester + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £57,300 - £71,600 Depending on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68550
Drive Digital Transformation in Defence Engineering
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an IT Systems Lead at our Babcock Technology Centre or Leicester, Radar Road sites.
The role
As an IT Systems Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is a unique opportunity to influence technology direction, enhance digital capabilities, and make a real impact on national security while advancing your career in a dynamic, purpose-driven environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll be at the forefront of digital transformation within Babcock Naval Nuclear. You’ll develop strategies, manage complex IT systems, and deliver innovative solutions that support critical defence programmes.
- Developing digital strategies and roadmaps aligned with programme objectives
- Representing the programme in client and internal meetings
- Identifying opportunities to enhance digital delivery and ensuring governance and documentation are in place
- Overseeing daily support for digital engineering tools, applications, and issue resolution
- Coordinating with corporate IT and stakeholders to ensure effective planning and delivery
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the IT Systems Lead
- Proven experience managing complex IT systems, infrastructure, and enterprise platforms
- Expertise in IT governance, service management (ITSM), and compliance frameworks
- Proficiency in cloud technologies, system integration, and digital transformation
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
Qualifications for the IT Systems Lead
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field (Master’s or professional certifications preferred)
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.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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 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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
- ‘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
Babcock
We’re Babcock — 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 call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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: 15/07/2026
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