Systems Architect

In this role you will design and own the architecture for Geospatial and satellite data products, balancing performance, security and compliance. You will contribute across the full lifecycle in a collaborative Agile environment, engaging with stakeholders to shape robust, reusable solutions. You’ll work on government and MOD ISR-focused projects, with security-by-design as a core principle. This is a multi-disciplinary role at Airbus Defence and Space, offering cross-functional collaboration and opportunities to influence next‑gen secure geospatial software.

• competitive salary
• annual profit share
• contributory pension
• share options
• car leasing scheme
• hybrid working

• Translate goals and requirements into robust Geospatial architectures
• Establish end-to-end traceability from requirements to design using MBSE (SysML/UML)
• Drive architectural vision through stakeholder engagement and information gathering
• Promote component reuse and system evolution to meet future demands

• Strong experience designing architectures for complex systems in shared services, SOA, or microservices environments
• Experience with security, cybersecurity, reliability, and compliance constraints
• Hands-on familiarity with AWS cloud services (advantageous)
• Experience in environments requiring security by design for government and MOD projects
• Knowledge of MBSE (SysML/UML) and model-based design

• Collaborative mindset
• Proactive with questions and red-flag spotting
• Creative problem solving
• MBSE (SysML/UML)
• Geospatial software architecture
• Microservices architecture