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# Senior Through Life Data Exploitation Engineer

- **Company:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** Brough, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £59,938.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Information Engineering, Data Governance, Service Development Studio, Systems Modeling Language, System Availability, Information Technology, Data Management
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5937648219

## About the Role

* Degree qualified in a relevant STEM discipline (Engineering, Mathematics, Science, IT) or equivalent professional experience.
 * Proven experience leading and coordinating teams, providing technical direction and driving delivery against strategic objectives.
 * Demonstrable experience supporting and delivering digital transformation initiatives within complex engineering, technology or support environments.
 * Strong ability to engage with stakeholders and translate customer requirements, operational needs and emerging technologies into clear strategies, roadmaps and implementation plans.
 * Experience applying Data Management, Data Standards, Data Modelling, Data Engineering and Data Science principles, with an understanding of how data can be exploited to enhance support and service delivery.
 * Knowledge of supportability and defence support frameworks, including experience with one or more of\: UK MOD Knowledge in Defence (KiD), Support Solution Envelope 21 (SSE21), Integrated Logistics Support (Def-Stan 00-600), or ASD/AIA S-Series Integrated Product Support Specifications.
 * Understanding of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies and tools, such as MooD, CAMEO, SysML or MagicGrid.
 * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate and lead across multidisciplinary teams and customer organisations.

## Description

We are seeking a Senior Through-Life Support Engineer to help shape and deliver innovative support solutions for advanced air systems. The role focuses on developing digital support strategies and defining data-driven solutions that enhance the delivery of through-life services. Working across engineering and support functions, you will help ensure data and information are effectively managed, analysed and exploited to improve system availability, optimise performance and support long-term sustainment throughout the operational lifecycle of the platform..

Core duties:

 * Lead engagement with customers and industry subject matter experts to elicit, define and capture the digital capability requirements needed to underpin the Through-Life Support (TLS) solution.
 * Lead the development, maintenance and delivery of the Through-Life Support Digital Strategy, driving the implementation of strategic objectives through the design and evolution of TLS solutions.
 * Lead collaboration with system architects to develop model-based representations of the TLS digital ecosystem, ensuring alignment between operational, technical and support requirements.
 * Drive the integration of the TLS Digital Strategy across wider programme activities, ensuring requirements for IT systems, digital infrastructure, data management, governance, technologies, and C2&I capabilities are identified, communicated and embedded.
 * Lead the alignment of the TLS Digital Strategy with related programme, product and service development strategies to ensure a coherent and integrated approach.
 * Lead and coordinate the activities of a small team, providing direction, supporting planning and review activities, and ensuring delivery of key milestones, outputs and programme objectives.