OverviewLocation:
South-West (Hybrid), with occasional UK travelContract:
Permanent, Full-TimeSecurity Clearance:
Eligible for UK SC (existing clearance preferred)
Raptor is a Bristol-based consultancy working across business, operations, and technology within Defence and Security. We act as an independent trusted partner to our clients, embedding within their teams to help shape complex capabilities and support confident, evidence-based decisions.
Our work connects strategy to delivery. We ensure solutions are not only technically sound, but also operationally effective and capable of delivering real-world outcomes across mission and enterprise environments.
The RoleWe are looking for Consultant Systems Engineers who are comfortable operating across business, operational, and technical domains to shape integrated solutions to complex problems.
This is not a traditional systems engineering role. You will work closely with clients to understand challenges, design operating models and services, and translate these into coherent, implementable solutions across people, process, data, and technology.
You will typically work embedded within client teams, collaborating with multidisciplinary stakeholders to define problems, explore options and support delivery.
Grade ExpectationsWe are hiring at both Senior and Principal levels:
Senior Consultant
Strong practitioner delivering high-quality outputs within client teams
Leads workstreams and supports engagements
Builds trusted relationships with stakeholders
Principal Consultant
Leads client engagements and shapes problem definition
Owns senior client relationships and acts as a trusted advisor
Drives business development, proposal writing, and growth
Contributes to Raptor’s capability development and thought leadership
What You’ll DoYou will:
Shape and define solutions across business and technical domains
Translate stakeholder needs into integrated system and service designs
Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement to define problems and solutions
Apply systems thinking to understand interdependencies across complex capabilities
Support architectural thinking, options analysis, and decision-making
Build trusted relationships with clients and suppliers, acting as a credible advisor
Contribute to thought leadership and the development of our consulting capability
Typical outputs may include:
Operating model designs, process maps, and workflows
Capability models (logical, operational, service)
Requirements sets and supporting artefacts
Workshop outputs and stakeholder maps
Decision support packs and options analyses
What You’ll BringEssential
Experience working in Defence, Security, Government or highly regulated environments
Strong systems thinking, applying structured approaches to complex problems across people, process, and technology
Ability to translate business needs into end-to-end, implementable solutions
Experience in applying systems engineering approaches (e.g. requirements, architecture, lifecycle thinking)
Experience working across strategy, design, and delivery environments
Strong communication skills, including facilitating workshops and influencing decision-makers
Degree in STEM or a related discipline
Eligible for UK SC security clearance
Desirable
Experience in business analysis and stakeholder engagement
Experience with systems engineering or architecture frameworks and tools (e.g. MBSE, DOORS, Sparx, Cameo)
Experience developing operating models or organisational designs
Experience in agile or iterative delivery environments
Experience working in client-side or advisory roles within MOD, DE&S, Defence Digital (Digital & Data), or similar organisations
Consultancy experience, including shaping and delivering advisory engagements
Working at RaptorAs a growing consultancy, you will have real influence over both client outcomes and how we operate as a business. You won’t be one of many layers in a large organisation, you will:
Work directly with senior clients on meaningful problems
Have visible impact on engagements and outcomes
Contribute to shaping our ways of working and growth
What We OfferWe reward great work and support long-term growth:
25 days’ holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off
Flexible leave – option to buy up to 10 additional days
Rapid Reward Scheme – discretionary bonus every 6 months
7% pension contribution
Annual car allowance
Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Private medical insurance & life assurance
Professional development support & membership fee reimbursement
ApplyIf you’re looking to work on meaningful problems and shape capabilities of national importance, we’d love to hear from you.
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