Senior Architect: Engineering Enablement

Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it. Compensation Overview The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity, and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials, and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards. Salary Range $130,600.00 - $215,400.00 Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? As Senior Architect you play a pivotal role helping define the target state of a multi-cloud engineering ecosystem that accelerates software delivery across Travelers. Reporting to a member of the Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Enablement leadership team, your primary focus will be collaboratively designing systems and processes that streamline the jobs of engineers removing friction related to application development and environment setup. You will partner with technology and business leaders in defining target state, forging a path to success by delivering emerging technologies that transform and optimize the business. The ideal candidate is a person of high integrity, results-driven, continuously learning technologist, and passionate about technology transformations. What Will You Do? - Define target state technology architecture and roadmaps - Ensures alignment of IT initiatives with target state - Builds strong partnerships with engineering to ensure proper alignment of skills with technology direction - Prepares and delivers comprehensive communications to convey architectural direction and how it aligns with the enterprise strategy - Continuously improve efficiency and effectiveness of the architecture - Perform other duties as assigned. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? - Bachelor's in technology related field or equivalent with 5+ years of technology Architecture experience - Provided mentorship to architects - Organizational and transformational experience in an agile operating model - Establishes strategic technology direction and architecture vision for an organization - Strong proven Software Engineering experience - Developed technology target state, roadmaps that aligned to Short- and Long-term business goals - Proven track record of influencing senior leadership - Insurance technology experience - Strong grasp of value creation and business capability models - Innovation and Continuous Improvement - Has hands-on experience in the last 3 years - Executed technology modernization initiatives including migration to cloud-native and API Strategy - Current deep experience with AWS, APIs, accelerators, DevSecOps - Experienced with large-scale technology platforms - If Cyber: demonstrated proficiency in designing security solutions that align to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and Cloud Security Alliance methodologies - If Information Architect: exposure and understanding of advanced analytics techniques using ML and AI, hands-on experience with data technologies on cloud. What Is in It for You? - Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members, including spouses, domestic partners, and children, are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment. - Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. - Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays. - Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals. In addition, our Life Balance program provides access to professional counseling services, life coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs. Through Life Balance, you're eligible for five free counseling sessions with a licensed therapist. - Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice. Employment Practices Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that we can deliver the very best products and services when our workforce reflects the diverse customers and communities we serve. We are committed to recruiting, retaining and developing the diverse talent of all of our employees and fostering an inclusive workplace, where we celebrate differences, promote belonging, and work together to deliver extraordinary results. If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you. Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting. To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs, please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.