The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Senior Architect - Event
The Travelers Companies, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, us, 06101
Who Are We?
The experience expected from applicants, as well as additional skills and qualifications needed for this job are listed below.
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
$135,700.00 - $223,900.00
Target Openings
1
What Is the Opportunity?
Collaborative Environment, Transformational Projects, and a Growing Team!
As a member of Enterprise Technology Solutions, you’ll be joining a strategic and collaborative team that is passionate about transforming our business and technology capabilities and paving the way for best-in-class solutions.
As a Senior Architect supporting Claim, you will collaborate with Technology and Business leaders and apply your knowledge of modern technology to influence and innovate solutions that impact the business. In this role we will look to you to:
Lead the design of event-driven architectures that enable rapid response to business changes and opportunities, improving overall organizational agility and competitiveness.
Architect scalable event-driven systems that support business growth and expansion, ensuring the infrastructure can handle increasing volumes of transactions and user interactions without compromising performance.
Create event-driven solutions that enhance by enabling personalized, responsive, and seamless interactions across various touchpoints.
Implement event-driven workflows that streamline business processes, reduce operational bottlenecks, and improve efficiency, leading to cost savings and increased productivity.
Let us help you accelerate your career as we grow our team and transform our business!
What Will You Do?
Collaborate with Claim and technology leadership to develop architecture priorities and direction to enable business imperatives.Advocate for modern architecture principles and technology modernization.Drive continuous technology transformation to reduce technical debt.Partner with engineering to align skills with technology direction and execute proof of technologies.Analyze industry and technology trends to leverage advancements.Lead and define technology proof of concepts to validate architecture solutions.Engage in hands-on prototyping of new technology solutions.Define target state technology architecture and roadmaps.Align IT initiatives with the target state architecture.Communicate architectural direction and its alignment with enterprise strategy.Optimize talent strategy to ensure appropriate balance of resources.Continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the architecture.Perform other duties as assigned.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
Education & Experience:
Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field or equivalent with 6+ years of technology architecture experience.
Event-Driven Architecture:
Lead design and modeling of events and workflows for microservices.Develop robust event processing mechanisms.Ensure scalability and high performance of event-driven architecture.Integrate with event brokers and messaging systems (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS Kinesis).Implement monitoring and logging for event flows.Deep understanding of event-driven design patterns, including event sourcing, CQRS, and pub/sub models.Hands-on experience with event brokers and messaging systems.
Technical Skills:
Experience with large-scale technology platforms and cloud data technologies.Deep experience with AWS, APIs, accelerators, and DevSecOps.Cloud Architecture Certification (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or strong cloud architecture experience.Experience developing technology roadmaps aligned with business goals.Experience in technology modernization, including cloud-native migration and API strategy.Hands on experience within the last 3 years.Good understanding of security.Experience in agile operating models and insurance technology.
Business Acumen and Competencies:
Ability to establish strategic technology direction and architecture vision in alignment with business goals.Proven ability to influence senior leadership and other stakeholders.Innovative mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.Resilience and positive attitude in the face of challenges.Ability to present technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.Strong teamwork skills for cross-functional collaboration, including developers, product managers and Circle/Value Stream leads.
What is a Must Have?
Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in work experience.Six years of experience in enterprise, application, and/or information architecture within a line of business or enterprise area.
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. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.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, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.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.
In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.
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/.
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The experience expected from applicants, as well as additional skills and qualifications needed for this job are listed below.
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
$135,700.00 - $223,900.00
Target Openings
1
What Is the Opportunity?
Collaborative Environment, Transformational Projects, and a Growing Team!
As a member of Enterprise Technology Solutions, you’ll be joining a strategic and collaborative team that is passionate about transforming our business and technology capabilities and paving the way for best-in-class solutions.
As a Senior Architect supporting Claim, you will collaborate with Technology and Business leaders and apply your knowledge of modern technology to influence and innovate solutions that impact the business. In this role we will look to you to:
Lead the design of event-driven architectures that enable rapid response to business changes and opportunities, improving overall organizational agility and competitiveness.
Architect scalable event-driven systems that support business growth and expansion, ensuring the infrastructure can handle increasing volumes of transactions and user interactions without compromising performance.
Create event-driven solutions that enhance by enabling personalized, responsive, and seamless interactions across various touchpoints.
Implement event-driven workflows that streamline business processes, reduce operational bottlenecks, and improve efficiency, leading to cost savings and increased productivity.
Let us help you accelerate your career as we grow our team and transform our business!
What Will You Do?
Collaborate with Claim and technology leadership to develop architecture priorities and direction to enable business imperatives.Advocate for modern architecture principles and technology modernization.Drive continuous technology transformation to reduce technical debt.Partner with engineering to align skills with technology direction and execute proof of technologies.Analyze industry and technology trends to leverage advancements.Lead and define technology proof of concepts to validate architecture solutions.Engage in hands-on prototyping of new technology solutions.Define target state technology architecture and roadmaps.Align IT initiatives with the target state architecture.Communicate architectural direction and its alignment with enterprise strategy.Optimize talent strategy to ensure appropriate balance of resources.Continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the architecture.Perform other duties as assigned.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
Education & Experience:
Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field or equivalent with 6+ years of technology architecture experience.
Event-Driven Architecture:
Lead design and modeling of events and workflows for microservices.Develop robust event processing mechanisms.Ensure scalability and high performance of event-driven architecture.Integrate with event brokers and messaging systems (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS Kinesis).Implement monitoring and logging for event flows.Deep understanding of event-driven design patterns, including event sourcing, CQRS, and pub/sub models.Hands-on experience with event brokers and messaging systems.
Technical Skills:
Experience with large-scale technology platforms and cloud data technologies.Deep experience with AWS, APIs, accelerators, and DevSecOps.Cloud Architecture Certification (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or strong cloud architecture experience.Experience developing technology roadmaps aligned with business goals.Experience in technology modernization, including cloud-native migration and API strategy.Hands on experience within the last 3 years.Good understanding of security.Experience in agile operating models and insurance technology.
Business Acumen and Competencies:
Ability to establish strategic technology direction and architecture vision in alignment with business goals.Proven ability to influence senior leadership and other stakeholders.Innovative mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.Resilience and positive attitude in the face of challenges.Ability to present technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.Strong teamwork skills for cross-functional collaboration, including developers, product managers and Circle/Value Stream leads.
What is a Must Have?
Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in work experience.Six years of experience in enterprise, application, and/or information architecture within a line of business or enterprise area.
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. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.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, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.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.
In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.
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/.
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