IT Architect - Hartford, CT, United States - The Travelers Companies, Inc.

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    Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other.

    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.

    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 skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

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    As an Architect, you will help lead the effort to create the technology target state for the Personal Insurance Unit of a global, Dow 30 company.

    As a direct report to a member of the Enterprise Architecture and Emerging Technology leadership team, you will interface directly with senior technology leaders to transform our current business and technology capabilities and pave the way for best-in-class solutions.

    You will be a dedicated contributor to senior Technology and Business leaders as they define a target state, roadmaps, and identify new and emerging technologies that will transform and optimize the business.

    As a successful candidate, you have an established track record of building high-quality enterprise solutions.

    You are results-driven and bring strong engineering skills and a deep understanding of modern technologies including Cloud-native, APIs, AI and ML.

    You will work within a community of architecture leaders, helping establish and evolving a unified architecture vision.
    Architecture responsibility within a major segment of Technology Architecture in support of the Personal Insuran business unit
    Partner with Software Engineering to execute proof of technologies
    Drives continuous technology transformation to minimize technical debt
    Create a partnership with Software Engineering
    Participates in defining target state technology architecture and roadmaps
    Ensures alignment of IT initiatives with the target state
    Builds strong partnership with engineering to ensure proper alignment of skills with technology direction
    Bachelor's in technology related field or equivalent with 4+ years of technology or engineering experience
    Organizational experience in an agile operating model
    Strong proven Software Engineering experience
    Supports technology target state, roadmaps that aligned to Short- and Long-term business goals
    Insurance technology experience desired
    Passion about technology transformations
    Executed technology modernization initiatives including migration to cloud native and API Strategy
    Cloud Architecture Certification (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or strong architecture experience on Cloud
    Experienced with large scale technology platforms
    Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in work experience.
    Five years of experience in engineering software or analytic applications within a line of business area

    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:

    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.


    Volunteer Encouragement:
    We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved.

    We believe that we can deliver the very best products and services when our workforce reflects the diverse customers and communities we serve.

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