Lead Technology Engineer, Continuous Integration

Company: The Travelers Indemnity Company
Location: Hartford
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

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 OverviewThe 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$129,200.00 - $213,200.00Target Openings1What Is the Opportunity?We are seeking a Lead Technology Engineer with an everything-as-code mindset that is passionate about CI/CD and automation. In this position, you will lead the enterprise Continuous Integration (CI) service. Acting as the voice of users, you will define and guide the day-to-day work of an engineering team and support the definition and enablement of the service vision. By focusing on achievement of defined outcomes, you'll provide engineers across the enterprise with greater flexibility and freedom through fast, self-serve, and secure workflows and ensure service alignment with enterprise cloud strategies.What Will You Do?

• Develop strategic solutions that align with the business objectives and architectural direction of the organization.
• Drive the design and ensure delivery of departmental and corporate programs.
• Leverage infrastructure technology to develop and/or redesign technology solutions.
• Build, leverage and maintain effective alliances across technical and business community.
• Interact with customers, vendors, and leadership to achieve effective, strategic, and fiscally responsible results.
• Be seen as a technical expert across the organization and the industry.
• Lead the delivery and execution of solutions to challenging engineering problems.
• Plan and direct all aspects of the organization, including financial/budgetary oversight for team and set of responsibilities.
• Fulfill IT audits for respective technologies. Ensure team compliance with IT standards, policies, and governance.
• Communicate status, strategic direction, and results of assigned work.
• Coach, manage performance, and develop the team.
• Direct complex design, development, analysis, configuration, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, documenting, health monitoring/alerting, and implementation based on user or system specifications for impactful and high-visibility tasks.
• Lead investigation and resolution efforts for critical, high impact problems, defects, and incidents.
• Seek opportunities where technology can be utilized to improve the business and provide more efficient processes.
• Define, prioritize and ensure a ready backlog of work for an engineering team; accept final output, focusing on achievement of defined outcomes versus defining how the work is completed.
• Effectively manage a backlog of deliverables and capabilities as well as 'test and learn'/experimentation targeted at defining/refining future deliverables, measuring performance and adjusting the overall roadmap of deliverables as needed.
• Translate business strategies and needs into execution ready work for an engineering team; define team goals and strategy, ensuring alignment with circle and value stream vision.
• Act as voice of the user; have a deep understanding of and anticipate and proactively seek customer feedback ensuring needs and requirements are clearly defined; ensure team work product meets defined acceptance criteria.
• Own team backlog, including prioritization and refinement; make trade-off decisions to maximize value.
• Inform and participate in business readiness; understand the impact of change, translate the approach to manage adoption and mitigate resistance.
• Provide feedback on work-in-progress, clarify requirements and contribute to removing roadblocks or impediments; look for opportunities for continuous team and process improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned.What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
  • Nine years of experience in Technology preferred.
  • Three years of experience as a technical lead preferred.
  • Expert knowledge of infrastructure technologies such as Network, Database, Server, Storage etc. preferred.
  • Problem Solving - Strong problem solver who utilizes data and proofs of concepts to find creative solutions to difficult problems, reflects on solutions, measuring their impact, and uses that information to ideate and optimize.
  • Domain Expertise - Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including the ability to develop business partnerships and influence priorities by identifying solutions that are aligned with current business objective and closely follow industry trends relevant to domain, understanding how to apply them, and sharing knowledge with coworkers.
  • Adept at making decisions that involve a significant number of factors with broad implications.
  • Communication - Strong communicator who possesses the ability to describe technology concepts in ways the business can understand, document initiatives in a concise and clear manner, collaborate effectively with teammates and others regardless of role, quickly extract core issues from discussions and meetings, give and receive constructive feedback, offer help when asked, and ensure everyone has a chance to share their thoughts and are heard; an attentive and empathetic listener.
  • Leadership - Advanced leadership skills with the ability to take action even when there is no clear owner, inspire and motivate others, and be effective at influencing team members.
  • Experience with the following is required: Jenkins or CloudBees CI, Docker / Kubernetes, Linux
  • Experience with the following is preferred: AWS and EKS, Java and Groovy scripting, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, UCD, security scanning tools.
  • Master level knowledge of one or more of the following technical skills:
  • Foundational IT Infrastructure
  • Operating Systems
  • Software
  • Knowledge of process discipline and IDLC methodologyWhat is a Must Have?
    • A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or its equivalent in work experience, plus five years of experience in Technology required;
    • Alternatively, a Master's degree in CS or a related field and three years of work experience in Technology.
    • One year of experience as a technical lead required.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 PracticesTravelers 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 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 .
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