Lead Architect

In an uncertain world, Travelers is an insurance leader, committed to keeping pace with the ever-changing needs of our customers, and anticipating their needs for the future. There is no stronger testament to our dedication to protecting customers from loss than our continued innovation and ability to transform our industry.

The primary function of this position is to provide architectural guidance, technological recommendations and transition strategies that support the development and implementation of initiatives based on Common Delivery, Services Based Architecture, and Agility, for highly complex and/or multiple projects. In addition this position is responsible for managing/directing the project start to finish.

Responsibilities Focused on cloud application architecture, design approaches and related technologies, provide strategic thinking, solutions and roadmaps while driving architectural recommendations Ensure architectural adherence through blueprint and design reviews Assist in the remediation of application stability and performance Adopt and communicate new concepts, ideas, techniques, best practices and technologies and mentor others on same. Assistance Perform project level design, debug and performance analysis Responsible for the development and production support of enterprise application utilities and models to include publishing, best practices and guidelines for supported technologies Work with vendors and product management areas to establish required infrastructures and frameworks Provide 'Shrink Wrap' solutions to solve business and technical needs Perform product evaluations, and Proof of Concepts'. Provide architectural strategy and subject matter expertise in the following areas (strongly preferred): Cloud patterns including and PaaS and IaaS, containers, public Platforms-as-a-Service, Micro-Service application design, Architecture & design trade-offs and approaches for transition from legacy to modern application architectures, Continuous Integration and Delivery, Agile methodology, Web Technologies Development platforms (JEE, .NET, COM, COBOL, CICS, IMS) User and B2B Interfaces Web Service design Application Integration Preferred/Nice to Have: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, ETL, RDBMS Middleware technologies Document Composition and Forms technologies Document, Imaging and Web Content Management Print technology support Transaction design (OLTP, Batch, etc.) Component Based Design Operating Systems Office/Productivity Suites ERP Systems Performance Engineering Networks, Telephony

• 10+ years in enterprise, application, and information architecture design. Experience managing the application delivery process. Minimum of 3 years experience in people, product and/or project management. Experience working in a matrixed organization.
• Technical Knowledge: Has a broad conceptual understanding of capabilities and direction of technology, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of the technology required and the needs of business environment necessary to support assigned projects. Has a thorough understanding of staff roles and abilities and provides input regarding their development needs. Problem Solving & Decision Making: Demonstrates advanced analytical and diagnostic skills dealing with issues that are often novel and not readily defined, lack known precedent or appear contradictory. Able to develop solutions by applying accepted processes or creating new approaches to leverage technology from abstract information. Sees the big picture, and is fully aware of technology and business directions. Has department, corporate and group objectives in focus while identifying and removing barriers. Optimizes the use of all available resources. Bases decisions on an accurate understanding of the situation, is able to infer future needs of known and unprecedented situations based on an advanced understanding of technology and business objectives. Effectively assesses the long-term and short-term implications of decisions on the department, corporation and group Team Orientation: Maintains partnerships across the organization, and is able to influence senior management, peers and staff through an inclusive style and recognition of their abilities to achieve results. The success of the team is above own interest. Self-Management: Manages cross-functional objectives and/or priorities supporting assigned business area(s). Responsibilities are assigned with latitude for decision making. Results reviewed periodically according to predefined objectives. Sets level of risk taking, and gathers/synthesizes information to all appropriate levels of the organization. Commitment to Quality: Result Provides direction and effectively leads by example to ensure that all services are meeting the stated business objectives on a timely basis with excellent quality, at a reasonable cost. Keeps all areas informed of developments affecting their function. Demonstrates flexibility, anticipates customer needs, and effectively communicates in a manner consistent with the audience. Educates and influences customers on the most effective use of technology, from both a short-term and long-term perspective. Planning and Project Management: Ensures all planning done on a project level is supportive of the business strategic plans. Executes projects accurately and on time. Critical planning is required as modifications are difficult and costly and may impair achieving of departmental and corporate objectives. Change requires reassessing and adjusting tactical and/or operational direction Financial Awareness: Understands all fiscal budgeting and expense control for area of responsibility. Demonstrates sound cost-effectiveness. Responsible for important and confidential information