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Lead Systems Engineer

Employer
Travelers Insurance
Location
Hartford, Connecticut
Salary
Not Specified
Closing date
Oct 23, 2019

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Category
IT
Job Type
Not Specified
Career Level
Not Specified

Job Details

Company Information
Solid reputation, passionate people and endless opportunities. That's Travelers. Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees. You will find Travelers to be full of energy and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.

Job Summary
Travelers Digital organization is in search of a self-motivated Solution architect. The Solution architect will be responsible for implementing data integration along with data exchange using webservices for various business units.
Acts as a subject matter expert across multiple applications, systems and technologies, leveraging technical and business knowledge to drive the planning and execution of complex initiatives.
In this role as a part of agile team you will work in component teams as well as work across various business units to develop, integrate and evolve data product and platform for the organization. The candidate must be able to perform the job functions independently with limited supervision
Participates in the design/ development process. Provides technical leadership on complex projects.
Leads investigation and resolution efforts for critical, high impact problems and incidents.


Primary Job Duties & Responsibilities
Manages the strategic plans and tactical activities for assigned information systems and business unit systems projects.

Extensive Hands on experience designing and developing all aspects of data and integration solutions

Experience with various cloud products for data integration

Experience with Informatica Cloud and other iPaaS solution is mandatory for this position

Experience in coding backend using Node.js with express and other frameworks a must

Experience with both REST and SOAP webservices and to be able to consume as well be provider of the service

Good understanding of webservice orchestration and deployment strategies

Knowledge of tuning queries for mongoDB and Oracle a must

Acts as subject matter expert across multiple applications, systems and technologies leveraging technical and business knowledge to drive the planning and execution of complex initiatives.
Responsibilities include performing complex analysis, expert level design, configuration and programming functions for impactful and visible projects.
Leads investigation and resolution efforts for critical, high impact problems, defects, and incidents.
Contributes to staffing and project plan estimations in collaboration with the project manager and other key stakeholders.
Assesses the technical viability of projects and objectives.
Acts as a technology advocate and independently seeks opportunities where technology can be utilized to improve the business.
Builds, maintains, and utilizes partnerships across the enterprise ensuring the best use of resources.
Provides technical leadership, fosters a team environment, and provides mentorship and feedback to technical resources.
Manages the effective use of line of business resources to implement ongoing projects, enhancements, initiatives, and/or problem resolution.
Applies knowledge of current industry trends and techniques to formulate solutions within the context of assigned projects.
Good Knowledge of Informatica MDM and other data related product

Minimum Qualifications
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or its equivalent in work experience, and five years of programming/development experience. 1 year of experience as a technical lead required.

Education, Work Experience & Knowledge
Perform other duties as assigned.
  • 7+ years total work experience
  • 5+ years of work experience in Cloud integration and iPaas
  • 5+ years of Webservices experience
  • 4+ years of experience in programing with Node.js or equivalent JavaScript framework
  • Experience must include defining working on large amount of data for integrating on-prem to public cloud and hybrid technologies
  • Deep understanding of eventing technologies such as queues, streams and messaging frameworks
  • Experience with multi domain implementations
  • Experience in messaging and web service integrations
  • Experience with Oracle RDMBS and MongoDB
  • Experience tuning performance issues related to integrations
  • Unix and/or other scripting experience
  • Prefer experience developing operations support guides
  • An Agile mindset with experience working in Agile environment, familiarity with tools such as Rally and Jira
  • A spirit of collaboration and transparent communication
  • Ability to present technical concepts to technical and business audiences
  • Commitment to high quality work and timely deliverables


Job Specific & Technical Skills & Competencies
Able to expertly assess, design, develop, configurate and support applications, systems solutions, and interfaces for multiple systems to achieve business and/ or technical requirements.

Demonstrates technical mastery for technologies, applications, systems, frameworks, and/or languages and has the ability to influence and/or set technical direction or defect resolution.

Fully understands business applications and/or technical system environments in which the system operates.

Demonstrates proficiency in business concepts. Demonstrates expert knowledge of applications/systems and concepts.

Able to evaluate and leverage pre-existing services and frameworks.

Leverages enterprise and industry best practices and standards. Works to ensure component interactions follow and promote design best practices.

Communication Skills:
Ability to communicate thoughts/designs/ideas in an unambiguous manner and adjusts communication based on audience.

Exhibits active and effective communication skills with team members - including active listening and effective written and verbal communication skills.

Effectively contributes and communicates with the immediate team.

Able to present complex technical concepts to audiences of varying size and level.

Business Knowledge & Partnership:
Able to develop and leverage business and/or vendor partnerships, consult on business priorities, and optimize value through solution identification aligned with business objectives, goals, and future technology direction.

Able to easily communicate in business terms and describe IT capabilities/concepts in ways that the business can understand.

Problem Solving & Decision Making:
Able to expertly diagnose root causes, solve complex problems, and collaborate effectively with business and technical teams.

Able to break a problem down into manageable pieces, evaluate potential risks/alternatives, and implement effective, timely solutions.

Carefully evaluates alternative risks and solutions before taking action including escalating situations as appropriate.

Demonstrates sound decision making and problem resolution skills.

Often consulted by team members for problem resolution and guidance.

Has the ability to reach sound decisions quickly.

Knows where to obtain information needed to make the appropriate decisions.

Optimizes the use of all available resources.

Trusted technical advisor.

Team Orientation:
Able to promote, maintain, and enhance partnerships across the organization to achieve objectives and engage stakeholders.

Able to influence project stakeholders and team members.

Practices objectivity and openness to others' views.

Able to recognize and support team priorities.

Leadership:
Able to set and assign technical goals and priorities for self and team members.

Exhibits team leadership.

Able to set teams technical direction.

Able to provide feedback and/or coaching regarding technical resources.

Physical Requirements
Operates standard office equipment. Requires extended periods of computer use. Requires extended periods of sitting.

Licensing or Certificates
Depends on the specific role but some examples may include: ITIL Remedy Java certification Microsoft certification.net Kanban/Agile/SAFe

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Travelers is an equal opportunity employer.

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