Data Architect
Company: Travelers Insurance
Location: Sacramento
Posted on: March 17, 2023
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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.
Job Category
Product Management/Pricing, Technology
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
$112,300.00 - $185,300.00
Target Openings
1
What Is the Opportunity?
As an Architect, you will work across Claim Technology and the
Enterprise to inform and execute on target state for the Claim Unit
of a global, Dow 30 company. This position is within the
Information Architecture team and works to define strategic changes
to the Claim data environment, provide architectural direction for
building data solutions, and perform data modeling and design on
projects.
The role will expose you to the wider role of Information
Architecture across Data Management, Information Integration, the
Analytics space, and emerging trends and technologies. This is a
new position and an exciting opportunity for a Data Architect to
join a highly skilled team that supports a dynamic and challenging
environment and leverages initiatives both in the legacy and
strategic space.
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 informing high-quality enterprise
solutions. You are a person of high integrity, who believes in
challenging the status quo when needed, while always first seeking
to understand.
This position may be based 100% remotely or in one of our
offices.
What Will You Do?
Architecture responsibility within a major segment of Technology
Architecture in support of the Claim business unit
Leads technology proof of concepts to ensure feasibility of
architecture solutions
Hands-on prototyping of new technology solutions
Partner with Software Engineering to execute proof of
technologies
Displays strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern
architecture principals and technology modernization
Drives continuous technology transformation to minimize technical
debt
Looks for opportunities to capitalize on technology advances
through analysis of key industry and technology trends to assess
potential impact on the enterprise
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
Continuously improve efficiency and effectiveness of the
architecture
Analyze business, data and systems requirements in order to perform
data modeling and design (high level conceptual business/data
models, entity-relationship and dimensional logical data models,
and detailed physical database design models).
Conduct the data model review both for the project team and for
cross project data architecture review.
Collaborate with colleagues within the domain architecture team to
provide technical design guidance that aligns with the enterprise
architecture vision and applicable technical standards.
Responsible for the consistency of data design across projects by
adhering to standards, following roadmaps and implementing
strategic initiatives while ensuring data governance reviews are
completed.
Provide technical support and guidance to the project team in the
information space: data models, data mapping, reporting analysis
and impact.
Recommend improvements to existing data design and data flows.
Participate in the development and maintenance of data principles,
standards and guidelines that define best practices in the
information domain and guide data architecture and design
decisions.
Perform other duties as assigned.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
Bachelor's in technology related field or equivalent with 4+ years
of technology Engineering experience
Organizational experience in an agile operating model
Established work in proof of concepts and technology
Strong proven Software Engineering experience
Expertise with application system design and implementation, data
warehousing principles and methodologies.
Experience with data modeling tools such as Erwin or Hackolade
SQL/ SQLPlus knowledge
Supports technology target state, roadmaps that aligned to Short-
and Long-term business goals
Insurance technology experience desired
Strong grasp of value creation and business capability models
Innovation and Continuous Improvement
Must be passionate about technology transformations
Has hands on experience in the last 3 years
Executed technology modernization initiatives including migration
to cloud native and API Strategy
Current experience with AWS, APIs, accelerators, DevSecOps
Cloud Architecture Certification (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or strong
architecture experience on Cloud
Good understanding of security
Experienced with large scale technology platforms
Hands on experience with data technologies on cloud
What is a Must Have?
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
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 and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness
goals. In addition, our Life Balance program provides access to
professional counseling services, life coaching and other resources
to support your daily life needs. Through Life Balance, you're
eligible for five free counseling sessions with a licensed
therapist.
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 value the unique
abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization
and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our
differences.
If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the
physical requirements of this role, please send us an email
(4-ESU@travelers.com) 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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