Architect: Salesforce
Company: The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Location: Hartford
Posted on: June 24, 2022
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$104,600.00 - $172,500.00Target Openings1What Is the
Opportunity?As a solution architect with strong leadership skills
who is passionate about integrating Salesforce into workflows and
is familiar with application modernization practices, you will be
responsible for driving transformational change through the
architecture of the Cross Domain Architecture Group for the Bond
and Specialty Insurance unit of a global, Dow 30 company
YOU will:
- Help build the roadmap for our integration with and use of
Salesforce to provide exceptional experiences for our staff.
- Provide architectural strategy and subject matter expertise in
one or more of the following areas (dependent on knowledge and
expertise):o Salesforce (one or more of Service, Sales, Marketing
Cloud)
o Cloud
o Integration Patterns (APIs, Events)
o Design Patterns
o Design Thinking
o Domain Driven Design (DDD) and associated techniques (ie Event
Storming)
- Provide overall technical leadership for end-to-end
solutions.
- Be a key influencer in the evolution of how we deliver business
value to our customers.
- Develop guidelines and guardrails to enable teams to be more
self-sufficient.
- Help raise up the technical skill level of the teams you
support.
- Drive a test and learn mindset through the organization.
- Work alongside Agile teams to provide architectural runway and
solution architecture oversightYOU should join us if you---
- Are a passionate technology professional who enjoys solving
complex puzzles.
- Understand the difference between getting something out to
market to learn, vs. delivering a fully hardened production
system.
- Are comfortable with ambiguity; creating hypothesis and coming
up with efficient and effective ways of proving/disproving them is
your everyday way of working.
- Have the desire to be a lifelong learner, enjoy sharing your
knowledge by coaching others, and enable others to continuously
improve through coaching and mentorship.
- Measure your own success by the success of the team and the
satisfaction you bring to our customers.
- Know how to have fun, while getting the job done.Primary Job
Duties & Responsibilities
- Architecture responsibility within a major segment of
Technology Architecture in support of the Bond & Specialty 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
- Provides architecture direction for engineers in support of a
technical pattern
- Displays strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern
architecture principals and technology modernization
- Drives continuous technology transformation to minimize
technical debt
- Create a partnership with Software Engineering
- 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
architectureMinimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in work experience.
- Five years of experience in engineering software or analytic
applications within a line of business areaEducation, Work
Experience, & Knowledge
- 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
- 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
- Experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Salesforce (Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, and/or Marketing
Cloud)
- MuleSoft (API based architecture)
- Kafka (event-based architecture)Job Specific Technical Skills &
Competencies
- 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 platformsEmployment
PracticesTravelers 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 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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