Bond & FP Senior Architect Job

Committed. Competitive. Constructing our Future.

That's Travelers. We are one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. 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.

SUMMARY
The primary functions of this position are to create, document and communicate the solution architecture for a project or program, research and recommend solutions for current and future technology needs and develop a set of technology roadmaps based on Common Delivery, Services Based Architecture, and Agility, for applications within the Bond and Financial Products line of business.

PRIMARY DUTIES
Participates in or leads part of efforts in association with solutions, roadmaps, and architectural recommendations in alignment with the overall Bond &FP Technology Roadmap.
Depending on size of application or scope of project, facilitates and/or executes the governance process (i.e. blueprint and design reviews) for projects.
Identify, track and mitigate technical risks.
Implements the strategy for stability and performance of solutions (including - project level design, debug and performance analysis) at the applications and technology domains level.
Contributes to and influences adoption of new concepts, ideas, techniques, best practices and technology assistance (best practices, guidelines and models for supported technologies.)
Collaborates with other architects, development groups, and OAI-Sys employees.
May participate in enterprise engagements and initiatives like Centers of Excellence and owns deliverables associated with these efforts.
May participate in development and production support of application utilities and owns deliverables associated with these efforts.
May participate in vendor and product management strategies to establish required infrastructures and frameworks and owns deliverables associated with these efforts.
Owns deliverables associated with product evaluations and Proof of Concepts'.
Participates in the day to day execution of the architectural strategy.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
Development platforms (.NET, J2EE, COM, COBOL, CICS, IMS)
Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, ETL, RDBMS
WEB Technologies
User and B2B Interfaces
Web Service design
Application Integration
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

WORK EXPERIENCE
Experience in architecture technology directions and teams.
Minimum of 5 years design experience in enterprise, application, and information architecture.
Minimum of 3 years experience in people, product and/or project management and Software development Life Cycle (SDLC.)
Experience with influencing people in a matrixed organization.
Must have experience in multiple technologies and architectures.
Insurance industry experience a plus.

OTHER
Technical Knowledge
Expertise in 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.

Business Focus
Strong sense of pragmatism with the ability to balance design purity with business needs.

Communication skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to communicate ideas and benefits of technology to a wide variety of stakeholders.

Problem Solving & Decision Making
Demonstrates 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. Optimizes the use of all available resources. Bases decisions on an accurate understanding of the situation. Keeps apprised of industry trends and applies this knowledge to business solutions.

Team Orientation
Maintains partnerships across the organization, and is able to influence peers and their management 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. Influences, communicates and collaborates. Effective at documentation and presentation. 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
Supports all planning and budgeting/estimating done on a project level and is supportive of the business strategic plans.

Financial Awareness
Understands all fiscal budgeting and expense control for area of responsibility. Demonstrates sound cost-effectiveness. Responsible for important and confidential information.

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We actively promote a drug-free workplace.

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