Travelers Looking for Data Engineering DevOps Lead at Hartford, CT Full Time

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 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
$121,000.00 – $199,600.00

Target Openings
1

What Is the Opportunity?
Travelers Data Engineering team constructs pipelines that contextualize and provide easy access to data by the entire enterprise. As a Data Engineer, you will play a key role in growing and transforming our analytics landscape. In addition to your strong analytical mind, you will bring your inquisitive attitude and ability to translate stories found in data by leveraging a variety of data programming techniques. You will leverage your ability to design, build and deploy data solutions that capture, explore, transform, and utilize data to support Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and business intelligence/insights.
What Will You Do?

• Lead the build and operationalization of automated deployment and delivery of data pipelines
• Build automated testing frameworks to validate data pipelines, ensure data quality, and identify any issues early in the development process.
• Perform monitoring and logging to gain insights into the performance and health of data pipelines.
• Utilize version control systems like Git to manage changes to data pipelines, SQL scripts, and configuration files.
• Collaborate with data engineers to enable seamless integration between teams and promoting efficient data pipeline development.
• Using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles, provision and manage data infrastructure resources, including databases, clusters, and storage systems
• Plan, schedule, facilitate, coordinate and track product releases with agile teams.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM related field or equivalent
• Eight years of related experience
• Highly proficient use of tools, techniques, and manipulation including Cloud platforms, programming languages, and a full understanding of modern software engineering practices.
• The ability to deliver work at a steady, predictable pace to achieve commitments, deliver complete solutions but release them in small batches, and identify and negotiate important tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including understanding technical concepts necessary and industry trends, and possess in-depth knowledge of immediate systems worked on and some knowledge of adjacent systems.
• Strong problem solver who ensures systems are built with longevity and creates innovate ways to resolve issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work collaborate well with team members and business partners.
• Ability to lead team members and help create a safe environment for others to learn and grow as engineers. and a proven track record of self-motivation in identifying opportunities and tracking team efforts.
• Strong experience with DevOps tools and technologies including GitHub actions.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) including Terraform Enterprise
• Strong experience in CI/CD pipeline tools (Jenkins, UCD)
• Strong experience in the deployment/delivery of ETL workloads such as Talend and Ab Initio
• Working experience in setting up an automated testing framework
• Working experience in monitoring and logging tools to detect anomalies, optimize performance of workflows
• Experience with AWS Cloud Services.
• Experience with infrastructure and databases
• Experience with:
  • ETL tools, primarily Talend or similar (Ab Initio, Informatica)
  • SQL (medium to complex queries)
  • Snowflake

What is a Must Have?

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training with data tools, techniques, and manipulation.
• Four years of data engineering or equivalent experience.
• Strong background in DevOps practices to streamline the development, deployment, and management of data-centric systems and processes.

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, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
• 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 believe that we can deliver the very best products and services when our workforce reflects the diverse customers and communities we serve. We are committed to recruiting, retaining and developing the diverse talent of all of our employees and fostering an inclusive workplace, where we celebrate differences, promote belonging, and work together to deliver extraordinary results.

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Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

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