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Travelers Europe .Travelers Europe currently offers flexibility to employees who wish to work on a hybrid basis in accordance with our Hybrid Work Arrangements Policy. This entails full-time employees working three days a week in the office and two days at home (or pro rata for part-time employees). This policy may be changed at the Company’s discretion.What Is the Opportunity?

Join our innovative team of Architects at the forefront of a major transformation program within the insurance industry. As a Senior Architect, you will play a pivotal role in revolutionising our technology systems. Embrace the power of AI as we integrate cutting-edge technology across all facets of our business and technology landscape.You will support the execution of architectural and technological strategies that drive the development and implementation of initiatives rooted in Common Delivery, Services-Based Architecture, and Agility. Your leadership will be instrumental in shaping our Technology and API strategies, leveraging increased automation through APIs and event-driven architectures across our technology estate. You will provide visionary technical leadership for complex applications, guiding our team through the intricacies of modern architecture.If you''re ready to make a lasting impact, we invite you to apply and join us on this thrilling journey!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 have questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please contact us for assistance. 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/.What Will You Do?

Participates in or leads part of efforts in association with solutions, roadmaps, and architectural recommendations.Facilitates and/or executes the governance process (e.g., blueprint and design reviews) for projects, depending on the size of the application or scope of the project.Implements the strategy for stability and performance of solutions at the applications and technology domains level (design, debugging, and performance analysis).Provides input into portfolio or prioritization processes and how escalation for remediation of stability and performance will be managed for scope; able to prioritize independently.Contributes to and influences adoption of new concepts, techniques, best practices, and technology assistance (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 proofs of concepts.Participates in the day-to-day execution of the architectural strategy.Performs other duties as assigned.What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

Working knowledge of architecture technology directions; enterprise, application, and information architecture.Working knowledge of product and/or project management and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).General knowledge of technical reference architectures in Java, .NET, SQL and SOA; experience engaging with business stakeholders and turning requirements into IT solutions.Thorough knowledge of experience in multiple technologies and architectures, including J2EE, Web Application Development, Service-Oriented Architecture, Application Frameworks (Spring, Struts, Hibernate, MVC), Middleware Technologies (Websphere, JBoss, Datapower), Relational Database Design (DB2/400, MS SQL Server), and more.Experience with API-first design approaches and event-driven architecture patterns, messaging systems, and asynchronous communication models for service integration.Experience with SaaS platforms and cloud-native solutions.Ability to influence people in a matrixed organization and maintain partnerships across the organization.What Is a Must Have?

Experience and knowledge in multiple technologies and architectures.What Is in It for You?

Private Medical Insurance: single cover with option to add dependents at the employee’s expense via payroll deduction.Retirement: core pension contribution with potential additional employer contributions based on plan participation.Holiday Entitlement: minimum 25 days, with option to purchase up to 35 days per year.Wellness Programme: tools, discounts, resources, and access to mental health support.Volunteer Encouragement: Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards programme.Industry and Seniority

Seniority level: Not ApplicableEmployment type: Full-timeJob function: Information TechnologyIndustries: InsuranceApplication and Referrals

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