Sr Systems Engineer, DBA

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

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

$110, - $182,

Target Openings

What Is the Opportunity?

The Systems Engineer / DBA resides in The Cloud, NoSQL, and Open Source Database Team, within Database Engineering. Duties include standing up and migrating on-premise databases to new public cloud services, upgrading DocumentDB, DynamoDB, MongoDB, MySQL, Neo4j, and Postgres to new database versions, implementing database encryption, expanding self-service offerings, resolving incidents, and conducting customer consultations.

Off-hours support will be required on a rotational basis. Under general supervision, plans at an operational level designing and developing databases interfacing with appropriate customers, management and technical resources.

Facilitates and / or participates in the design, development, and implementation of large, complex database systems supporting one or more business and / or technology areas.

Develops, manages and implements appropriate solutions that may involve multiple platforms, databases, software / hardware, technologies and tools.

Strong ability to multi-task in an environment of changing priorities. May direct project staff in the development and implementation of database systems in support of business requirements.

This job may manage or lead others.

What Will You Do?

• Develop built in data security, auditing, backup and recovery capabilities for public cloud, NoSQL, and open source databases at scale.
• Develop consumable API’s to provision, deprovision and suspend database services using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Design and implement multi-region and fault tolerant services that offer the maximum availability for mission critical applications.
• Design and implement real time monitoring and alerting that integrates with the application stacks to provide a holistic view of a service.
• Build clear and detailed reporting on utilization, cost, and service metrics to predict business trajectory.
• DBA responsibilities include monitoring database performance and tuning database access, troubleshooting and researching database issues, security administration, quarterly and one-off patching, backup and recovery planning, capacity planning, database creation, upgrade, and maintenance throughout the application development life cycle.
• Position requires the ability to interface with business customers, management, and technical resources to facilitate application development, database design and implementation of large, complex database systems which support one or more business and / or technology areas.
• Position requires the ability to multi-task in an environment with changing priorities and provide direction to project staff in the development and implementation of database systems in support of business requirements.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Education :
• Bachelors degree preferred in in Technology or a similar field (or equivalent experience).
• Technical Knowledge :
• Has thorough working knowledge of all tools and techniques required for area(s) of responsibility and a thorough understanding of the business that the assigned projects are supporting.
• Able to leverage this understanding of the business and systems environment to develop appropriate and timely solutions to daily issues.
• Has conceptual knowledge of varying technologies and the ability to make decisions based on that knowledge.
• Has thorough understanding of project staff roles, abilities and provides input to assess performance and development needs.
• Business Knowledge & Partnership :
• Creates an atmosphere where business partner's issues are dealt with in a professional and timely manner.
• Suggests solutions that make sense and optimize the value of assigned projects.
• Able to communicate openly and effectively in a manner consistent with the audience.
• Recognizes the importance of superior quality in providing a competitive edge.
• Ensures that reports are precise, timely and accurate.
• Problem Solving & Decision Making :
• Demonstrates sound analytical and diagnostic skills dealing with issues that are loosely defined and where information is available but must be further manipulated.
• Once decisions are made, is able to follow and direct action to implement intended results.
• Able to openly and directly confront conflict until resolved.
• Able to execute tasks and see through to completion.
• Optimizes the use of all available resources.
• Leadership :
• Maintains effective partnerships across the department, and with business customers.
• Provides management with substantive input and influences peers and project staff through an inclusive style and recognition of abilities and knowledge.
• Planning and Project Management :
• Identifies those project tasks that are most important and maintains a clear sense of priorities and the larger picture.
• Demonstrates ability to anticipate and effectively respond to changes in workload and resource.
• Works with management to provide input to the planning process.
• Financial Awareness :
• Understands and has input to the budget process and is responsible for expense control of assigned projects.
• Demonstrates sound cost-effectiveness.
• Failure to achieve objectives can result in delays or inefficiencies resulting in readjustment of resources and / or staff.
• Responsible for important information whose disclosure could harm the overall financial position of the company.
• Human Resource Management :
• Demonstrates good interpersonal skills by displaying an understanding of the needs and perspectives of others.
• Balances workload of team members and supervise individuals of varying abilities.
• Under team lead or management supervision, may mentor and train others.
• Identifies talents of others and matches them to tasks that will best suit project goals and / or provide growth for the individual.
• Demonstrates a capacity to recognize varying abilities. Under team lead or management supervision, may mentor and train others.
• Identifies talents of others and matches them to tasks that will best suit project goals and / or provide growth for the individual.
• Demonstrates a capacity to recognize value and respect differences across a diverse workforce.
• Responsible for the accurate and timely input assessing the skills and contributions of assigned project staff.

What is a Must Have?

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.

In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.