Senior Software Engineer – DevOps, Security

Role Overview

• Design and enforce security best practices across infrastructure, cloud environments, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement and manage vulnerability management, patching, access controls, and threat monitoring.
• Lead security incident response and post-incident reviews.
• Establish reporting and metrics that provide visibility into security posture and risk management.
• Oversee cloud and network infrastructure to ensure secure, resilient, and scalable operations.
• Manage networking components including routing, connectivity, firewalls, and load balancing.
• Support engineering teams with reliable platform services and deployment infrastructure.
• Establish comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting across infrastructure and services.
• Build operational dashboards and reporting that provide visibility into system health, performance, and availability.
• Develop metrics and reporting for leadership related to incidents, uptime, operational performance, and security risks.
• Act as a technology advocate, independently seeking opportunities where technology can be utilized to improve the business.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship while fostering a team environment.
• Apply knowledge of current industry trends and techniques to formulate solutions within the context of assigned efforts.
• Seek opportunities to expand technical knowledge and capabilities.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Five years of programming/development experience, focused on DevOps, Networking, and Security, preferred.
• Delivery
• Advanced delivery skills including the ability to determine the software design strategy and methodology to be used for efforts, use automated tests, analysis, and informed feedback loops to ensure the quality and production readiness of work before release, monitor the health of work efforts and that of adjacent systems.
• Domain Expertise
• Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including the ability to develop business partnerships and influence priorities by identifying solutions that are aligned with current business objective and closely follow industry trends relevant to domain, understanding how to apply them, and sharing knowledge with coworkers.
• Problem Solving
• Strong problem solver who utilizes data and proofs of concepts to find creative solutions to difficult problems, reflects on solutions, measuring their impact, and uses that information to ideate and optimize. Also adept at making decisions that involve a significant number of factors with broad implications.
• Communication
• Strong communicator who possesses the ability to describe technology concepts in ways the business can understand, document initiatives in a concise and clear manner, collaborate effectively with teammates and others regardless of role, quickly extract core issues from discussions and meetings, give and receive constructive feedback, offer help when asked, and ensure everyone has a chance to share their thoughts and are heard; an attentive and empathetic listener.
• Leadership
• Advanced leadership skills with the ability to take action even when there is no clear owner, inspire and motivate others, and be effective at influencing team members.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or its equivalent in work experience.
• Three years of programming/development experience.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• Firewalls

Benefits

• 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.