Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - 1, Developer

Travelers • Hartford, CT

18d

About The Position

Travelers is seeking a Cloud Engineer I to join our organization as we grow and transform Application Platform Engineering within our Enterprise Technology Solutions organization. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced full-stack software engineer to help modernize our cloud account provisioning and management automation, build new microservices for Infrastructure as Code pipelines, and support adoption to Public Cloud platforms. Our Cloud Engineers are tasked with designing, building, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and efficient cloud-based infrastructure and services. These efforts support innovation, application development, and technology operations across the enterprise. The team ensures that Travelers' cloud environments enable agility while maintaining reliability, performance, cost-effectiveness, and compliance with security and governance standards. Working across the full spectrum of cloud operations, Cloud Engineers handle everything from foundational infrastructure provisioning and automation to advanced architectural design and strategic planning. Their responsibilities vary based on experience, ranging from implementing basic cloud configurations to delivering enterprise-grade solutions and providing technical leadership across multi-cloud environments. This role demands expertise in Cloud Platforms and Services, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, scripting, networking concepts, integration patterns, and DevOps methodologies. Collaboration with Technology Engineering and Application Engineering teams is essential to design and manage cloud ecosystems that empower software development teams to innovate while ensuring adherence to enterprise standards and best practices. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US. The company does not sponsor/support H-1B petitions, TN, or Forms I-983/STEM OPT, this this role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in work experience plus 2 years of cloud engineering experience.

Nice To Haves

• Three (3) years of Cloud/platform engineering experience preferred.
• Certifications: related to the following is preferred but not required: AWS Developer Associate. AWS SYSOPS Administrator Associate. AWS DevOps Engineer Professional. AWS Solutions Architect Architect.
• Strategic & Business Acumen: Developing delivery skills including the ability to participate in infrastructure team planning, learn to estimate infrastructure work efforts, assist in the applicaiton of designated infrastrcuture design strategy and methodology, test infrastructure changes following relevant examples including automation, take ownership of infrastructure components after deployment, quickly addressing issues as they arise, and collect and incorporate feedback throughout the process.
• Standard problem-solving skills including the ability to debug familiar infrastructure systems easily, recognize when own knowledge or experience is lacking and reach out for guidance, and approach each new infrastructure task as an opportunity to learn, continually applying prior learnings to new challenges.
• Leadership & Influence: Strong communication skills that enable clear, concise interactions with team members and stakeholders. Your ability to document infrastructure work in an accessible manner, ask clarifying questions on requirements, and actively listen ensures seamless collaboration. You welcome constructive feedback and use it to continuously improve your approach to challenges. You demonstrate intermediate leadership capabilities with a proven track record of self-motivation and initiative. Your ability to identify and pursue personal growth opportunities in infrastructure technologies shows your commitment to professional development and positions you to take on increasing responsibilities within our team.
• Domain Expertise: Emerging cloud platform expertise including the ability to learn from research, others and through asking thoughtful questions about infrastructure architecture, open to seizing opportunities to increase knowledge of cloud services and best practices.
• Intermediate level knowledge with the following: Knowledge of process discipline and IDLC methodology. Full-stack software development with GoLang, Python, and/or Javascript using the Vue framework. Experience with CI/CD DevOps and configuration management tools like Jenkins, Docker, Github, GitHub Actions, and/or Puppet. Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (such as Terraform TFE or AWS Cloud Formations/CDK). API and Microservice topologies. Cloud computing knowledge (experience implementing Cloud services). Experience with Serverless architecture and Container platforms. Knowledge of infrastructure technologies such as Network, Database, Server, Storage etc. preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for performing analysis, design, and implementation of Cloud services across public cloud environments with a high degree of accuracy.
• Technical Execution: Complete intermediate end to end engineering tasks for specific system assignments including developing, analyzing, configuring, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, documenting, health monitoring/alerting, and implementing based on user or system design specifications, as well as participating in troubleshooting, conducting impact analysis and escalating appropriately.
• Writes and supports Infrastructure-As-Code within an approved pipeline and adheres to best practices and standards.
• Support and develop cloud automatiuon of manual tasks for improved speed and consistency. This includes AWS account Automation used to provision standard and shared AWS accounts, enable services and guardrails within them, and maintain their infrastructure and details.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve and optimize Travelers’ environment, through tactical recommendations and strategic plans, working collaboratively with teams across technology organizations.
• Define and implement technical requirements for Cloud solutions using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) methodologies.
• Design cloud deployment automation workflows while performing analysis and resolution for infrastructure issues of intermediate complexity.
• Configure and optimize cloud-based compute, storage, and networking resources ensuring efficiency, availability, and performance.
• Implement monitoring systems for Cloud while ensuring adherence to security protocols and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with Technology Engineers to ensure seamless integration between infrastructure services and higher-level platform services.
• Strategic Input: Work independently on well-scoped Cloud engineering problems while prioritizing according to business objectives.
• Contribute to the Cloud roadmap by identifying emerging technologies and services that align with business objectives.
• Work across technology stack boundaries.
• May perform occasional off-hour work on nights and weekends.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees