Cloud ML/AI - Sr. Architect

Company Summary

• Experience in strategic data & analytics architectures, technologies, and patterns for data lake, data warehouse, advanced analytics platform, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
• Provide strategic thinking, solutions and roadmaps while driving architectural recommendations.
• Lead the end-to-end architecture and development of machine learning solutions.
• Implement machine learning algorithms into services and pipelines to be consumed at large-scale.
• Engineer large scale development systems using full-stack, distributed shallow and deep-learning technologies and cloud technologies.
• Architect and develop a highly scalable, distributed, multi-tenant set of microservices backend solutions.
• Strong working knowledge on modern cloud computing technology patterns, practices, methods and architectures, preferably AWS
• Experience in Event Driven Architecture is a big plus
• Ability to perform as a lead technologist to masterfully assess and design applications, systems solutions, and interfaces for multiple systems.
• Proven ability to create an architecture solution in alignment with the reference architecture and utilize foundational services to address the quality attributes (non-functional requirements) of the solution.
• Document Architecture solution with diagrams, key solution points, and decision rationale
• Adopt and communicate new concepts, ideas, techniques, best practices and technology assistance, ensure architectural adherence through blueprint and design reviews.
• Ability to influence teams to a future state while understanding the need to make practical decisions along the way amongst technical and non-technical groups.
• Ensures work complies with Travelers standards, processes, and protocols. Identifies gaps, escalating issue to manager.
• Collaborates with project team and other key stakeholders to identify, estimate, and prioritize project and/or enhancement activities.
• Collaborates with enterprise groups to follow enterprise guidance and/or influence enterprise direction on specific area/technology/pattern
• Ability to learn the latest technologies and be self-started in running proof of concepts to determine how they can be applied to solve needs within the organization
• Ensures customer satisfaction through professional communication, follow-up, and responsiveness to issues.
• Working knowledge with SQL, MongoDB and/or other database technologies.
• Assist in the remediation of application stability and performance.
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience a plus

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• 3 years of experience in enterprise, application, and/or information architecture required.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.
• 5 years of experience in enterprise, application, and/or information architecture preferred.

• Technical Knowledge:
• Has a solid working knowledge of capabilities and direction of technology, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of the technology required and the needs of business environment necessary to support assigned projects.
• Develops solutions to meet business needs that reflect a clear understanding of the objectives, practices and procedures of the corporation, department and business unit.
• Problem Solving & Decision Making:
• Demonstrates sound analytical and diagnostic skills dealing with issues that are not readily defined and/or conflict with available information.
• Knows where to obtain information needed to make the appropriate decisions.
• Breaks a problem down to manageable pieces and implements effective, timely solutions.
• Is very good at identifying the problem versus the symptom.
• Deals increasingly with problems that require involvement of others to solve.
• Has the ability to reach sound decisions quickly.
• Carefully evaluates alternative risks and solutions before taking action.
• Optimizes the use of all available resources.
• Has a solid working knowledge of capabilities and direction of technology, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of the technology required and the needs of business environment necessary to support assigned projects.
• Develops solutions to meet business needs that reflect a clear understanding of the objectives, practices and procedures of the corporation, department and business unit.
• Team Orientation:
• Maintains partnerships across the organization, and is able to influence senior management, peers and staff through an inclusive style and recognition of their abilities to achieve results.
• The success of the team is above own interest.
• Self-Management:
• Manages functional objectives and priorities supporting multiple assigned business units.
• Responsibilities are assigned with latitude for setting priorities and decision-making using generally accepted guidelines.
• Results are reviewed with next level manager for clarification according to predefined objectives
• Commitment to Quality Result:
• Creates an atmosphere where business partner's issues are dealt with professionally, and in a timely manner.
• Suggests solutions that make sense and are in line with future technology direction.
• Communicates openly and effectively in a manner consistent with the audience.
• Demonstrates an adaptive style that is flexible and effective in gaining cooperation of others.
• Anticipates and responds to management requests for information with timely, accurate findings.
• Planning and Project Management:
• Develops operational plans and provides resource estimation for task planning.
• Proposes plans of action that are timely, realistic and positive.
• Sets appropriate goals for projects, and monitors progress against the plan.
• Financial Awareness:
• Understands, has input to the budget process, and is responsible for cost-effective expense control of assigned projects.
• Is responsible for important and confidential informat