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Senior Tech Ops Engineer, Distributed Systems

The Travelers, Redhill, Surrey

Senior Tech Ops Engineer, Distributed Systems

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The Travelers, Redhill, Surrey

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 14 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 3511bd16f2e642648cecff3bf76d1556

Full Job Description

  • Drive troubleshooting of network infrastructure and services, respond to alerts, create solutions, and provide customer support.
  • Resolve tasks that require critical thinking and follow documented actions or instructions to complete the work.
  • Collaborate with peers to proactively identify potential issues and areas of improvements in existing network environment.
  • Provide input to develop and/or redesign solutions while consulting with application areas and business units to provide technology recommendations and solutions to support business needs.
  • Build, leverage, and maintain effective alliances across technical and business communities to achieve efficient and effective results.
  • Determine and resolve of technological problems.
  • Identify and tackle infrastructure root causes using the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process.
  • Remediate and improve resiliency of faulting systems.
  • Improve troubleshooting documentation with the Incident Response Team.
  • Provide input to develop and/or redesign solutions with partnership from application and engineering teams.
  • Build, leverage, and maintain effective alliances across technical and business communities to achieve efficient and effective results.
  • Multitasks according to business priorities and production availability requirements.
  • Act as a Problem Process Ambassador to the Technology and Operations organization by providing assistance and guidance through the problem management process to others who are not familiar or experienced with the process.
  • Perform other duties as assigned., Private Medical Insuran ce: On commencement of employment, you are eligible for single cover provided by Travelers, with the option to add cover for your dependents, at your expense through payroll deduction.
  • Retirement: Travelers will make a core contribution of a percentage of salary to your Pension Plan. Additionally, if you decide to contribute to the plan, you will receive an increased company contribution.
  • Holiday Entitlement: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 25 days holiday entitlement annually, plus the opportunity to purchase additional days to allow for up to a total of 35 holidays per year.
  • Wellness Programme: The Travelers wellness programme is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health programme provides access to free professional counseling services and other resources that 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 programme that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.
    • 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 are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email (4-ESU@travelers.com) so we may assist you. Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

    As a Senior Technology Operations Engineer you will possess strong technical understanding of AWS, PCF, EKS and able to work in a fast-paced environment and leverage your collaboration and incident correlation skills as well as your thorough understanding of operations of infrastructure technologies.,
  • Knowledge and experience with Information Technology Infrastructure Library processes and event management.
  • Strong technical aptitude with the ability and initiative to quickly learn new infrastructure technologies and deploy new concepts and technologies (i.e. Amazon Web Services, Google Compute Platform, Azure, OpenShift Container Platform, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, MuleSoft).
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into relevant business terms.
  • Demonstrated independently research, analyze and pinpoint root cause of significant system outages in pressure situations and provides recommendations and can understand what corrective actions are necessary to resolve and restore services to critical business systems.
  • Excellent ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and follow through to ensure timely completion.
  • Exemplify the ability to provide critical system support and service across Middleware technologies including Application and Web servers, SSO technologies, Automation tools, scripting, monitoring and analysis tools, and/or network technologies.
  • Related Degree qualification or equivalent experience preferred.
    • What is a Must Have?
  • Previous hands-on experience independently supporting complex workflows and creating solutions in a large organization is required.

    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.