Cybersecurity Engineer II

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 170 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

$126,500.00 - $208,700.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers is seeking a network and operationally minded security professional with developer capabilities and a passion to help protect a Fortune 500 company through perimeter controls. They will be part of a team that currently supports our firewall rule request approvals and orchestration, intrusion prevention systems, and web proxy/internet content filtering technologies. They will also help support a newly implemented web application firewall both on-premises and in the cloud. This candidate will play an integral role as part of our transition to more forward-thinking and exciting network security models that support cloud-native solutions and zero trust architectures. This person should also be creative and have a vision for how to best leverage these technologies to protect our data and systems, while allowing our development teams to move quickly. This includes but is not limited to someone with coding language experience to assist with modernizing our current processes through automation and data integrations. You should also be able to investigate, identify, and resolve cybersecurity incidents independently and remediate those within acceptable SLAs.

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.

What Will You Do?

• Lead and participate in projects through implementation which may include analysis, assessment, and resolution of cybersecurity platforms and/or products.

• Design, develop, analyze, and configure complex automation tasks.

• Support complex security controls across multiple tools and processes and manage the configuration and distribution across multiple systems and platforms.

• Act as an escalation point for incidents or problems that arise involving platform extensions which may include researching the problem, putting policy management in place, document, and remediation.

• Consult directly with business customers on software, education, performance testing, etc.

• Facilitate and build out enhancement requests from business leaders.

• Troubleshoot and diagnose cyber defense infrastructure anomalies and work through resolution.

• Update policy and/or lead maintenance upgrades.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Degree or certificate in Cybersecurity.

• 5 years of experience in Information Technology Security Engineering or Software engineering.

• Hands on experience with Cloud computing and automation concepts.

• Experience with system, network, and OS hardening techniques, and host/network access control mechanisms.

• Advanced knowledge of cybersecurity privacy principles, cyber threats and vulnerabilities, and cyber defense and information security policies, procedures, and regulations.

• Ability to apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organization requirements such as confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to consult on projects and present information effectively.

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and follow through to ensure timely completion.

What is a Must Have?

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar degree, or its equivalent in work experience.

• 4 years of experience in Information Technology Security Engineering or Software engineering.

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 value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.

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

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.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/ .