Director, Kubernetes Platforms

Company: Travelers
Location: Saint Paul
Posted on: July 16, 2025

Job Description:

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 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. 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 $129,200.00 – $213,200.00 Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? We are seeking a Director, Kubernetes Platforms to lead and manage Travelers’ Kubernetes Based platforms. This team lead will leverage a product-focus, value defined methodology to define platform capabilities, partner with line-of-business application teams and ensure best-in-class operational success of a strategic application hosting platform. The Director, Kubernetes Platforms will foster a culture of innovation to enable strategic business solutions, optimize operating costs and drive workforce strategy via talent development and leadership. What Will You Do? Lead the Kubernetes Platform Product within the Managed Container Services team. Lead and coach a team of 5 platform engineers. Define self-service offerings and a product driven mindset to drive seamless adoption and usage by platform users. Set the strategic direction for new and existing Kubernetes Platform capabilities. Manage the operational success and reliability of a large fleet of Kubernetes clusters. Define and execute on regular platform currency and upgrade lifecycles to align with support. Manage and ensure on-call support for incident resolution as appropriate. Define new evaluations and proof-of-concepts to address identified gaps and expand platform capabilities. Regularly engage with Stakeholders and Consumers to understand Platform Usage. Partner with other Product Driven Teams including CyberSecurity, Observability, CI/CD. Define, manage and adhere to a set of KPIs to measure operational success. Lead product planning and execution via a Scrumban Methodology. Support transformation and migration efforts from on-premise to Cloud based Containers. Perform other duties as assigned. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? Five (5) plus years of Kubernetes experience. Five (5) plus years of team leadership/management experience. Demonstrated experience in product-driven organizations Ability to build and maintain a trusted relationship with stakeholders and partners Advanced knowledge of AWS EKS and General Kubernetes Understanding of public cloud concepts, specifically AWS Comprehensive understanding of containerized application design Experience with enterprise-scale application migrations Familiarity with CNCF Products and Solutions such as Istio, Argo CD, Cert Manager, Kyverno and more Advanced IAC skills using tools like Terraform or Helm Familiarity with GitOps principles and tools such as Argo CD Bachelors degree preferred in Technology or a similar field (or equivalent experience). Manages cross-functional objectives and/or priorities supporting an assigned business area(s). Technical Skills: Kubernetes • AWS Networking • Docker/OCI Based Containers • Application Networking • Container Security • Istio Service Mesh • Observability Solutions (Logs, Metrics, Tracing) • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm) • Scrumban Methodologies • Product management methodologies What is a Must Have? Minimum of 5 years of progressive work experience in the technology space and 4 years people management experience required. 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 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.

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