Senior Cybersecurity Technologist

Travelers; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 127,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) matching

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Volunteer Rewards

Job summary

Travelers is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer II to oversee the architecture, deployment, and maintenance of self-hosted CyberArk PAM platforms. You will partner with business teams to implement secure, least-privilege access and automate onboarding, reconciliation, and monitoring using CyberArk REST APIs, PowerShell, and scripting in Python.

You will drive vault resilience, upgrades, and integration with IdP/SSO systems, while advancing password-less authentication and secure privileged access

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 4 years of IT security engineering or software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with self-hosted CyberArk PAM in production.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture, deployment, and lifecycle of CyberArk components (PVWA, CPM, PSM).
• Maintain configurations, access policies, and master policy settings.
• Onboard privileged accounts and secrets across Windows, Linux/Unix, databases, and cloud.
• Lead vault resilience, DR, HA, backups, and upgrades with minimal disruption.
• Build automation for onboarding, reconciliation, reporting, and health checks via REST API and PowerShell.
• Troubleshoot PAM issues and document standards and runbooks.
• Advance privileged access roadmap toward password-less auth and ephemerality.

Skills

CyberArk

PAM

Windows

Linux

Cloud

REST API

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

PVWA

CPM

PSM/PSMP

CyberArk REST API

PowerShell

Python

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 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?

At Travelers, our Cybersecurity Engineering teams are responsible for the overall implementation and management of strategic platforms that provide oversight, process management, protection and enablement of security control processes and allow for an effective Cybersecurity practice.

As a Cybersecurity Engineer II, you will provide subject matter expertise and consultation on complex cybersecurity platforms to ensure correct installation, configuration, and maintenance. You will consult with business partners on any changes and/or enhancements and will effectively communicate potential operational impacts. Leveraging your technical expertise on strategic platforms, you will troubleshoot complex issues that may be escalated and provide guidance and coaching to team members.

What Will You Do?

• Own the architecture, deployment, and lifecycle of self-hosted CyberArk components, including the Password Vault Web Access (PVWA), Central Policy Manager (CPM), and Privileged Session Manager (PSM/PSMP).
• Maintain platform configurations, safe structures, access policies, and master policy settings that align with least-privilege and separation-of-duties principles.
• Onboard privileged accounts and secrets across Windows, Linux/Unix, databases, network devices, and cloud platforms, developing custom CPM plugins and connectors where out-of-the-box support falls short.
• Lead vault resilience efforts, including disaster recovery, high-availability configuration, backup validation, and version upgrades with minimal disruption.
• Build automation for onboarding, reconciliation, reporting, and health monitoring using the CyberArk REST API, PowerShell, and related tooling.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across the PAM stack, from connection component failures and PSM recordings to CPM rotation errors and vault performance tuning.
• Document standards and runbooks and contribute to the technical maturity of the broader team.
• Help advance our privileged access roadmap toward password-less and modern authentication by reducing reliance on static credentials through

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Hands‑on experience operating self-hosted (on‑premises) CyberArk PAM in a production enterprise environment.

• Strong working knowledge of the full CyberArk component set: Vault, PVWA, CPM, PSM/PSMP, and familiarity with PTA, Conjur, or CyberArk’s SaaS offerings.

• Experience developing custom connection components and CPM plugins for non‑standard platforms.

• Proficiency with the CyberArk REST API and scripting in PowerShell (Python a plus) to automate operational tasks.

• Solid command of Windows Server and Active Directory, with working knowledge of Linux/Unix privileged access models.

• Practical understanding of authentication protocols and PKI concepts (LDAP, SAML, Kerberos, certificates) as they relate to PAM.

• Understanding of just‑in‑time and zero‑standing‑privilege access models, and how to move a program from static, always‑on credentials toward ephemer

• Working knowledge of password‑less and certificate‑based authentication concepts, and how they apply to privileged access.

• Experience integrating PAM with the surrounding identity and operations ecosystem IdP/SSO (Entra ID, Okta), ITSM (ServiceNow), SIEM, and secrets consumers via API.

• Experience evaluating, piloting, or integrating new capabilities into an existing PAM program — able to weigh build‑vs‑buy tradeoffs and plan phased rollouts.

• A track record of leading upgrades, migrations, or resilience improvements in a self‑hosted deployment.

• CyberArk certifications (Defender, Sentry, or Guardian).

• Exposure to hybrid and cloud privileged access patterns (AWS, Azure).

• Experience supporting privileged access in a regulated industry.

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 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/.