Guidewire Policy Center Architect

POSITION

Guidewire Policy Center Architect

LOCATION

Hybrid 3 days: Tues Wed Thursday

Preferred Locations:

• Charlotte NC; Garden City NY; Morristown NJ; Mt. Juliet TN; New York NY; Purchase NY

These locations are also acceptable:

• Chicago IL; Colorado Springs CO; Dallas TX; Fargo ND; Houston TX; Jacksonville IL; Lenexa KS; Los Angeles CA; Lubbock TX; Topeka KS

NOTE: Will consider Fully Remote Candidates only if they are too far from one of these offices to commute.

DURATION

6 months potential CTH

INTERVIEW TYPE

Video

VISA RESTRICTIONS

No Sponsorship Available Upon Conversion

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Commercial P&C insurance knowledge is a plus.
• Strong problemsolving and analytical skills.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and adept at guiding teams to solutions.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and implement robust scalable solutions using Guidewire Policy Center v10 to meet business requirements.
• Translate intricate business requirements into technical solutions within the Policy Center framework.
• Conduct product modeling reviews oversee technical design and configuration for new product rollouts.
• Stay updated with the latest features of Guidewire Policy Center v10 and evaluate their relevance and utility for the organization.
• Uphold best practices in architecture and design within the Guidewire ecosystem.
• Customize and improve products user interfaces workflows and business rules using Guidewire Studio.
• Utilize available accelerators to expedite development and reuse established architectural patterns.
• Oversee application configurations releases and software upgrade processes both minor and major.
• Maintain development environments and manage coding branches effectively across various product lines.
• Provide mentorship to development teams ensuring technical leadership project allocation and oversight.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and lead development teams both onshore and offshore to ensure timely delivery of solutions.
• Use project lifecycle management tools like TFS to maintain transparency in development activities.
• Collaborate closely with Project Management and Analysis teams for requirement understanding scoping and planning.
• Advise the QA team on potential impacts to facilitate adequate test case development.
• Work in partnership with Guidewire thirdparty vendors and other development teams for a seamless insurance platform.
• Recommend new Guidewire Policy Center v10 features for future adoption.
• Tackle complex technical issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvement by evaluating new technologies and methodologies.
• Establish and govern engineering standards related to security logging alerting coding and more.
• Ensure GUnit test cases are integrated into CI/CD pipelines for optimal code coverage.
• Assist in scripting and automating deployments to reduce manual tasks.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation including architecture and deployment diagrams and production runbooks.
• Manage production applications against KPIs and troubleshoot issues across deployment layers.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 8 years of experience in Guidewire Policy Center development including experience as a Technical Lead on at least three fullscale commercial policy product implementations.
• Demonstrated leadership and postimplementation ownership of Guidewire Policy Center products.
• A minimum of 8 years leading and managing onshore/offshore development teams for Guidewire product implementations.
• Over 10 years of Java development experience with Guidewire Policy Center certification preferred.
• Expertise in Guidewire APIs Product Designer GX Model and integrations.
• Proven experience with Guidewire Rating engine and configurations.
• Knowledge of Guidewire Renewal API and data migration strategies.
• Familiarity with ALM best practices for code versioning integration release management and maintenance of Guidewire Policy Center products.
• Experience with Guidewire application partitioning and optimization for performance and scalability.
• Proficiency in secure software development practices and architectural standards specific to Guidewire configurations and integrations.
• Experienced with Agile SCRUM methodology and tools (TFS Rally JIRA etc.) in a technical leadership capacity.
• Skilled in managing DevOps processes including Builds CI/CD Pipelines and Version Control.