The Guidewire Policy Center Architect plays a pivotal role in crafting and executing solutions with the platform s latest advancements. With an in-depth grasp of the new features, modules, and integration frameworks of version 10, the architect spearheads technical design, aligns it with business goals and IT strategies, and enhances our Guidewire ecosystem s functionality.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement robust, scalable solutions using Guidewire Policy Center v10 to meet business requirements.
- Conduct product modeling reviews, oversee technical design, and configuration for new product rollouts.
- 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.
- Maintain development environments and manage coding branches effectively across various product lines.
- 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.
- Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture and deployment diagrams and production runbooks.
- Manage production applications against KPIs and troubleshoot issues across deployment layers.
Qualifications
- At least 8 years of experience in Guidewire Policy Center development, including experience as a Technical Lead on at least three full-scale commercial policy product implementations. -
- Demonstrated leadership and post-implementation ownership of Guidewire Policy Center products.
- A minimum of 8 years leading and managing onshore/offshore development teams for Guidewire product implementations.
- Expertise in Guidewire APIs, Product Designer, GX Model, and integrations.
- Proven experience with Guidewire Rating engine and configurations.
- 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.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related field is strongly preferred.