Guidewire Architect

Position Description:

Company Profile:
Founded in 1976 CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94000 consultants and professionals across the globe CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at .
Job Title: Guidewire Architect
Position: Manager Consulting Expert
Experience: 15 Years
Category: Software Development/ Engineering
Shift: General
Main location: Chennai/Bangalore/Hyderabad
Position ID: J0626-2420
Employment Type: Full Time
Education Qualification: Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
Position Description: We are seeking an experienced and technically visionary Guidewire Architect to lead the design development and technical governance of our Guidewire implementation programs PolicyCenter / ClaimCenter / this role you will be responsible for translating business requirements into scalable secure and high performing technical solutions. You will lead our transition to/management of Guidewire Cloud design complex integrations and mentor our engineering teams to ensure adherence to coding and architectural best practices. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership communicating proposed solutions through the lens of operational and business impact.
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Your future duties and responsibilities:

Solution Architecture: Design end to end technical solutions within the Guidewire suite balancing custom Gosu development with out of the box (OOTB) capabilities to minimize technical debt.
. Integration Design: Architect robust secure and scalable integrations between Guidewire and internal/external third party systems using REST APIs SOAP messaging queues and middleware.
. Cloud Strategy: Lead technical initiatives related to Guidewire Cloud Platform (GWCP) including cloud migrations upgrades and optimizing cloud native architectures.
. Technical Governance: Define technical standards conduct code and architecture reviews and ensure the development team follows Guidewire best practices.
. Performance Tuning: Identify and resolve system performance bottlenecks ensuring high availability and reliability of the Guidewire application.
. Mentorship: Serve as a technical leader coaching and mentoring Senior/Junior Developers Tech Leads and QA engineers.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Must Have Skills:
15 years of software engineering experience with 5 years of hands on experience in Guidewire Configuration and Integration.
. 3 years of experience specifically in a Technical or Solution Architect role.
. Deep technical expertise in Gosu Java Web Services (REST/SOAP) XML JSON and CI/CD pipelines.
. Proven experience with Guidewire Cloud deployments and upgrades.
. Active Guidewire Certifications are highly recommended.
. Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical trade offs to IT leadership.

Good to have Skills:
Experience with Web Services (SOAP/REST) XML JSON Messaging and Batch Processes.
Excellent analytical problem-solving and communication skills.

Skills:

• Communication
• Guidewire
• Performance Tuning
• Solutions Architecture
• Technical Architecture

What you can expect from us:

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