Guidewire Architect
Guidewire Architect
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Job Description
Candidate needs to be of a Sr. level and open to Principal level they need to evaluate the state of Hanovers Guidewire implementation and future road mapping activities
-Must have Guidewire Policy Center experience with Cloud / Migration and Data background would a plus
-Guidewire PC cloud experience is a must candidate will be wokring to migrate from on prem to the cloud version and must be okay working with the on prem version during that process
-Must have architecture experience and be comfortable working with Guidewire on prem not fully migrated to the cloud
-Must have experience working with stakeholders and presenting to exec leadership
Sr. Guidewire Policy Center Architect
Responsibilities/Essential Functions:
At an expert level the Senior Architect is responsible for:
Strategic planning and road mapping activities particularly for Guidewire Policy Center implementations.
Driving technology and thought leadership across technical projects involving Guidewire applications.
Ensuring project documentation for the Architecture Review Board including Technical Approach and Technical Design.
Managing the tenants of the projects architecture (business application information and technology architecture).
Promoting reuse of technologies and processes across technical projects.
Developing reference architecture compliance rules and principles for use across the portfolio and sharing them across the enterprise.
Managing technical risk for all technical decisions and any platform dependencies.
Leading the evaluation process of the architecture components of the project.
Planning and integrating new technologies into projects for effective execution.
Communicating enterprise application platform vision and strategy for software architecture and application capabilities software platforms and shared solutions.
Ensuring software portfolio conformance within the division (Get Current/Stay Current).
Mentoring Solution and Senior Solution Architects to further their growth.
Key Measures of Success:
Delivering technical design and approach.
Providing position statements and solution patterns.
Measurable roadmaps with clear milestones
Required Skills & Competencies and Experience:
At an expert level uses core solution architecture skills:
Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork facilitation and negotiation.
Excellent planning facilitation and organizational skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to understand the long-term (big picture) and short-term perspectives of situations.
Ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirements.
Ability to estimate the financial impact of individual solution architecture alternatives.
Ability to define multiple solution options to business problems.
Knowledge of key aspects of clients business.
Expert knowledge of information principles and policies.
Understanding of application development methodologies.
Understanding of SOA object-oriented analysis and design or client/server systems.
Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
Competencies:
Conceptualization: Visualize the solution process or infrastructure required to satisfy the business requirement.
Innovation: Improve organizational performance through the exploration and introduction of new opportunities that add to the business value proposition or reduce costs.
Results-driven Attitude: Deliver appropriate solutions based on Enterprise Architecture principles and compliance rules within required timeframes.
Enterprise Perspective: Understand the broader implications of strategy across all business units while visualizing the project-level implications.
Foresight: Manage short-term medium-term and long-term planning horizons concurrently.
Consensus Building: Enable a group of people with diverse backgrounds to accept a majority or common conclusion without damaging relationships.
Facilitation: Guide a debate without forcing a conclusion while ensuring all participants have an opportunity to voice ideas and opinions.
Leadership: Influence a broad audience to adopt a particular path and be respected as a leader regardless of position/role in the organization.
Logic: Select the best solution from a range of options to resolve an issue or seize an opportunity.
Communication: Effectively convey the results of the architecture the process to develop it and the value it provides by demonstrating the applicability of technology to the business.
Experience:
Bachelors degree in computer science system analysis or a related field or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 10 years in the industry with at least 5 years as a Senior Solution Architect with increasing development responsibility.
Exposure to multiple diverse business systems technologies and processing environments.
Solution design and development experience.
Specific experience with Guidewire Insurance Suite Policy Center application.
Experience with GW PC cloud migration data integration APIs MFA SSO and performance tuning.
Insurance Industry & Product Knowledge:
Broad understanding of Property/Casualty systems & applications.
Understanding of how changes/updates affect not only the specific domain but also other systems in the assigned business unit.
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-Must have Guidewire Policy Center experience with Cloud / Migration and Data background would a plus
-Guidewire PC cloud experience is a must candidate will be wokring to migrate from on prem to the cloud version and must be okay working with the on prem version during that process
-Must have architecture experience and be comfortable working with Guidewire on prem not fully migrated to the cloud
-Must have experience working with stakeholders and presenting to exec leadership
Sr. Guidewire Policy Center Architect
Responsibilities/Essential Functions:
At an expert level the Senior Architect is responsible for:
Strategic planning and road mapping activities particularly for Guidewire Policy Center implementations.
Driving technology and thought leadership across technical projects involving Guidewire applications.
Ensuring project documentation for the Architecture Review Board including Technical Approach and Technical Design.
Managing the tenants of the projects architecture (business application information and technology architecture).
Promoting reuse of technologies and processes across technical projects.
Developing reference architecture compliance rules and principles for use across the portfolio and sharing them across the enterprise.
Managing technical risk for all technical decisions and any platform dependencies.
Leading the evaluation process of the architecture components of the project.
Planning and integrating new technologies into projects for effective execution.
Communicating enterprise application platform vision and strategy for software architecture and application capabilities software platforms and shared solutions.
Ensuring software portfolio conformance within the division (Get Current/Stay Current).
Mentoring Solution and Senior Solution Architects to further their growth.
Key Measures of Success:
Delivering technical design and approach.
Providing position statements and solution patterns.
Measurable roadmaps with clear milestones
Required Skills & Competencies and Experience:
At an expert level uses core solution architecture skills:
Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork facilitation and negotiation.
Excellent planning facilitation and organizational skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to understand the long-term (big picture) and short-term perspectives of situations.
Ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirements.
Ability to estimate the financial impact of individual solution architecture alternatives.
Ability to define multiple solution options to business problems.
Knowledge of key aspects of clients business.
Expert knowledge of information principles and policies.
Understanding of application development methodologies.
Understanding of SOA object-oriented analysis and design or client/server systems.
Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
Competencies:
Conceptualization: Visualize the solution process or infrastructure required to satisfy the business requirement.
Innovation: Improve organizational performance through the exploration and introduction of new opportunities that add to the business value proposition or reduce costs.
Results-driven Attitude: Deliver appropriate solutions based on Enterprise Architecture principles and compliance rules within required timeframes.
Enterprise Perspective: Understand the broader implications of strategy across all business units while visualizing the project-level implications.
Foresight: Manage short-term medium-term and long-term planning horizons concurrently.
Consensus Building: Enable a group of people with diverse backgrounds to accept a majority or common conclusion without damaging relationships.
Facilitation: Guide a debate without forcing a conclusion while ensuring all participants have an opportunity to voice ideas and opinions.
Leadership: Influence a broad audience to adopt a particular path and be respected as a leader regardless of position/role in the organization.
Logic: Select the best solution from a range of options to resolve an issue or seize an opportunity.
Communication: Effectively convey the results of the architecture the process to develop it and the value it provides by demonstrating the applicability of technology to the business.
Experience:
Bachelors degree in computer science system analysis or a related field or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 10 years in the industry with at least 5 years as a Senior Solution Architect with increasing development responsibility.
Exposure to multiple diverse business systems technologies and processing environments.
Solution design and development experience.
Specific experience with Guidewire Insurance Suite Policy Center application.
Experience with GW PC cloud migration data integration APIs MFA SSO and performance tuning.
Insurance Industry & Product Knowledge:
Broad understanding of Property/Casualty systems & applications.
Understanding of how changes/updates affect not only the specific domain but also other systems in the assigned business unit.
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