Guidewire Solution Architect

Job Description:
1. Overview
• This position will lead the architecture and technology stream in Guidewire projects, managing architecture teams drawn from TCS, the client and other third-party delivery partners and product vendors.
• A driven and highly analytical person who has worked in a multi-cultural, multi-vendor and multi-geography environment.
• Create solution design for implementation and integration of Guidewire solution specific to customer’s environment

2. Business environment
• P&C Insurance

3. Expectations for this position
• Ideate and design end-to-end solution for Guidewire implementaiton
• Possess strong leadership abilities to influence CxO level stakeholders
• Be detail oriented
• Must have experience executing projects in a distributed agile environment
• Experience in architecting solutions for large transformational programs (typically 18 to 36 months duration)
• Have the ability to motivate and gain the respect of a high performing team
• Must have handled end-to-end architectural responsibilities from solution design, data migration planning, capacity planning, application security, process orchestration, application and data integration etc.
• Experience working in multiple technologies and platforms
• Proven ability to work with changing priorities
• Adapt to change
• Ability to work in a matrix organization
• Lead from the front
• Proactive and “get-the-job” done attitude
• Treat people the way you like to be treated
• Willing to travel – domestic (Monday to Thursday) and International (occasionally)

4. Key Competencies required
• Architecture and solution design
• P&C Insurance knowledge
• Agile methodology
• Good skills and knowledge of leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Working in a global delivery model (onshore/offshore)
• Demonstrated CxO engagement and influencing
• Architecting mission critical and high performing systems
• Recruitment
• Legacy modernization experience

Qualifications
• Minimum of 10 years in an architect capacity
• 6 years of relevant consulting or industry experience
• A minimum of 4 full life cycle implementations
• A minimum of 2 years experience participating in large-scale, full-life cycle Service Oriented Architecture implementations.
• Experience in integration and data migration solution designs
• Must have a minimum of 2 years of experience in Guidewire projects

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