Guidewire Solution Architecture

Job summary

The solution architect will design and oversee Guidewire cloud solutions, ensuring compliance with organizational standards and architecture frameworks. They are responsible for mentoring developers, setting best practices, and providing technical leadership for complex integration projects.

Job details

The client is looking for a solution architect who carries both design and technical credibility on Guidewire. The architecture side is explicit: architecture files, impact assessment (coexistence, dependencies, performance, security), Archimate diagrams, compliance with the organization's standards. The technical side is just as explicit: Gosu, PCF configuration and Guidewire APIs, with responsibility for mentoring developers and setting best practices on the Guidewire cloud solution. The 5-year Guidewire requirement is labelled mandatory, which makes it the first filter. The mandate is fully remote and open to Canadian residents, including unilingual English speakers, which widens the pool beyond Québec. Target candidate: a solution architect with at least 8 years in architecture or a related role, including 5 years on PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter or BillingCenter with hands-on Gosu development and PCF configuration. We are looking for someone who has already signed off solution architecture files and has already acted as the technical reference for a team of Guidewire developers. Requirements REQUIRED Significant experience in solution architecture on projects Command of the Guidewire suite: PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter Command of the Gosu language and page configuration (PCF) Knowledge of Guidewire suite APIs Command of one or more architecture frameworks and Archimate notation Inter-application integration (APIs, Web Services, event-driven architecture) Microservices approach On-premise and cloud deployment of application solutions (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, CaaS) Developer mentoring and Guidewire Cloud development best practices Priority management, planning and matrix environment Oral and written communication, simplifying complex topics, escalation of critical issues Intermediate-advanced English ASSET Guidewire certification (Associate, Specialist or ACE), labelled an "important asset" Knowledge of Guidewire APD (Advanced Product Designer) Profiles to Exclude: Profile mentioning Guidewire only in functional analysis, testing or project management, with no demonstrated Gosu development or PCF configuration. Guidewire developer or tech lead profile with no solution architecture file produced (IT orientations, non-functional requirements, transition strategies). Solution or enterprise architect profile outside Guidewire, with less than 5 years of hands-on work on the suite. Profile whose integration experience is limited to consuming APIs, with no inter-application integration design (Web Services, event-driven). Guidewire profile with no demonstrated mentoring or technical reference role with developers.

What you’ll do

The solution architect will design and oversee Guidewire cloud solutions, ensuring compliance with organizational standards and architecture frameworks. They are responsible for mentoring developers, setting best practices, and providing technical leadership for complex integration projects.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 8 years of architecture experience, including 5 years of hands-on experience with the Guidewire suite, Gosu development, and PCF configuration. Proficiency in architecture frameworks, inter-application integration, and cloud deployment strategies is mandatory.

Listed skills

• Technical · Preferred
• assessment · Preferred
• analysis · Preferred
• Leadership · Preferred
• Client · Preferred
• Compliance · Preferred
• management · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Development · Preferred
• Integration · Preferred
• English · Preferred
• Configuration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Guidewire PolicyCenter
• Guidewire ClaimCenter
• Guidewire BillingCenter
• Gosu
• PCF Configuration
• Solution Architecture
• Archimate
• API Integration
• Web Services
• Event-driven Architecture
• Microservices
• Cloud Deployment
• Mentoring
• Technical Leadership
• IaaS
• PaaS
• Functional Analysis
• Event Driven Architecture
• Guidewire Core
• Gosu (Programming Language)
• ArchiMate
• Cloud Development
• Planning
• Application Programming Interface (API)
• Enterprise Application Integration
• Software As A Service (SaaS)
• English Language
• Event-Driven Programming
• Functional Requirement
• Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
• Impact Assessment
• Project Management
• Mentorship
• Platform As A Service (PaaS)
• Product Design
• Writing
• Prioritization

Job areas

• Technology
• Software
• Consulting
• Management & Leadership
• Application Solution Architect
• Solutions / Application Architect
• Software Developers

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