Senior Architect

Summary

We are looking for a Senior Architect (Integration) to join our Guidewire Professional Services team, which combines expertise in insurance with software implementation skills to lead strategic, high-value projects for our customers.

Job Description

Senior Architect (Integration - Germany), Professional Services

Native German language skills are required

Guidewire is seeking highly motivated integration experts who are looking to work with current, leading-edge technology on challenging, customer-focused consulting and implementation projects. 

This position requires a unique blend of functional and technical aptitude, business savvy, and professional consulting skills. You will become a subject matter expert in insurance industry technical solutions. 

The Guidewire Professional Services organization includes business architects, functional consultants, and technical integration consultants who work together to help customers and systems integrators (SI) implement Guidewire software.  Our projects are complex and can last from three months to two years depending on the specific customer requirements. During a project, the team will identify customer business requirements, identify solutions leveraging out-of-the-box (OOTB) capabilities coupled with configuration to meet those requirements, and integrate the Guidewire application to other internal and external systems.

Guidewire consultants are expected to spend up to 50% of their time on-site with the customer business and technical teams.  This role is focused on the EMEA region with a priority for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, but there may be an opportunity to work in other regions that Guidewire operates in.

 

What You'll Do

• You will be responsible for the integration portion of the implementation of Guidewire enterprise software following an Agile methodology.

• Participate in the full project lifecycle from initial requirements gathering and product definition, through implementation and on to post-production.

• Work with customers and SI partners to implement Guidewire software, mentoring and applying standards and  best practices for implementations.

• Design, create, configure and implement the necessary integration points for the application architecture using Java, Apache Camel and Guidewire’s proprietary Gosu programming language

• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, quality assurance testers and project leadership to ensure project success

• Coordinate the implementation of the custom solutions, assist day-to-day maintenance, support and update issues.

• Design and implement configuration and integration tests including monitoring software incidents and communicating software issues to Guidewire development professionals.
    

Technical Skills

• Strong OO design, development and test skills with proven patterns knowledge, exceptional documentation skills, and the ability to communicate your thought process

• Enterprise software product implementation experience within complex environments

• Understand the concepts of both relational and NoSQL databases

• Be prepared to write and review code, providing recommendations to customers and partners

• Leading and collaborating across multi-functional teams on complex large-scale projects in multiple locations

• Experience in Agile methodology

Other Skills

• Understand and adapt to the internal dynamics of customers and SI partners to facilitate project plans and execution

• Ability to develop deep customer and partner relationships and become a trusted advisor

• Highly motivated, results-driven and a tenacious problem solver

• Coaching and mentoring other internal and external team members on tools, best practices and methodology

• Curiosity based on genuine love of technology and solving tough technical problems

• Ability to facilitate workshops, present and explain complex solutions and recommended solutions

• Native German language skills, as well as strong English oral and written skills

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience

Nice to have

• Guidewire InsuranceSuite experience

• Insurance industry experience, understanding how the insurance business process from a user perspective

• Java, J2EE, SQL, JSON, XML experience

• Knowledge of AWS services and cloud deployment practices

About Guidewire

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.