Guidewire Associate Architect

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 2000000 - Rs 3500000 (ie INR 20-35 LPA)

Min Experience: 10 years

Location: Hyderabad

JobType: full-time

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and enhance existing Guidewire deployments to align with evolving business objectives and technology goals.
• Define and implement strategic technology roadmaps while mentoring and guiding development teams.
• Drive technology transformation initiatives to modernize systems and reduce technical debt.
• Manage end-to-end Guidewire implementations, including planning, configuration, customization, testing, and deployment.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to distributed and remote engineering teams.
• Oversee Guidewire integration with web services, batch processing, messaging frameworks, and third-party applications.
• Ensure system performance optimization, scalability, and reliability of Guidewire applications.

Required Skills:

• Deep expertise in Guidewire applications — PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter.
• Hands-on experience with Guidewire versions 8 and 9 (on-premises).
• Strong proficiency in Guidewire development using GOSU scripting, configuration, and unit testing.
• Proven experience integrating Guidewire with Web Services (SOAP/REST), Batch Processing, and Messaging components.
• Solid understanding of Guidewire configuration, including Data Models, Rules Engine, Workflows, Validations, Form Patterns, PCF, and Underwriting issues.
• Experience in performance tuning and optimization of Guidewire systems.
• Familiarity with Guidewire Marketplace and Commercial Lines of Business.
• Intermediate-level knowledge of Java and SQL.
• Experience handling XML in Guidewire maintenance and development.
• Proficiency with Git, JIRA, and Jenkins.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and Sprint-based development.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Awareness of IT Security best practices.

Skills
Guidewire | PolicyCenter | BillingCenter | ClaimCenter | GOSU | Java | SQL | XML | Web Services | Performance Optimization | System Architecture | Agile | Integration | Git | JIRA | Jenkins