Guidewire Solution Architect

Role : Guidewire Solution Architect

Duration : Long Term Contact

Location : Cleveland OH Hybrid

Job Description:

Solution Architecture Leadership

Own the end to end ClaimCenter solution design for assigned work ensuring alignment with business requirements enterprise architecture standards and reuse first principles

Translate claims business needs into ClaimCenter native configuration patterns minimizing custom development and configuration divergence

Define and document architecture decisions trade offs and rationale including impacts to downstream systems

2 ClaimCenter Configuration Technical Oversight

Guide and review ClaimCenter configuration and Gosu development

Ensure configurations follow Guidewire best practices and support future scalability and upgrades

Review technical designs and code for quality performance and supportability

3 Integration Data Design

Design and govern ClaimCenter integrations with Progressive and Vendor systems

Define and validate data contracts and mappings ensuring accurate alignment between legacy structures policy data and ClaimCenter entities

Partner with Progressive teams to ensure financial and claim data consistency across systems

4 Reuse Consistency and Standards Enforcement

Actively identify opportunities to reuse existing ClaimCenter configurations and integrations reducing redundancy and implementation risk

Enforce architecture standards patterns and naming conventions across delivery teams

Ensure differences in policy or product data are addressed through configuration patterns not unnecessary customization

5 Delivery Collaboration Agile Support

Work daily with product owners business SMEs developers testers and integration teams to clarify requirements and resolve design questions

Participate in agile ceremonies eg refinement planning design discussions to ensure architectural alignment throughout delivery

Provide timely architectural guidance to unblock teams and prevent downstream rework

6 Governance Stakeholder Communication

Prepare and present architecture artifacts diagrams design summaries decision logs for governance and review forums

Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to business leaders and nontechnical stakeholders

Proactively surface architectural risks dependencies and mitigation strategies

7 Quality Risk and Readiness Management

Identify and manage architectural risks including impacts to claims processing financial accuracy and regulatory compliance

Ensure solutions meet non functional requirements performance scalability security supportability

Support production readiness by validating architectural completeness and operational considerations"