Guidewire Business Analyst Policy Center

JOB DESCRIPTION

1. Demonstrate expert knowledge on the Guidewire PolicyCenter system.
2. Work with major functional areas of the business to understand and document change requests submitted to the IT organization.
3. Knowledgeable on integrations with internal and external applications; research any dependencies and work on system design plan with solution architect and developers.
4. Review and analyze how changes to the business process and / or business needs will impact technical requirements throughout the system and organization.
5. Shepherd ideas through the System Development Life Cycle to ensure new business processes and system changes are documented, developed, tested, and promoted successfully.
6. Create Software Requirements Specifications, use cases, technical requirements, wireframes, system flow diagrams, and other documentation for Guidewire configurations and custom software development projects.
7. Clarify requirements prior to delivery of documentation to the Application Delivery team.
8. Become an expert on Guidewire systems and our system implementations.
9. Work with Operations team to triage production issues prior to development involvement.
10. Be the liaison between functional leads, development teams and support teams.
11. Support UAT (User Acceptance Testing) sessions as needed.
12. Work with the QA team to ensure test cases are current, correct, and cover alternative paths for existing and new system functionality.

REQUIRED SKILLS

1. Thorough knowledge of agile methodologies.
2. Skilled at writing detailed Software Requirements Specifications (SRS), use cases, and wireframes.
3. Strong background using defect-ticketing software (such as Rally, JIRA, etc.) to document software defects for development teams.
4. Experience working daily in cross-functional teams.
5. Skilled at negotiating consensus among departments that request sometimes conflicting or inconsistent software requirements.
6. Proficient using browser web development tools.