Guidewire Solution Architect - Property/Casualty

About the role

COUNTRY Financial is seeking a dynamic experienced, and highly motivated Guidewire Solution Architect to join the Commercial & Agribusiness Insurance Application Development team.

This key role provides oversight and technical direction to teams comprised of business partners and technology team members from COUNTRY Financial, a System Integrator and Software Vendors to deliver solutions.

Responsibilities

• Designs solutions after gathering business and technical requirements.
• Develops software solutions that are high performing and meet technical standards.
• Supports testing and problem solving/debugging of solutions.
• Implements software solutions following best practices.

Requirements

• Typically requires 14+ years of relevant experience or a combination of related experience, education and training.
• Strong organization, written and oral communication skills.
• Expert level knowledge of Guidewire’s PolicyCenter, including configuration and integration capabilities, cloud implementations.
• Demonstrated forward thinking skills, ability to look at the overall needs of the business area supported and contributed to the direction and recommend improvement ideas.
• Proven experience working developers on technical requirements to design solutions.
• Demonstrated experience providing guidance on data model changes and code quality, including support of teams in code reviews.
• Proven ability to work with support teams resolving complex issues related to performance.
• Experience in creating process diagrams for business solutions.
• Be able to present to leadership or business audiences.
• Ability to do impact analysis of a change to a system you support, and other systems impacted.
• Must be able to perform under pressure, multitask, prioritize, and show appropriate sense of urgency.
• Proven ability of working within an Agile development life cycle (including a strong understanding of the interactions between engineers, analysts, and testers).
• Experience working on large strategic, multi-phase projects involving multiple teams and 50+ employees.
• Experience using Rally.
• Experience working in a SAFe Agile environment.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language.
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, Docker, BitBucket and GitLab.

Qualifications

Base Pay Range $138,800-$190,850

The base pay range represents the typical range of potential salary offers for candidates hired. Factors used to determine your actual salary include your specific skills, qualifications and experience.

Incentive Pay In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for a Short-Term Incentive plan.

Why work with us?

• We serve nearly one million households with our diverse range of personal and business insurance products as well as retirement and investment services.
• We build relationships and work together to create a stronger, more secure future for our clients and our communities.
• We’re a big company, yet small enough you can make an impact and won’t get lost in the shuffle.
• You’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow throughout your career, either within this role or by exploring other areas of our business.
• You’ll be able to take advantage of our benefits package, which includes insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability, and life), 401(k) with company match.