Description

The client is looking for a solution architect who carries both design and technical credibility on Guidewire.

  • The architecture side is explicit: architecture files, impact assessment (coexistence, dependencies, performance, security), Archimate diagrams, compliance with the organization’s standards.

  • The technical side is just as explicit: Gosu, PCF configuration and Guidewire APIs, with responsibility for mentoring developers and setting best practices on the Guidewire cloud solution.

  • The 5-year Guidewire requirement is labelled mandatory, which makes it the first filter.

  • The mandate is fully remote and open to Canadian residents, including unilingual English speakers, which widens the pool beyond Québec.

 

Target candidate: a solution architect with at least 8 years in architecture or a related role, including 5 years on PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter or BillingCenter with hands-on Gosu development and PCF configuration. We are looking for someone who has already signed off solution architecture files and has already acted as the technical reference for a team of Guidewire developers.

Requirements

  • Significant experience in solution architecture on projects

  • Command of the Guidewire suite: PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter

  • Command of the Gosu language and page configuration (PCF)

  • Knowledge of Guidewire suite APIs

  • Command of one or more architecture frameworks and Archimate notation

  • Inter-application integration (APIs, Web Services, event-driven architecture)

  • Microservices approach

  • On-premise and cloud deployment of application solutions (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, CaaS)

  • Developer mentoring and Guidewire Cloud development best practices

  • Priority management, planning and matrix environment

  • Oral and written communication, simplifying complex topics, escalation of critical issues

  • Intermediate-advanced English

ASSET

  • Guidewire certification (Associate, Specialist or ACE), labelled an “important asset”

  • Knowledge of Guidewire APD (Advanced Product Designer)

Profiles to Exclude:

  • Profile mentioning Guidewire only in functional analysis, testing or project management, with no demonstrated Gosu development or PCF configuration.

  • Guidewire developer or tech lead profile with no solution architecture file produced (IT orientations, non-functional requirements, transition strategies).

  • Solution or enterprise architect profile outside Guidewire, with less than 5 years of hands-on work on the suite.

  • Profile whose integration experience is limited to consuming APIs, with no inter-application integration design (Web Services, event-driven).

  • Guidewire profile with no demonstrated mentoring or technical reference role with developers.