
Lead Guidewire PolicyCenter Architect
American Family Insurance29 days ago
Boston, MA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$131k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Drive enterprise architecture solutions, frameworks, roadmaps, program optimization, and process engineering.
- Design, develop, integrate, and test architecture frameworks, systems, and solutions.
- Provide Guidewire PolicyCenter architecture leadership, including upgrades, integrations, infrastructure optimization, and scalability design.
- Develop architecture strategies, principles, reference architectures, policies, standards, and guidelines.
- Research, engineer, and integrate new solutions using service-oriented architecture principles.
- Perform issue resolution and triage, assess impact, and recommend remediation.
- Analyze application, information, and technology architecture portfolios to identify strategic improvements.
Requirements
- Extensive knowledge of Guidewire PolicyCenter architecture, platform capabilities, and implementation best practices.
- Extensive knowledge of enterprise architecture methods, artifacts, and tools.
- Extensive knowledge of software engineering practices, system and software design, and system deployments.
- Solid knowledge of business strategy, business architecture, business models, and technology strategy development.
- Knowledge of enterprise architecture styles, including service-oriented, web, mobile, client/server, business intelligence, messaging and integration, and legacy/mainframe architectures.
- Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support, or service.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate with and influence technical IT staff and business executives.
- Demonstrated experience negotiating complex issues, reaching consensus, and achieving goals through others.
- Demonstrated experience analyzing technology strategy at an organizational level.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and wellbeing benefits.
- 401(k) contribution, pension plan, annual incentive, paid holidays, and paid time off with 23 days accrued annually for full-time employees.
- Student loan repayment program and paid family leave.
- Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.
- Up to 10% travel; first-week new employee orientation is held in person at a headquarters or core location, with possible virtual delivery depending on scheduling.
- Offer is contingent on applicable background checks and signing a nondisclosure agreement.
- The position is not eligible for sponsorship now or in the future, including through the OPT/STEM process.