As a Guidewire Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering enterprise-grade insurance solutions using the Guidewire platform. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership position where your deep technical expertise and architectural vision will directly influence the success of complex transformation programs in the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance domain.
You will be responsible for defining the end-to-end architecture for Guidewire applications—PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter—across configuration, integration, migration, and reporting streams. Your role will involve close collaboration with business stakeholders, technical teams, and cross-functional architects to ensure scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions.
Key Focus Areas:
- Solution Architecture & Strategy: Define and own the architectural blueprint for Guidewire implementations, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and business goals.
- Technical Leadership: Lead the technical delivery lifecycle from discovery through deployment, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release management.
- Integration Design: Analyze and design robust integration patterns using Integration Gateway, REST APIs, and third-party systems.
- Advanced Product Design (APD): Leverage APD to create flexible, reusable product models that support rapid business innovation.
- Mentorship & Governance: Guide and mentor tech leads and developers, enforce coding standards, and drive continuous improvement through code reviews and architectural best practices.
- Migration & Reporting: Provide strategic input and hands-on support for data migration mapping and reporting frameworks.
- Collaboration & Communication: Act as a key liaison between business and technical teams, ensuring clear understanding of requirements and timely resolution of issues.
To be successful in this role your experience should include:
- Prior experience with Guidewire COTS product implementations.
- Proficient across PolicyCenter (PC), BillingCenter (BC), and ClaimCenter (CC) – configuration, integration, migration, and reporting.
- ACE-certified in multiple Guidewire Centers.
- Expert in GWCP, Advanced Product Design (APD), and Integration Gateway.
- Strong domain knowledge in Insurance.
Benefits
Joining Cognizant will give you the opportunity to learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry, while having your finger on the pulse of emerging industry trends and working on the cutting edge of technology in your field of expertise.
We recognize that our people perform at their best when they feel valued as significant contributors and that is why at Cognizant, taking care of our employees is a priority:
- You can pursue innovative career tracks and opportunities here
- You can enhance your professional development through education and dedicated training
- We’ll give you the skills you need to keep pace with the changing workplace while our compensation, benefits and wellness packages help you stay healthy and plan for the future.
Please reach out to our friendly and welcoming team today to apply and register your interest for this full-time hybrid Guidewire Architect position.
At Cognizant, we engineer modern businesses to improve everyday life because we're dedicated to making a lasting impact. Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
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About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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