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Role : Guidewire Solution Architect
Duration : Long Term Contact
Location : Cleveland OH Hybrid
Job Description:
Solution Architecture Leadership
Own the end to end ClaimCenter solution design for assigned work ensuring alignment with business requirements enterprise architecture standards and reuse first principles
Translate claims business needs into ClaimCenter native configuration patterns minimizing custom development and configuration divergence
Define and document architecture decisions trade offs and rationale including impacts to downstream systems
2 ClaimCenter Configuration Technical Oversight
Guide and review ClaimCenter configuration and Gosu development
Ensure configurations follow Guidewire best practices and support future scalability and upgrades
Review technical designs and code for quality performance and supportability
3 Integration Data Design
Design and govern ClaimCenter integrations with Progressive and Vendor systems
Define and validate data contracts and mappings ensuring accurate alignment between legacy structures policy data and ClaimCenter entities
Partner with Progressive teams to ensure financial and claim data consistency across systems
4 Reuse Consistency and Standards Enforcement
Actively identify opportunities to reuse existing ClaimCenter configurations and integrations reducing redundancy and implementation risk
Enforce architecture standards patterns and naming conventions across delivery teams
Ensure differences in policy or product data are addressed through configuration patterns not unnecessary customization
5 Delivery Collaboration Agile Support
Work daily with product owners business SMEs developers testers and integration teams to clarify requirements and resolve design questions
Participate in agile ceremonies eg refinement planning design discussions to ensure architectural alignment throughout delivery
Provide timely architectural guidance to unblock teams and prevent downstream rework
6 Governance Stakeholder Communication
Prepare and present architecture artifacts diagrams design summaries decision logs for governance and review forums
Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to business leaders and nontechnical stakeholders
Proactively surface architectural risks dependencies and mitigation strategies
7 Quality Risk and Readiness Management
Identify and manage architectural risks including impacts to claims processing financial accuracy and regulatory compliance
Ensure solutions meet non functional requirements performance scalability security supportability
Support production readiness by validating architectural completeness and operational considerations"