Guidewire PolicyCenter Analyst Developer

Maarut; Montreal (administrative region), Quebec; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Maarut in Montreal is seeking a senior Guidewire developer focused on upgrading PolicyCenter environments. You will own the upgrade effort, identify impacts and regressions, and document technical preparation tasks.

Experience with Guidewire upgrades (minor versions or cloud migrations) is essential, with autonomous, proactive work style. The project involves upgrading on-premise InsuranceSuite from 10.2.2 to 10.2.5+ and excluding functional changes; collaboration with DBCC work is required

Qualifications

• Experience with Guidewire upgrades: minor version upgrades or migration to Guidewire Cloud.
• Identifying impacts, incompatibilities and regressions from code review.
• Advanced mastery of the PolicyCenter data model.
• Senior experience, autonomous in upgrade preparation.
• Ability to produce technical documentation for upgrade preparation.

Responsibilities

• Refocused the role to a senior Guidewire developer responsible for upgrades.
• Identify impacts, regressions and incompatibilities during upgrades.
• Prepare upgrade artifacts and documentation for the PolicyCenter upgrade.
• Coordinate with DBCC tasks and upgrade the InsuranceSuite environment.
• Ensure upgrades are technically solid without introducing new features.

Skills

Guidewire upgrade experience

Impact analysis

PolicyCenter data model

Autonomous work style

Technical documentation

Tools

Upgrade Tool

Guidewire Platform

Job description

Job Information

Term 6 months or more

Technology

Number of Positions 1

Work Experience 7-10 Years

City Montreal /Quebec city

State/Province Quebec

H1B

Job Description

Job Description:

• Refocused the role from an analyst developer (intermediate to senior) to senior Guidewire developer, upgrade. Impact analysis is now handled by the developer, rather than a separate role.
  
• Optimum is preparing to upgrade its on-premise Guidewire InsuranceSuite environment from version 10.2.2 to 10.2.5 (or higher). (recent at the start of the project), exclusively on PolicyCenter.
  
• The mandate is for a senior Guidewire developer who has already performed a version upgrade, whether it be a minor version upgrade or a migration to Guidewire Cloud: this developer is responsible for identifying the impacts, incompatibilities, and regression points themselves, without a separate analyst profile adding value to a purely technical migration.
  
• The upgrade does not deliver new features; the challenge is technical and critical, hence the requirement for concrete version upgrade experience.
  
• A developer without this experience is only a viable option if paired part-time with a senior developer who has it.
  
• This role is separate from the DBCC correction, which is the subject of a second mandate and cannot be carried out simultaneously: the DBCCs are corrected first, then the PolicyCenter version upgrade is performed.
  
• This should not be confused with a functional analyst, a generic Guidewire profile, or an architect detached from the code.
  

Requirements

Required:

• Professional experience with a Guidewire upgrade: minor version upgrade or migration to Guidewire Cloud, using the Upgrade Tool
  
• Identification of impacts, incompatibilities, and regressions from code review
  
• Advanced mastery of the PolicyCenter data model
  
• Senior experience, autonomous in identifying impacts and preparing the upgrade
  
• Ability to produce technical documentation for upgrade preparation
  

Asset:

• Knowledge of the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance sector