Guidewire CC Developer- 6Months- London

Kirtana Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in Greater London is seeking a Guidewire CC Developer for a 6-month rolling contract. In this role, you will manage implementation, upgrades, and support projects for Guidewire xCenters. Candidates should have 8+ years of experience in Guidewire and a solid understanding of the Property and Casualty insurance domain. The position requires strong technical skills and leadership in managing distributed teams and defect management across multiple time zones. Remote working options are available.

Qualifications

• 8+ years total Guidewire experience.
• 5+ years ClaimCenter experience.
• Strong understanding of Policy, claim, and Billing life cycles.

Responsibilities

• Manage client co-ordination and lead support teams across time zones.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis and manage defects.
• Enhance application logging standards for Guidewire services.

Skills

Guidewire xCenters (version 10.x & cloud versions)

Goshu

Core Java

SQL

Guidewire Messaging framework

Education

Guidewire Certification (preferably ACE certified)

Tools

Git

Jira

ServiceNow

Job description

Kirtana consulting is looking for Guidewire CC Developer for 6months rolling contract in London.

Job description:

Role: Guidewire CC Developer

Work in Implementation, Upgrade and support project with on-prem, GWCP and private Cloud hosted version of for Guidewire xCenters (version 10.x & cloud versions) Manage client co-ordination and deep functional or insurance (P&C) industry expertise especially on Personal and/or commercial lines.

Lead L2/L3/L4 support teams working across India, US & UK.

Lead distributed teams working across 3 different time zones effectively handle production defects, arresting defect inflow and maintaining a healthy trend in issues management Ensure near 24/7 environment availability for production and non-production environments, exceeding customer service level agreements Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and identify identify systemic defect patterns, areas of opportunities to improve and control flow of defects. Define & Socialize plan of action to eliminate and control defects Enhance application logging standards across Guidewire services to achieve faster MTTR through proactive alerting & anomaly detection.

Manage centralized monitoring & observability dashboards for Real Time health tracking.

Experience Requisite

• Total Guidewire Experience: 8+ years
• ClaimCenter Experience: 5+ years
• Must be Guidewire Certified Developer - preferably ACE certified

Domain Expertise:

• Good experience in Property and Casualty insurance domain
• Strong understanding of Policy, claim and Billing life cycles and transactions in Guidewire systems

Guidewire Skills:

• Strong understanding of Guidewire xCenters (version 10.x & cloud versions)
• Working Experience across other Guidewire centers and integration gateway
• Strong working experience of implementing GUnit automation framework for business rule validation
• Mastery at execution of Guidewire recommended best practices and Surepath methodology

Configuration Expertise:

Hands-on experience with Guidewire xCenters (version 10.x & cloud versions) configuration including:

• Workflows
• Data Model
• Rules
• Entity Creation/Modification
• Benefit Management
• PCFs customization
• Validations
• Widgets and their attributes
• Integration Mechanisms
• Guidewire Data Model

Customization & Integration:

Sound knowledge of Guidewire xCenters (version 10.x & Cloud) customization and integration (Intra and Inter system integration) using REST and SOAP APIs

Technical Skills:

• Experience with batch processes, Guidewire Messaging framework, and OOTB plugins
• Familiarity with Infra concepts and deployment architecture (WMB, WAS, and Apache)
• Strong knowledge on Software architecture and design in Guidewire Ecosystem
• Enforcing the Testing Pyramid with Unit Tests (GUnit), API & Integration Testing and UI Regression (targeted)
• Implementing automated regression tests to reduce release risk and cycle time
• Strong expertise in Gosu, Core Java, SQL
• Ability to work with different databases write SQL queries for data analysis

SDLC/Project Management:

• Implementing structured SDLC with CI/CD controls.
• Working experience in implementation and AMS programs
• Experience with defect triaging, estimation, stakeholder management, and application enhancements.
• Ability to lead Team and manage client stakeholders
• Experience with Git repository, Jira and ServiceNow

Additional Skills:

• Informatics experience (working with information technology systems) is a plus

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• Adaptability in client implementation environments
• Eagerness to learn and apply new technologies for application improvement.