Senior Architect, Data and Analytics

Overview

Senior Architect for the Data and Analytics team, leading customers and SI partners adopting the Guidewire Data Platform as the centerpiece of their data foundation, and driving enterprise data transformation initiatives.

What you'll do

• Design and propose high-level design diagrams for overall system architecture, with an AI-forward approach.
• Lead Inception Sessions to build consensus on project scope, and generate user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Contribute to the evolution and fine-tuning of the Guidewire Vantage Methodology.
• Work with business analysts to derive Data Management and Analytics technical solutions from Business Requirements Documents.
• Collaborate with data analysts, ETL and BI developers, and QA testers to assign implementation and testing tasks and deliver sprint goals.
• Analyze complex data structures in legacy source systems and help map them to the Guidewire InsuranceSuite data model.
• Accelerate processes by AI-enabling Guidewire Data Platform and analytics offerings.
• Manage the end-to-end data loading process, including pre-load validation, execution of load jobs, and post-load verification.
• Optimize migration processes for performance, including configuration adjustments for large data volumes, to meet project SLAs.
• Enable offshore teams to deliver agreed business requirements in line with Guidewire best practices and standards.
• Work with the PMO, providing domain expertise to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Lead efforts to harvest project collateral to enable repeatability.
• Create new tooling to streamline data processing when called upon or when the opportunity presents itself.
• Share knowledge with the wider Guidewire Data and Analytics team.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent level of demonstrable professional competency.
• 8+ years in a Senior technical role building complex Data Integration frameworks.
• Deep understanding of the P&C insurance domain, including policies, claims, billing, and underwriting.
• Fundamental understanding of Guidewire InsuranceSuite Applications (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, and ContactManager) at an atomic level.
• If specializing in Ingress from Legacy Sources: working knowledge of migrating into Guidewire InsuranceSuite applications is required.
• If specializing in Egress: working knowledge of at least one technology stack among AWS, DataBricks, Snowflake, Google BigQuery, etc. is required.
• If specializing in statutory and regulatory reporting and analytics: well-rounded knowledge of P&C Insurance and Workers Compensation domain concepts, requirements gathering sessions, BI architecture and delivery template design and automation.
• Strong knowledge of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing concepts.
• 5+ years of experience in Data Warehousing projects.
• 5+ years of experience leading BI developers and architects to deliver complete solution stacks.
• 5+ years of experience with data processing and ETL and ELT concepts.
• At least 3 years of experience leading design review sessions to build consensus among diverse technical and business groups.
• At least 3 years in a leadership capacity delivering complex data transformation initiatives, including mentoring and team building.
• Experience working in Guidewire Data Migration/Data Platform projects.
• Experience working with relational databases.
• Experience working with customer teams to understand business objectives and functional requirements.
• Effective leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.
• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it, along with data-driven insights, to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Change Data Capture (CDC) frameworks.
• Experience with NoSQL databases.
• Experience working with different cloud platforms (such as AWS, DataBricks, Azure, Snowflake, Google Cloud, etc.).
• Experience adopting AI platforms such as Claude Code to deliver business value and reduce implementation cycle time.

Details

• Location: United States, remote.
• Employment type: full-time.
• Consultants are expected to spend up to 50% of their time on-site with customer business and technical teams.
• Base salary range: $150,000 - $227,000, depending on experience, skills, education, training, location, and other factors.
• Eligible for benefits, and possibly the annual company bonus plan, commissions, and/or long-term incentive awards.