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About Everest: Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, the UK & Ireland, Continental Europe, and Asia Pacific regions. Everest focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence, risk, and capital management. We value our people and offer professional development, tuition reimbursement, mentoring, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.

Title: Guidewire Solutions Architect

Company: Everest Global Services, Inc.

Job Category: Technology

Job Description: Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Our most critical asset is our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development, tuition reimbursement, mentoring, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.

About the Role: We seek a strategic and technically skilled Solutions Architect to oversee the Guidewire cloud platform and promote its global adoption for specialized insurance products. This role involves shaping the platform's long-term roadmap, aligning with enterprise strategies and the Guidewire ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in enterprise application architecture, cloud transformation, and platform modernization, with a focus on driving innovation, standardization, and scalability across complex landscapes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the Guidewire cloud platform and its global adoption, building and driving its long-term roadmap aligned with both Guidewire and business strategies.
• Oversee the application portfolio, including platform selection and rationalization, in partnership with Business architecture.
• Collaborate with architecture teams to drive application modernization.
• Identify and promote technical capabilities to support business gaps, aligning with enterprise drivers.
• Guide solution design according to best practices and integration patterns.
• Maintain application ecosystem and standards artifacts.
• Enhance architecture practices to foster collaboration across ETS.
• Ensure software version currency, including third-party libraries and frameworks.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and collaboration with delivery teams and architects.
• Conduct cloud readiness assessments and gap analysis for Guidewire transformation.
• Lead technical workshops, architecture reviews, and proof of concepts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field.
• 10+ years in software development with 3+ years in an architect role.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Guidewire solutions and cloud platform.
• Experience with Guidewire Commercial lines implementations (e.g., Auto, Workers' Compensation, General Liability) is highly desired.
• Expertise in scalable, reliable, resilient application design and cloud computing.
• Experience with governance, best practices, and reusable integration components.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, compliance, and networking.
• Guidewire cloud platform certification preferred; cloud architecture certification (Azure, AWS, Google) preferred.
• Experience with data migration, analytics, and insurance data models is a plus.
• Guidewire upgrade experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of conveying technical info across roles.

For CA, NY, NJ, or IL: The salary range is $173,000 - $237,000 annually, based on experience, education, and location. Benefits include health insurance, wellness programs, life/disability insurance, 401k match, retirement plans, paid holidays, and PTO.

If you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We value diversity and inclusion and provide accommodations during the application process. Contact Everest Benefits at [email protected] for assistance.

Our Culture: Everest aims to provide global protection, helping clients thrive and creating sustainable value. Our culture is driven by core values: Talent, Risk Management, Execution, Efficiency, Humility, Leadership, Collaboration, Inclusion, and Belonging. Our behaviors include Respect, Betterment, Leading by Example, Ownership, and Team Success. All colleagues uphold these values and behaviors daily.

Type: Regular

Time Type: Full-time

Location: Warren, NJ

Additional locations and similar roles are listed, but the primary focus is on the Warren, NJ location.

Everest is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to protected characteristics. Reasonable accommodations are provided upon request.