Cognizant
Guidewire Solution Architect
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Lead the design and delivery of scalable Guidewire solutions for complex Property & Casualty insurance transformation programmes.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced Guidewire Solution Architect to define and lead the architecture of enterprise-scale Guidewire programmes. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can shape target architecture, guide technical teams, influence stakeholders, and ensure high-quality delivery across Guidewire core platforms, cloud migrations, integrations, and data transformation.
You will work closely with business analysts, product owners, enterprise architects, client SMEs, delivery teams, and leadership stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable Guidewire solutions.
We are flexible with location but travel will be required on an ad-hoc basis.
Key responsibilities:
- Define target architecture, technical blueprints, high-level designs, and delivery roadmaps for Guidewire transformation programmes.
- Design scalable, secure, and maintainable Guidewire solutions aligned to architecture standards, governance frameworks, and industry best practice.
- Lead architecture across Guidewire core platforms, including PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, and Guidewire Cloud migration initiatives.
- Guide configuration, customisation, workflows, rules, data extensions, product models, and integrations across Guidewire implementations.
- Design and oversee integrations with CRM, payment, document management, data warehouse, vendor, and other enterprise systems.
- Define API, messaging, middleware, plugin, and event-driven integration patterns.
- Oversee data migration, conversion, reconciliation, and data quality considerations across implementation phases.
- Provide technical leadership to development, configuration, integration, and data teams, including mentoring, design reviews, code reviews, and architecture assurance.
- Drive non-functional excellence across performance, security, scalability, resilience, availability, and operational readiness.
- Facilitate solution workshops, design discussions, architecture reviews, and stakeholder presentations.
- Present solution options, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to senior technical and business stakeholders.
- Support pre-sales activity, including RFP responses, estimates, proposals, client presentations, reusable assets, and thought leadership.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Required experience:
- Strong experience as a Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or Lead Architect on Guidewire implementation or transformation programmes.
- Deep knowledge of the Property & Casualty insurance domain, including policy administration, claims management, billing, underwriting, and core insurance business processes.
- Hands-on expertise across Guidewire PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, and BillingCenter.
- Strong understanding of Gosu, PCF, Rules Engine, workflows, product model, plugins, configuration, and customisation.
- Proven experience designing Guidewire integrations using REST and SOAP APIs, messaging, middleware, integration frameworks, and enterprise integration patterns.
- Experience with Guidewire Cloud and/or cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
- Good understanding of CI/CD, DevOps practices, performance optimisation, security architecture, SQL, data modelling, ETL, and data migration.
- Ability to operate effectively across technical and business audiences, translating complex architecture concepts into clear, practical recommendations.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
What we are looking for:
The ideal candidate will combine deep Guidewire technical expertise with strong consulting, stakeholder management, and delivery leadership skills. You will be comfortable owning architecture decisions, challenging assumptions, guiding teams, and ensuring that solutions are robust, future-ready, and aligned to client goals.
Why this role?
This is an opportunity to play a key role in major Guidewire transformation and cloud migration programmes, shaping architecture from strategy through to delivery. You will influence technical direction, work with experienced delivery teams, and help clients modernise core insurance platforms with scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location