As an ETL Architect for the Data and Analytics team, at Guidewire you will participate in a leadership capacity collaborating with our customers and SI Partners who are adopting our Guidewire Data Platform as the centerpiece of their data foundation. You will work to drive consensus among all participants in projects to realize ETL Architecture goals of our customers adhering to Guidewire best practices and standards.
You will work with our customers, partners, and other Guidewire team members to deliver successful data transformation initiatives. You will utilize best practices for design, development and delivery of customer projects. You will share knowledge with the wider Guidewire Data and Analytics team to enable predictable project outcomes.
One of our principles is to have fun while we deliver, so this role will need to keep the delivery process fun and engaging for the team in collaboration with the broader organization. Given the dynamic nature of the work in the Data and Analytics team, we are looking for decisive, highly-skilled technical problem solvers who are self-motivated and take proactive actions for the benefit of our customers and ensure that they succeed in their journey to Guidewire Cloud Platform. You will collaborate closely with teams located around the world and adhere to our core values Integrity, Collegiality, and Rationality.
Key Responsibilities:
- Able to Design and propose high level design diagrams for overall system architecture
- Lead Inception Sessions to build consensus on project scope, and generate user stories with acceptance criteria.
- Work with the PMO providing domain expertise to achieve successful project outcomes.
- Lead efforts to harvest project collateral to build out collateral to enable repeatability.
- Create new tooling to streamline data processing when called upon or when the opportunity presents itself
- Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with a sense of ownership and drive
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced Agile environment
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent level of demonstrable professional competency, and 8 years + in a technical capacity building out complex ETL Data Integration frameworks.
- 5 + years of Experience with data processing and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and ELT (Extract, Load, and Transform) concepts.
- At least 3 years of experience leading design review sessions to build consensus among diverse groups of technical and business participants.
- At least 3 years in a leadership capacity for delivering complex data transformation initiatives including mentoring and team building.
- Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases
- Experience working with different cloud platforms (such as AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Google Cloud, etc.)
- Experience working with customer teams to understand business objectives and functional requirements.
- Familiarity in Change Data Capture (CDC) frameworks
- Ability to work independently and within a team.
- Flexibility to work shifts as required to align with customers and colleagues across AMER/APAC
Nice to have:
- Insurance industry experience
- Experience with AWS Glue
- Experience with the Azure data factory
- Experience with the Guidewire Data Platform
