Duck Creek Policy Solutions Architect

Job title: Duck Creek Policy Solutions Architect

• We are seeking a seasoned Duck Creek Solution Architect to lead end-to-end architecture design and delivery of Duck Creek based solutions across Policy, Billing, and Claims for P&C carriers.
• You will own the target architecture guide implementation teams and ensure solutions meet business outcomes for scalability performance security and regulatory compliance in the US insurance market

• Architecture Ownership Define target and interim architectures for Duck Creek Policy Billing and Claims govern solution integrity across discovery design build and go live
• Requirements Road mapping Translate business LOB needs into scalable solution blueprints integration designs data models and product configuration strategies
• Platform Expertise Lead configuration and extensions using Duck Creek tools Author Forms Templates Anywhere APIs Producer codes Rating Product Studio ensuring upgrade safe patterns
• Integration Data Design APIs and event flows oversee data migration archival and reporting architectures operational data stores EDW downstream analytics
• Nonfunctional Excellence Establish performance availability resiliency and DR patterns caching throttling async processing autoscaling blue green canary
• Cloud DevOps Define CICD pipelines environment strategy infrastructure as code and observability for cloud native deployments Azure AWS
• Security Compliance Ensure SOC2ISO27001 controls privacy and regulatory alignment e.g., state DOI rules UET AeSignature PCI for payments
• Delivery Leadership Provide technical leadership to engineer's configuration specialists BAQA review estimates design docs and code config remove delivery risks
• Stakeholder Management Partner with business leaders underwriting claims ops product owners and vendor teams run architecture reviews and exec level updates
• Standards Reuse Establish reference architectures reusable accelerators best practices and guardrails for multiprogram scale
• Change Release Govern release readiness cutover strategies hyper care and post go live optimization

• Experience 15 years in enterprise software with 8 years designing and delivering Duck Creek solutions Policy, Billing, Claims for P&C carriers in the USA
• Platform Depth Handson with Duck Creek Author Product Rating Forms Templates Anywhere APIs Pascal TCF batch and document services and upgrade strategies
• Insurance Domain Strong knowledge of US PC products Personal Auto Homeowners Umbrella Commercial Auto GL BOP Property rating ISO filings endorsements compliance and bureau updates
• Architecture Skills Proven track record with microservices API led integration event driven designs 12factor apps and domain driven design
• Cloud DevOps Production experience on Azure and or AWS infrastructure as code ARMBicep Terraform containerization Docker Kubernetes CICD Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins and observability App Insights CloudWatch ELK

• Duck Creek Suite Policy Billing Claims Author Rating Forms Templates Anywhere APIs batch processing product configuration product modeling
• Programming Config Duck Creek Author TCF CNET JSONXML JavaScript for UI customizations where applicable
• Integration RESTSOAP APIs API Gateways Kong Apigee Azure API Management event streaming Kafka webhooks SSO SAMLOIDC
• Cloud Containers Azure AKS ACR Key Vault App Gateway Storage Docker Kubernetes
• DevOps Git branching strategies CICD pipelines artifact version management automated testing feature flags
• Security AppSec and cloud security best practices encryption secrets management vulnerability remediation audit logging
• Data SQL Server performance tuning indexing data migration archival strategies reporting feeds for BI analytics

• Ecosystem Integration Payment gateways document generation e.g., Smart Communications Thunderhead Ghost Draft e-signature Docusign address validation fraud rating engines ISOAAIS content
• Enterprise Tools MuleSoft Boomi Azure Integration Services BPM Workflow RPA for operational efficiency
• Analytics Reporting Snowflake Databricks Power BI event sourcing patterns

• Leadership Influence Ability to drive technical decisions across cross functional teams and vendor partners coach mentor engineers and product teams
• Communication Translate complex technical concepts for executives and nontechnical stakeholders produce clear architecture docs and diagrams
• Stakeholder Management Facilitate workshops negotiate tradeoffs and build consensus across underwriting claims finance and compliance