Job Description Job Description: Role: Guidewire Lead Hybrid- 2 days a week in office Primary Skills: Guidewire Guidewire Functional Testing Expertise in PC/BC and CC: Demonstrated experience in functional, regression, and integration testing processes.

Test Design and Documentation: Ability to develop test plans, cases, and scripts and document them in detail.

Defect Tracking: Proficiency in defect management and test tracking using tools such as JIRA or similar.

Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical abilities for dissecting requirements and identifying edge cases.

Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication for coordinating with technical and non-technical stakeholders and documenting issues clearly.

Actively participates in requirements elaboration sessions, sprint planning, release readiness reviews and other inspections.

Design, develop, and execute functional test plans and detailed test cases based on product and business requirements.

Document, log, and track defects using management tools, ensuring issues are communicated clearly to relevant teams.

Collaborate with developers, business analysts,



and product owners to clarify requirements and resolve issues uncovered by testing activities.

Conduct regression, integration, and user acceptance testing to verify current features and confirm that updates do not negatively impact existing functionality.

Prepare high-quality test documentation and present testing results and recommendations to stakeholders.

Coordinate with business stakeholders for Demo and escalate issues as needed Knowledge of Agile methodology tool required to track Testing efforts (example JIRA) Test Automation Knowledge: Familiarity with automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Tosca) and experience in automating functional test scenarios. SQL/Database Skills: Basic skills in SQL for backend validation and database testing.

Domain Knowledge: Understanding of insurance domains to enhance testing effectiveness for business-critical applications.

Agile/Dev

Ops Practices: Exposure to Agile development life cycle, Scrum practices, or CI/CD pipeline integration.

Relevant Certifications: Industry certifications (e.g., ISTQB, CSTE) to validate testing knowledge and skills.

Customer communication and Demo Requirements 60-70

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