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: Solid 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 recent 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/DevOps 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

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