Duck Creek Suite – Architecture

Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field

Experience Requirements:

• 12+ years of experience as a Solution Architect, leading technical teams with a strong software engineering background
• 10+ years of industry experience in system development and implementation in the insurance industry
• 7+ years of experience in insurance technology projects/programs
• 7+ years of experience with the Duck Creek Policy Platform
• 7+ years of experience in engineering, designing, and implementing large, complex system/application architectures
• 5+ years of experience in performance engineering and optimization of distributed systems in API-based architectures
• 5+ years of experience leading systems integration projects with multiple internal and external interfaces
• 510 years of hands-on experience with technology stacks such as:
• Microsoft .NET, Java, ASP.NET, IIS, Kafka, SQL Server, XML, XPATH, JSON, CSS, XSLT, etc.

Technical & Domain Expertise:

• Proficient with message bus technologies (e.g., Kafka preferred, or MQ, Amazon SQS, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of cloud design patterns and common security patterns (preferably Microsoft Azure)
• Deep hands-on experience with:
• Duck Creek Policy native API layer,
• Anywhere API,
• Duck Creek Author,
• Building manuscripts,
• Duck Creek Express UI,
• Platform configuration files, support/debug tooling, and schedule/performance tuning
• Experience in system integration with third parties, internal and downstream systems, as well as external product/service exposure to partners or risk aggregators
• Familiarity with Data & Analytics technologies:
• Data Lakes, Business Intelligence Tools, Predictive Models, and 3rd Party Data integration
• Good knowledge of:
• Microservices, API Management, JavaScript Frameworks (e.g., Angular), and Cloud Platforms (especially Azure)
• Working knowledge of AGILE methodology

Soft Skills:

• Superior communication skills
• Ability to interact effectively with both business and IT stakeholders at all levels