Technical Consultant (claimcenter) - Emea-ireland

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We need a few GREAT Technical Consultants in Europe!Even the best software requires a great implementation team for project success. Our Professional Services team has built Guidewire's unmatched level of customer success through a lean, collaborative approach to core system implementation. Listening to customers who told us that they could not afford the disruption and costs of runaway projects, we sought to innovate in implementation to the same degree that we had in software development. Today, several key characteristics distinguish a Guidewire project:Small team of veteran consultants with overlapping skills, insurance experience, and Guidewire product expertiseRigorously quantitative work planning based on fact-base of successful implementationsProject execution organized into month-long 'sprints' to maintain urgency and accountabilityComplete knowledge transfer to customersAs representatives of a product-oriented company, Guidewire consultant teams are completely aligned with customer goals: project success, on time and on budget. Combined with the great configurability of our solutions, this has allowed Guidewire to achieve closer alignment with customer requirements at consistently lower Total Cost of Ownership.Our ValuesThe Guidewire team is very proud of the reputation we have earned in the industry. We take great pride in the products we build and the manner in which we operate as a company and on an individual level. We live and operate by three basic principles. These are the same principles upon which Guidewire was founded and they remain at the heart of all we do today:We value integrity in everything that we do: truthful relationships with customers, prospective customers, partners, investors, and each other.We are dedicated to rationality: communicating through clear arguments, building excellent quality products, and making decisions carefully on the basis of factual evidence.We prize collegiality: working together as professional equals, with a minimum of hierarchy.Guidewire is growing our professional services team based on strong client demand.We have an immediate need for a Technical Consultant (Europe) based in one of our Europe with hands-on JAVA skills who can work on-site implementing our product for Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers. The ideal Technical Consultant has expertise in JAVA development in a multi-tier web application environment and experience with Scrum or other Agile PM methodologies.The Technical Consultant should be well versed in messaging and database connectivity and be able to quickly design, program, test and deploy complicated integration software. Technical Consultants are expected to spend the majority of their time on site with the client's business and technical teams.Guidewire employs a flexible travel model that requires consultants to be on site four days per week and away from home three nights per week. Consultants work the fifth day from their home office. These roles represent Guidewire Software to our customer. The position requires a unique blend of technical expertise, design skills, programming skills, and customer-facing skills.Essential Duties:Learn and master Guidewire products including ClaimCenter, BillingCenter and PolicyCenter in order to perform technical consulting and become certifiedUse JAVA and XML to integrate and configure our software at insurance carriers throughout EuropeConsult with insurance carrier technical resources to qualify technical and business requirementsBecome a subject matter expert in insurance industry technical solutions as well as a JAVA expertTechnical Expertise/Requirements:Exceptional JAVA integration skills using J2EE, JMS, JDBC (evaluated by Code Test facilitated by Guidewire during interview process)Strong oral and written communications skills including English language skills and one or more of the following other languages: Spanish, French, German, Russian, FinnishBackground in big 5 consulting firm or equivalent in a customer facing role Customer Focus/Team WorkAbility to work with a variety of customers from different departments in large and small groupsDedication to delivering exceptional resultsStrong personal initiative and ability to personally execute with minimal oversightCross functional skills and experience working on small teamsWhy Guidewire?Guidewire has been chosen by more than 95 property & casualty insurance carriers and lines of business as a trusted software vendor and solution provider.We believe it is due to our modern architecture as the first comprehensive, integrated platform for insurance operations built on a state-of-the-art technology. Guidewire has been the #1 claims system in North America since 2003 with more selections than any competitor among carriers of any size. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, US with offices in London, Paris, Munich, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo and now Hong Kong. Guidewire is privately owned by its employees and U.S. Venture Partners and Bay Partners.