Duck Creek Architect

This is a remote position.

Overview :

Key Responsibilities:

• Define scalable Enterprise Architecture frameworks, aligning IT strategies with evolving business goals.
  
• Architect end-to-end Duck Creek implementations across Policy, Billing, and Claims, leveraging inheritance, factory models, and framework best practices.
  
• Design and lead complex system integrations across internal and third-party systems (e.g., payment gateways, billing systems, document management platforms, event streaming platforms like Kafka and Azure Event Hub).
  
• Spearhead API-first architectures, including building headless Duck Creek APIs, Sales and Servicing APIs, and optimizing for performance, reusability, and security.
  
• Implement and optimize data exchange strategies between Duck Creek systems and external applications using APIs, web services, batch processing, and event-driven architecture.
  
• Troubleshoot and resolve architecture and integration issues, ensuring high scalability, performance, and reliability.
  
• Lead digital transformation initiatives to drive operational efficiency, scalability, and competitive advantage.
  
• Establish governance models for architecture practices including reusability, scalability, and standardization.
  
• Contribute thought leadership on modernization, cloud adoption, event streaming, and low-code/no-code strategies where applicable.
  
• Guide technical teams on Express 3.0, Transact, Rules, User Admin, and Rating best practices.
  
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to ensure solutions meet enterprise architecture standards.
  

Required Skills and Experience:

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, with a strong focus on Financial Services and Insurance.
  
• In-depth expertise in Duck Creek's inheritance structure, data models, and factory framework.
  
• Strong background in system integrations using synchronous, asynchronous APIs, file transfers, batch processing, and event-driven designs.
  
• Hands-on experience with:
  
• Duck Creek Express 3.0, Transact, User Admin, Rules, and Rating.
  
• Web Services Development and Integration.
  
• Event Streaming via Kafka and Azure Event Hub.
  
• Automated batch processing, referral and task management.
  
• Proven success architecting custom policy administration platforms and driving multi-state rollouts.
  
• Certifications: TOGAF, SAFe, Duck Creek Policy (preferred).
  
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in cloud-native architecture and Duck Creek OnDemand platforms.
  
• Experience integrating Microsoft technology stack and Azure services with Duck Creek solutions.
  
• Prior experience designing modernization roadmaps, including Duck Creek upgrades and cloud migration initiatives.
  

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience:

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, with a strong focus on Financial Services and Insurance.
  
• In-depth expertise in Duck Creek's inheritance structure, data models, and factory framework.
  
• Strong background in system integrations using synchronous, asynchronous APIs, file transfers, batch processing, and event-driven designs.
  
• Hands-on experience with:
  
• Duck Creek Express 3.0, Transact, User Admin, Rules, and Rating.
  
• Web Services Development and Integration.
  
• Event Streaming via Kafka and Azure Event Hub.
  
• Automated batch processing, referral and task management.
  
• Proven success architecting custom policy administration platforms and driving multi-state rollouts.
  
• Certifications: TOGAF, SAFe, Duck Creek Policy (preferred).
  
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in cloud-native architecture and Duck Creek OnDemand platforms.
  
• Experience integrating Microsoft technology stack and Azure services with Duck Creek solutions.
  
• Prior experience designing modernization roadmaps, including Duck Creek upgrades and cloud migration initiatives.
  

Benefits

Diversity Inclusion:

At Exavalu, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other status protected by applicable law. We nurture a culture that embraces all individuals and promotes diverse perspectives, where you can make an impact and grow your career.

Exavalu also promotes flexibility  depending on the needs of employees, customers and the business. It might be part-time work, working outside normal 9-5 business hours or working remotely.. We also have a welcome back program to help people get back to mainstream after a long break due to health or family reasons.