Allstate
Duck Creek Platform Architect
Posted on Jun 15 Chicago, IL 381 views
The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.
You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.
Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life’s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreams. For more than 89 years we’ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever’s coming next – to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. We’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection.
We are the Good Hands. We don’t follow the trends. We set them.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Duck Creek Platform Architect will join Allstate as an individual contributor owning the overall technical architecture, implementation patterns and design best practices for the Duck Creek platform, including and focusing on Duck Creek Cloud Platform. They will be instrumental in aligning or influencing the business strategy for policy administration and claims administration with our technology vision for Duck Creek as a platform. The Duck Creek Platform Architect will partner closely with the Enterprise Architect and Engineering teams that are aligned with Duck Creek delivery teams, providing leadership to drive Duck Creek solutions and design recommendations that allow Allstate to optimize our investment in Duck Creek.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:
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Compensation offered for this role is $122,000.00-$194,750.00 per year and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands®.
As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy. For a full description of Allstate’s benefits, visit allstate.jobs/benefits/
Learn more about life at Allstate. Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn or watch a video.
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Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
Effective July 1, 2014, under Indiana House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1242, it is against public policy of the State of Indiana and a discriminatory practice for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component.
For jobs in San Francisco, please click “here” for information regarding the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
For jobs in Los Angeles, please click “here” for information regarding the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
To view the “EEO is the Law” poster click “here”. This poster provides information concerning the laws and procedures for filing complaints of violations of the laws with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
To view the FMLA poster, click “here”. This poster summarizing the major provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and telling employees how to file a complaint.
It is the Company’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs. Therefore, any discriminatory action taken on account of an employee’s ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race (include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation that adversely affects an employee's terms or conditions of employment is prohibited. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment.
You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.
Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life’s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreams. For more than 89 years we’ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever’s coming next – to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. We’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection.
We are the Good Hands. We don’t follow the trends. We set them.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Duck Creek Platform Architect will join Allstate as an individual contributor owning the overall technical architecture, implementation patterns and design best practices for the Duck Creek platform, including and focusing on Duck Creek Cloud Platform. They will be instrumental in aligning or influencing the business strategy for policy administration and claims administration with our technology vision for Duck Creek as a platform. The Duck Creek Platform Architect will partner closely with the Enterprise Architect and Engineering teams that are aligned with Duck Creek delivery teams, providing leadership to drive Duck Creek solutions and design recommendations that allow Allstate to optimize our investment in Duck Creek.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:
- Responsible for the overall end to end architecture of the Duck Creek platform, with focus on integrating Duck Creek with surrounding applications, data and data services.
- Responsible for establishing a technology strategy and roadmap for Duck Creek OnDemand in conjunction with Enterprise Architects and business leaders to enable strategic business and technology capabilities, describing the evolution of the Duck Creek Platform from current state to future state.
- Partner with Technology leadership to consult on technology solutions, provide governance, oversight, and strategic insight to all work in the platform. Identify cross domain/enterprise synergies and impacts. Collaborate with other teams to ensure Duck Creek OnDemand integrates seamlessly with other systems and processes.
- Iteratively assess compliance of Duck Creek implementations to platform standards and be accountable for helping Allstate optimize TCO for the Duck Creek platform.
- Recommend initiatives to advance platform capabilities and mature/simplify technology footprints as part of the platform roadmap; also identify synergies across enterprise utilization of Duck Creek.
- Maintain comprehensive awareness of Duck Creek Cloud product roadmap for OnDemand. Research industry and emerging trends in technology as they relate to underwriting, policy administration and claim administration; advise the organization on ways in which emerging Duck Creek capabilities can enhance business capabilities.
- Own conceptual solution overview including contextual, component, integration/data flow designs and systems impacted to solve business problems.
- Ability to lead and mentor a team of engineers working on the Duck Creek platform, with the ability and willingness to provide hands-on assistance to POCs and troubleshooting during implementation and delivery cycles.
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
- Degree in Business Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- A minimum of 10+ years of solid, diverse work experience in technology including experience with business architecture and solution implementation.
- Experience leading complex project teams and engaging with senior level business partners.
- Experience in commercial insurance industry and applicable certifications preferred.
- Experience building new products on DuckCreek OnDemand.
- Strategic and innovative leader within a technology organization, passionate about advancing an overall architectural strategy and vision.
- Experience with Duck Creek implementations and architecture is REQUIRED.
- Experience with Duck Creek Cloud Platform implementation a plus.
- Knowledge of Duck Creek Dev/Ops and Testing frameworks is a plus.
- Duck Creek certifications are a plus.
- Understanding of agile methodologies and application of enterprise architecture principles to the development lifecycle.
- Ability to design target state solution architectures leveraging modern decoupled, event based, API enabled architecture frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of contemporary technology and business trends that allows architecture to solve problems in a creative and cost-effective manner.
- Solid understanding of insurance functions and processes, both within the organization and across the industry.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal and consultative skills to work effectively and build partnerships and relationships across the organization.
- Complex problem-solving skills with the ability to effectively and succinctly articulate an approach and solution for both business and technology partners.
- Understanding of end-to-end architecture processes and procedures, including familiarities with EA frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) and SAFE Agile preferred.
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Compensation offered for this role is $122,000.00-$194,750.00 per year and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands®.
As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy. For a full description of Allstate’s benefits, visit allstate.jobs/benefits/
Learn more about life at Allstate. Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn or watch a video.
#LI-JK1
Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
Effective July 1, 2014, under Indiana House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1242, it is against public policy of the State of Indiana and a discriminatory practice for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component.
For jobs in San Francisco, please click “here” for information regarding the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
For jobs in Los Angeles, please click “here” for information regarding the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
To view the “EEO is the Law” poster click “here”. This poster provides information concerning the laws and procedures for filing complaints of violations of the laws with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
To view the FMLA poster, click “here”. This poster summarizing the major provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and telling employees how to file a complaint.
It is the Company’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs. Therefore, any discriminatory action taken on account of an employee’s ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race (include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation that adversely affects an employee's terms or conditions of employment is prohibited. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment.
