Duck Creek Architect

Job Information

Department Name
Insurance Platform & ProductsDate Opened
04/28/2025Job Type
Full timeJob Location
IndiaIndustry
InsuranceRemote Job

About Us
- Exavalu is a US based consulting firm specialized in Digital Transformation Advisory and Digital Solution Delivery for select industries like Insurance, Healthcare and Financial Services. Our Headquarters is in California, US with multiple offices across US, Canada, and delivery centres in India. We were founded by Industry executives and Consulting principals with deep industry experience that allows us to bring advisory strength and solution expertise to clients. We’re in a hyper growth trajectory growing at over 100% year on year.
- Join our diverse and inclusive team where you will feel valued and motivated to contribute with your unique skills and experience.
- Exavalu offers permanent remote working model as we believe in going where the right talent is.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.
- 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**:
Exavalu also promotes flexibility depending on the needs of employees, customers and the business. It might be part-tim