Candidates About

 

 

Kumar

Guidewire ClaimCenter Developer

 

Professional Experience:

·         Over 8 years of software Design, Development, Integration, Testing and troubleshooting, including 3 plus years of experience in Guidewire product implementation (Claim Center 7.0/8.0 & Policy Center 7.0/8.0), and 4+ plus years of experience in Java / J2EE technologies

·         Proficiency in implementation of Guidewire 8.0 Policy Center, Billing Center 8.0 and Policy Conversion Accelerator 8.0 and Claim Center 7 as an Integration and Configuration Consultant.

·         Extensive experience in implementation of various web services (Publish and Consume) to integrate the Guidewire applications with other internal and external applications

·         In depth Insurance business knowledge of Personal Lines (both Auto and Residential), Re-Insurance 

·         Extensive experience in implementation of Guidewire 7 Claim Center as an Integration and Configuration Consultant.

·         Extensive experience in implementation of Event Messaging Service in Guidewire

·         Extensively worked on Predefined Plugins in Guidewire.

·         Extensively worked on GX Model Methodologies in Integration layers

·         Extensively worked on Custom Batch Process to perform background tasks in Guidewire

·         Experience in customization of data model: Extended Base Entities/Type lists and Created Custom Entities/Type lists as per Business Requirements

·         Experience in customization of various wizards, pages, Location groups and Container widgets as per the Requirements

·         Experienced with edge framework for Public Collaborative Business Portal, self-service portal

·         Extensively worked on Various Business rules such as Pre-Setup, Segmentation, Assignment, work plan, Pre-update, Validation, and Event Fired as per business requirements

·         Capable of research and expand the new leading Technologies

·         Setting up of offshore team and handling offshore deliverables.

·         Scrum based Agile Software Development

·         Service Oriented Architecture(SOA)

·         Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

·         Worked on several critical Billing Center 8.0.3 modules including but not limited to disbursements, payments, commissions, trouble tickets, payment plans and billing plans.

·         Flexible with varies new working environments, having effective communication, customer interaction and Interpersonal skills

·         Strengths include strong technical base, good analytical skills, quick learner and domain knowledge in P&C Insurance.

 

Skills:

SQL (7 years), MS SQL SERVER (3 years), Java (4+ years), J2EE 4 years), Spring (6 years), SQL SERVER (3 years), ORACLE (3 years), ECLIPSE (2 years)

Additional Information:

Operating Systems Windows, UNIX

Databases Oracle, SQL Server

Open Source Apache, Log4j

Build Tools Jenkins, Maven, Ant

IDE Guidewire Studio, IntelliJ IDEA 12.1.x, RAD, Eclipse

Version Control System Tortoise SVN, Git

Working Experience:

Guidewire Consultant

Texas Municipal League IRP, Austin, TX                                                                  December 2015 to Present

Responsibilities: 

·         Working on Claim Center and Contact Manager Data models, screens, flows and business rules - enabled customers to tailor the solution to the unique business needs. 

·         Used Agile development approaches and test-driven development related to claims. 

·         Configured, developed and implemented, involved in end-to-end Claim processing solutions - related to assignment, work plan, processing claims, review etc. 

·         Developed integration of ClaimCenter related to external applications which are Mobile and Self-Service Claims applications for the client. 

·         Implemented Preupdate Handler for functionalities that depend on ClaimCenter Data updates, Develop New Screens using PCFs. 

·         Acting as the point of contact for SAP team, Data Migration team and Data Analysis team about PolicyCenter Configuration custom changes/specifications and providing solutions for configuration related queries.

·         Designed the data model for new and existing Entity changes. 

·         Created Gosu Classes for Entity Enhancements, Reusable Functions, Utilities 

·         Created Exception rules, Assignment Rules as per business Requirements 

·         Created Event Fired rules for various Integration Points 

·         Created plugin classes for to integrate PC with external systems. 

·         Ongoing responsibilities include, reviewing code, demonstrating working software, documenting technical changes, estimating work effort, sprint and release planning, reviewing QA test plans, and resolving environment issues in multiple test environments. 

·         Worked with technical and business leads during Guidewire ClaimCenter implementation. 

·         Utilize the guidelines and artifacts of the Agile Methodology to develop a detailed implementation process Guidewire ClaimCenter Integration during different iterations and phases in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) 

·         Worked on various modules like Product Model, end-to-end business rules, workflows, PolicyCenter configuration changes. 

·         Involved in designing, coding, testing, and implementing integration programs that will integrate Guidewire software. 

·         Worked with data model configuration, adding new fields to the existing entities, creating new entities, modifying typelists and adding new typelists. 

·         Interacted with visual editor Guidewire Studio to modify all kinds of PCF files and the screen elements they contain. 

·         Created new Pages, Popups, and Worksheet Screens and Exit points as per requirement. 

·         Worked with Business Rule Sets - pre- setup, assignment, event message, post setup, update, Segmentation, Validation - Configured and developed them as per business requirements. 

·         Built customized webservices for Mobile and SSC for ERS claim establishment and claim retrieval and provide full automation, along with a workflow for digital provider selection. 

·         Developed ERS dispatch process to facilitate capturing the dispatch data including services requested, loss location and provider selection. 

·         Developed the FNOL to create claims for policyholders and non-policy holders claims (verified and unverified) for ERS project. 

·         Involved in configuring Messaging plugins for communication between asynchronous external systems with guidewire. 

·         Involved in writing java, Gosu classes and generated jar files. 

·         Implemented Preupdate Handler for functionalities that depend on PolicyCenter Data updates. 

·         Created Wsi standard webservices as part of updating the received from the external applications. 

·         Created custom batch processes to create activities for the periods scheduled as per business requirements. 

·         Involved in integration of Claimcenter with Contact manager to retrieve digital and regular providers from contact center. 

·         Collaborated with business decision makers to define and code business validation rules. 

·         Contributed to the development of project plans and timelines including providing estimates for planned work. 

·         Extensively used Soap UI during UI/Web Services integration 

Environment: Guidewire Claimcenter 8.0, Guidewire Claimcenter 7.0, Gosu, Guidewire Studio, XML Studio, Oracle 10i/11i, PL/SQL.

 Guidewire Consultant

Ohio Casualty Insurance, Fairfield-OH                                                             March 2014 to November 2015

Responsibilities:

·         Interacting with Clients to gather business requirements and generated requirement specification

documents

·         Worked in Agile environment, Experience working with scrum team, Used JIRA dashboard to view

the tasks and requirements

·         Workflow Batch jobs scheduling Renewal transactions were triggered using Guidewire workflow and

policies renewed

·         Implemented MQ integration to send Invoice documents in Billing Center when Invoice batch job

runs.

·         Image Right is a Document Management system. The Objective of Project to replace the Policy

Center Document Management system with Image Right through Guidewire Integration mechanism

·         Developed use case diagrams, class diagrams, database tables, and provided mapping between

relational database tables and object-oriented java objects using Hibernate

·         Responsible for the design, analysis, development and maintenance of the Application using Spring

MVC 3, Spring DI, Spring AOP, Spring Batch, Hibernate, JPA and JAVA 1

·         Configure the Edge framework to provide bespoke applications for end users

·         Designed and implemented the server architecture for various servers such as Database Server,

·         LDAP, Application Server and Web Server in Core and DMZ

·         Implemented the SAML federated services (SSO) for third party vendors

·         Frequently used Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) for identifying and tracing the linkages

among Policy Center, Billing Center and Claim Center.

·         Used Web services - Spring Restful to implement business integration with third party vendors to

get, save, update the customer investments

·         Used Log4j and implemented Log4j property file for logging purpose

·         Experience with Edge framework to Support mobile document scanners, RFID readers and finger

print readers.

·         Involved in TDD by writing JUnit test case in coding part of Java methods like premium calculating

and so Deployed the application on WebLogic server while customizing Configuration File

·         Used GIT extension for version control across common source code used by developers

·         Involved in code review of the team members and implemented best practices using crucible

·         Involved in warranty and production support

·         Provided system support for department user base and data analysts

Environment: Guidewire Claim Center 7.x, Guidewire Studio, Oracle Database Server, WebSphere Application Server, Perforce, XML Studio, Guidewire Contact Manager 7.x.

 

Java Developer

AT&T, Atlanta, GA                                                                                                   August 2012 to February 2014

 Responsibilities: 

·         Involved in the complete Software Development Life Cycle using Agile including effort estimations, design, development, implementation, verification and validation 

·         Prepared Technical Specifications based on the functional requirements 

·         Involved in preparing Technical Design Document of the project 

·         JSF 1.2/Rich faces were used to prepare logical parts of the presentation pages 

·         Used Spring DI/MVC/AOP modules 

·         Used Hibernate with JPA for attaining Object Relational Mapping 

·         Extensively used Hibernate in data access layer to access and update information from the Oracle database 

·         Used Hibernate Query Language (HQL) for writing the queries 

·         Developed the application using Spring Framework that uses Model View Controller (MVC) architecture with JSP as the view 

·         Implemented various design patterns like Factory, Singleton, Abstract Factory, Service Locator, DAO, Business Delegate etc. 

·         Used Spring IOC to inject DAO objects into the Business delegate classes 

·         Provided security by authorizing the logged in user based on User designation 

·         Provided Declarative Transaction management using Spring AOP 

·         Wrote complex SQL queries to fetch statistics for the business users from Data warehouse on regular basis in Oracle 11g database 

·         Generated Web service client code and end points using Axis. And developed the Restful web services using JERSEY API 

·         Parsed the XML based responses using JAXB Parser and validated XML against the schema 

·         Implemented SOA architecture for different application to exchange data for business process

·         Followed Agile Methodology (TDD, SCRUM) to produce high Quality software and satisfy the customers 

·         Wrote build & deployment scripts using shell, Perl and ANT scripts 

·         Wrote stored procedures and Database Triggers using PL/SQL 

·         Involved in using IBM WebSphere MQ Series connection with AS/400(IBM SYSTEM) 

·         Designed network diagram, and set up the Development Environment, IST and UAT environment by installing and configuring Web Sphere Application Server on UNIX environment 

·         Used SAX and DOM for parsing XML documents and XSLT for transformation 

·         Used IBM Clear Case for version and source control 

·         Used Eclipse for development purposes. And Rally for tracking tasks, user stories, and bugs 

·         Used JUnit to do unit testing for the modules developed 
 

Environment: Java 1.6, J2EE, JSF 1.2, Rich faces, Spring 3.2, Hibernate 3.0, JSP2.0, Web Sphere Application Server 8.1, HTML, Java script, AJAX, CSS, Oracle 11g, SVN, Axis 2 Web Services, WSDL, RESTFUL, UDDI, JERSEY, XML, DTD, XSD, XSLT, PL/SQL, Rally

 

Java Developer

Arsin Technologies, Hyderabad-India                                                                    January 2010 to July 2012

Responsibilities: 

·         Created the UI tool - using Java, XML, XSLT, DHTML, and JavaScript 

·         Designed the applications using OOAD 

·         Followed Extreme Programming (XP) concepts one of the method of Agile Methodology to produce high Quality software and satisfy the customers 

·         Wrote stored procedures using PL/SQL for data retrieval from different tables 

·         Implemented Kerberos Authentication Service to validate users logging into Quill 

·         Designed and implemented Struts (MVC Paradigm) components such as Action Mapping, Action class, Dispatch action class, Action Form bean, and a form set for validation and used Java Beans to return dynamic information 

·         Wrote Entitlement Accessory Classes 

·         Incorporated entitlement checks in the entire session bean 

·         Created and deployed numerous Session and Entity beans 

·         Worked extensively on bug fixes on the server side and made cosmetic changes on the UI side 

·         Part of performance tuning team and implemented caching mechanism and other changes 

·         Recreated system architecture diagram and created numerous new class and sequence diagrams 

·         Created combined deployment descriptors using XML for all the session and entity beans 

·         Developed the Login screen so that only authorized and authenticated administrators can only access the application 

·         Developed various activities like transaction history, search products that enable users to understand the system efficiently 

·         Configured Oracle connection pool, which is included in Oracle JDBC driver JAR file, to allow concurrent access to the database and optimize performance 

·         Involved in preparing the Documentation of the project to understand the system efficiently 
 

Environment: Java, J2EE, Servlets, JSP, HTML, Java script, JDBC, XML, XSD, JAXP, JAXB, JSON, Web Services- WSDL, SOAP, JSF, JMS, Struts framework, XSLT, Web sphere Application Server, Unix, MySQL -SQL, PL SQL, SVN, QC, WINSCP3, Putty .

Education

Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology - JNTU