Guidewire Test Analyst at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives.

As a Guidewire developer at PwC, you will specialise in developing and customising applications using the Guidewire platform. Guidewire is a software suite that provides insurance companies with tools for policy administration, claims management, and billing. You will be responsible for designing, coding, and testing software solutions that meet the specific needs of insurance organisations.

Job Description & Summary

• PwC has recently launched the South African Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC).  SATIC is designed to innovate, build and deploy for our global clients across a range of technology and transformational solutions. 
• PwC's ambition to grow through acquisitions and development of new innovative ways to serve clients, mandatory firm rotation, the ongoing climate of regulatory change, and the increased focus on globalisation all mean that PwC's ability to maintain Independence from our audit clients is ever more business critical for PwC. 
• The Guidewire team has a vital role to play in enabling PwC's growth, whilst protecting our reputation and brand, and the team will be at the heart of change in the firm over the next few years.  
• If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex and where you can make a real difference, then we want to hear from you.  

About the Role

• We have a number of exciting opportunities across a range of roles and disciplines to join our expanding Guidewire/Insurance team. As a Guidewire Test Analyst you will be responsible for participating in business requirements review meetings and providing test strategies and scenarios  to ensure coverage of requirements for all functionality  to be implemented on Guidewire projects.
• Estimate the test execution, defect management, test automation, and user acceptance  effort during sprint planning meetings.

What will you do?

• Analyse requirements to ensure completeness of test cases.
• Develop test scenarios that reflect the capabilities being established in projects.
• Work with the Business Analyst to establish proper test coverage and traceability to requirements.
• Develop test cases with a view to ensure end-to-end functional coverage, as well as potential impact areas for regression.
• Execute testing, including test preparation and execution, test data creation, and analysis of test results.
• Provide test coverage and clearance feedback.
• Analyse test failures and work with the development team to address defects.
• Develop automation test scripts that are to the high performing technical standards and created using Guidewire best practices.
• Work with Business Analysts to assist and monitor User Acceptance Testing.
• Participate in daily standup meetings, sprint planning and retrospective.

What are we looking for?

• 1 plus years Guidewire Property & Casualty insurance product (PC, BC or CC) testing experience.
• 1 plus years in Automation testing / Selenium / Katalon / GT-UI & GT-API.
• Web services testing / API testing skills is a plus
• Database testing knowledge is a plus
• Experience in functional and non-functional (performance, security, regulatory and compliance) testing is a plus.
• Knowledge of Software Quality Assurance across the SDLC.
• Experience in Requirements Management, Test Management and Defect Management tools, like Jira and Xray.
• Knowledge of the AGILE methodology/Scaled Agile Framework, SDLC processes will be an added advantage.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

What is nice to have?

• Testing Certification (ISTQB Certified Tester)
• Prior client facing testing experience
• Azure/AWS Cloud experience
• Guidewire Testing Certification on current solutions

Job Posting End Date

February 5, 2025