Manual QA Tester (Guidewire PolicyCenter, Rating)

Job Description Manual QA Tester (Guidewire PolicyCenter, Rating)

Role snapshot:

Role: Manual QA Tester

Experience: 6+ years in quality assurance

Domain: P&C insurance, policy administration

Core platform: Guidewire PolicyCenter and Portals

Key focus: Guidewire Rating: calculations and validations

Mandatory key skills to assess:

• Experience working on Guidewire PolicyCenter.
• Strong exposure to Rating calculations and validations.
• Experience with multiple coverages and policy configurations.
• Understanding of new business transactions and policy lifecycle processes.
• Hands-on testing experience in the Guidewire Rating domain.

About the role:

The client seeks a seasoned Manual QA Tester with 6+ years of quality assurance experience, specializing in policy administration applications such as Guidewire PolicyCenter and Portals.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in system, integration, and regression testing, and will play a key part in maintaining the highest quality standards for the client's software solutions.

Role responsibilities:

• Review and analyze system specifications to extract test requirements and write detailed test cases and scripts.
• Develop, document, and maintain a repository of functional test cases and supporting artifacts, including test data, data validation procedures, and automated scripts.
• Work with QA engineers to build comprehensive test plans.
• Execute manual and automated test cases accurately and report the results systematically.
• Identify, document, and communicate bugs and errors to development teams on time.
• Maintain logs for each testing phase (functional, end-to-end, and regression) and track defects.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to uphold quality across the software development lifecycle.

Technical qualifications:

Must have:

• Minimum 6 years of experience as a Quality Assurance tester.
• Proficiency in QA methodology, with hands-on testing experience in the insurance industry.
• Specific QA experience with Guidewire solutions across the P&C policy lifecycle.
• Experience in Rating.
• Proven experience testing UI, web services, batch-based integrations, and web portals.
• Proficiency in VBScript, XML, SQL, or related languages.
• Experience with automation testing tools such as HP QTP or Selenium.

Preferred:

• Familiarity with Microsoft TFS and Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).