Semantic Data Architect / Knowledge Architect
Software Technology, Inc.
Atlanta, United States of America
yesterday
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
IntermediateJob location
Atlanta, United States of America
Tech stack
Artificial Intelligence
Airflow
Google BigQuery
Data as a Services
Data Architecture
Data Governance
Data Flow Control
Graph Database
Neo4j
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
SPARQL
Google Cloud Platform
Data Classification
Data Layers
Collibra
Low Latency
Job description
- Design and govern enterprise ontologies using RDF/OWL standards for customer credit, digital identity, workforce (income/employment), auto lending, insurance, mortgage, and utilities data
- Define business taxonomies, semantic vocabularies, and data classification frameworks aligned to compliance requirements
- Build and evolve knowledge graph schemas for property graph and RDF-based representations
- Integrate semantic layer with enterprise data catalog tooling including Collibra and Google Data Catalog / Dataplex
- Collaborate with AI architects to ensure ontology structures are optimized for agent-driven retrieval and context injection addressing concerns of latency, accuracy, explainability, and compliance
- Work with Google Cloud Platform data services such as Spanner Graph and BigQuery to align logical models with physical graph storage
- Lead problem framing and POC design sessions with client stakeholders to define ontology structure and graph schemas
- Produce architecture artifacts including ontology documentation, semantic layer blueprints, and governance frameworks
- Conduct architecture reviews, define NFRs (latency, scalability, accuracy, explainability, compliance), and establish technical guardrails
- Mentor and guide the India-based delivery team on architecture patterns and best practices
Requirements
- 15+ years in enterprise architecture with at least 3 years in a principal/chief architect capacity
- Deep experience in Ontology design using OWL / RDF / RDFS,
- Production experience designing knowledge graphs, ontologies, or semantic layers (RDF/OWL, Property Graphs, SPARQL, Cypher)
- Experience architecting federated/distributed metadata systems and data governance
- Experience with Collibra for data catalog, business glossary, and policy governance
- Experience with SPARQL and / or Cypher query proficiency
- Experience with credit bureau data models, FCRA compliance, permissible-use governance, or equivalent regulated financial data environments
- Proven ability to operate as a client-facing technical leader in enterprise engagement
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Direct experience with Credit Bureau technology stacks
- Google Data Catalog / Dataplex hands-on experience
- Google Cloud Platform Spanner Graph or Neo4j for graph storage
- Familiarity with GraphRAG or semantic retrieval patterns
- Experience with FIBO (Financial Industry Business Ontology)
- Understanding of agentic AI patterns - MCP servers, LangGraph, tool orchestration, agent-mediated workflows
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform data & AI stack: Vertex AI, BigQuery, Spanner (including Spanner Graph), Dataplex, Cloud Composer, Dataflow