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# Semantic Data Architect / Knowledge Architect

- **Company:** Software Technology, Inc.
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, BigQuery, Data as a Services, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Flow Control, Graph Database, Neo4j, Resource Description Framework (RDF), SPARQL, Google Cloud, Data Classification, Data Layers, Collibra, Low Latency
- **Published:** June 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/61f053c0-6a7b-4ea2-a530-3817046a9f9f

## About the Role

* 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

## 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


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