Lead Data & Knowledge Intelligence Architect

Univers; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Univers seeks a visionary Architect Lead - Data & Knowledge Intelligence to define the target-state architecture bridging fragmented IT, OT and IoT environments, transforming raw data into a unified semantic foundation. You will champion Knowledge Graphs, semantic services, and secure AI-enabled workflows across enterprise platforms.

You will architect a permission-aware knowledge layer, enable Retrieval-Augmented Generation, and design governance with auditability and fail-safe controls for

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and evolving service-oriented architectures.
• Strong understanding of API architecture, authentication, authorization and platform governance.
• Deep expertise in knowledge graph technologies and digital twin representations.
• Hands-on architectural experience with RAG pipelines, vector databases, and LLM context provisioning.
• Distributed systems fundamentals and multi-region resilience.

Responsibilities

• Define roadmap, standards, and boundaries for the Data & Knowledge Intelligence layer.
• Architect an operational ontology for assets, sensors, events, and actions.
• Establish standards using knowledge graphs and semantic approaches.
• Develop capabilities for semantic mapping, MDM, and temporal/geospatial entity resolution.
• Design scalable ingestion, streaming, CDC pipelines across IT, OT, and IoT.
• Lead integration of OT systems and IoT protocols across edge, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Ensure end-to-end data lineage, data quality, and access controls across graph and vector stores.

Skills

Microservice architectures

API design & governance

Knowledge graphs

AI & agentic systems

Distributed systems

Tools

GraphDB

Neo4j

Amazon Neptune

RDF/OWL/SHACL

Property Graphs

Job description

Univers seeks a visionary Architect Lead - Data & Knowledge Intelligence to define the target-state architecture bridging fragmented IT, OT and IoT environments, transforming raw data into a unified semantic foundation. You will champion Knowledge Graphs, semantic services, and secure AI-enabled workflows across enterprise platforms.

You will architect a permission-aware knowledge layer, enable Retrieval-Augmented Generation, and design governance with auditability and fail-safe controls for