Art Provenance Metadata & Linked Data Architect

National Museum of Wildlife Art; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Getty Research Institute's GPI department seeks a collaborative and innovative Metadata Integration Specialist to contribute to a new Linked Open Data environment. The role leads in metadata creation, curation, mapping, and ingestion into Arches, and applies semantic data standards to support interoperability and reuse.

You will work with the Arches Product Manager and GRI teams to develop workflows, document procedures, and test new technologies.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in library and information science, digital humanities, or related field.
• 2+ years related professional experience in art or cultural heritage setting preferred.
• Familiarity with linked data models, Arches platform, or graph databases is a plus.
• Technical expertise in data analysis, data management workflows and standards.

Responsibilities

• Research, create, and curate metadata of advanced complexity for art provenance research.
• Develop new workflows and facilitate adoption of new technologies and skills.
• Apply semantic data standards and best practices for data interoperability.
• Perform data cleaning, transformations, analysis, and reporting with OpenRefine and SPARQL.
• Ensure metadata crosswalks, mapping, and semantic integration into Arches.
• Create and maintain scripting processes (e.g., Python) for automating workflows.

Skills

Team collaboration

Semantic data standards

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Master's degree in library and information science, digital humanities, cultural heritage, or related discipline

Tools

OpenRefine

SPARQL

Python

Git / Github

Arches

XML / JSON

Job description

The Getty Research Institute's GPI department seeks a collaborative and innovative Metadata Integration Specialist to contribute to a new Linked Open Data environment. The role leads in metadata creation, curation, mapping, and ingestion into Arches, and applies semantic data standards to support interoperability and reuse.

You will work with the Arches Product Manager and GRI teams to develop workflows, document procedures, and test new technologies.