Data & Knowledge Architect

Apex Systems, LLC; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

ESPP (employee stock purchase) and 401

HSA plan

EAP with counseling

Discount programs and professional dev

Job summary

Apex Systems in Chandler, AZ, is seeking a Data & Knowledge Architect to develop, govern, and enhance data foundations supporting AI and agentic capabilities. You will collaborate with product SMEs to ensure data and knowledge are organized for model consumption and governance is applied across metadata and contextual assets.

You will design scalable pipelines, enforce data quality, and implement controls to improve data freshness and reliability at the source.

Qualifications

• Experience engineering and managing structured and unstructured data for analytics or model-enabled solutions.
• Background in regulated enterprise environments.
• Ability to define ownership, lineage, freshness, stewardship, and governance expectations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data and knowledge assets for AI and agentic use-cases across sources.
• Define standards for organization and preparation of documentation, telemetry, and metadata.
• Collaborate with SMEs to capture domain knowledge for model grounding and decision quality.
• Design scalable storage, governance, indexing, and retrieval of context assets.
• Improve data quality controls and metadata quality; address issues at the source.
• Contribute to data quality remediation and remediation priorities across domains.
• Build pipelines, transformations, validation routines, and context-management services.
• Produce reusable templates and guidance for knowledge artifacts and documentation standards.

Skills

Data modeling

Data architecture

Data governance

Data management

Machine learning systems

Pipelines & ETL

Metadata standards

Quality controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems

Bachelor's degree in Data Science

Job description

## Job Description# Data & Knowledge ArchitectApply**Job#: 3057776****Job Description:**Data & Knowledge Architect**Location:** Chandler, Arizona (Hybrid)Role OverviewThis position is responsible for developing, governing, and improving the data and knowledge foundations that support artificial intelligence and agentic capabilities across network services. The selected candidate will work across structured and unstructured data sources to ensure information is defined, organized, governed, and made available in a manner suitable for model consumption. This professional will establish standards, guidelines, and guardrails for how operational knowledge, documentation, configurations, telemetry, metadata, and other contextual assets are curated and prepared for trusted model use. Collaboration with product and service subject matter experts is essential to translate high-quality data and knowledge into reusable, AI-ready assets.Key Responsibilities* Develop and maintain data and knowledge assets that support AI and agentic use-cases, including both structured and unstructured sources.* Define and apply standards for how documentation, configurations, telemetry, metadata, policies, and operational knowledge should be organized and prepared for model consumption.* Partner with product and service subject matter experts to understand technologies, operational context, and domain-specific knowledge required to improve model grounding and decision quality.* Design and implement scalable methods for storing, governing, indexing, and retrieving context assets needed for enabled workflows and solutions.* Establish and improve preventative and detective controls that identify and reduce data quality, metadata quality, knowledge quality, and freshness issues before they affect downstream use.* Contribute to data quality remediation efforts by identifying upstream sources of issues, defining corrective actions, and improving the reliability of data at the source.* Define and maintain expectations for data ownership, lineage, freshness, stewardship, and governance across relevant data and knowledge domains.* Build and enhance pipelines, transformations, validation routines, and supporting services that improve the quality and accessibility of data and knowledge assets.* Support the creation of reusable templates, patterns, and guidance for knowledge artifacts, documentation standards, and context management practices.* Monitor and communicate the health, readiness, and quality of relevant data and knowledge assets, including issues, gaps, and remediation priorities.Required Qualifications**Education:** Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related technical field is preferred.**Experience:** Documented experience engineering and managing both structured and unstructured data used for analytics, automation, search, or model-enabled solutions within a regulated enterprise environment.**Technical Skills:** Proven expertise in data modeling and architecture, data governance protection, data management, and machine learning systems. Proficiency in designing scalable data pipelines, implementing data quality controls, and establishing lineage and metadata standards is required. *Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.**Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at https://www.apexsystems.com/privacy-policy**Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.**Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.**If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [e-mail] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.**UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.***Employee Type:** Contract**Location:** Chandler, AZ, US**Job Type:****Date Posted:** October 29, 2026**Pay Range:** $65 - $66 per hour