Junior Graph Data Engineer: Semantic Map & Provenance

NextGenEnergyJobs; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Redhorse Corporation seeks a data/AI focused professional to join the Semantic Knowledge Graph effort. You will design automated pipelines to discover enterprise data assets, ingest metadata, and align elements to Enterprise Core Ontology while maintaining data lineage and governance metadata.

You will scale the semantic map, define provenance, and support graph querying as you collaborate with engineers to integrate new data sources and support enterprise search and discovery.

Qualifications

• Exposure to graph query languages Cypher or SPARQL.
• Familiarity with modern enterprise graph database platforms.
• Basic understanding of LLM orchestration or agentic workflows.
• Knowledge of metadata lineage standards and semantic models.
• Familiarity with data catalogs and governance metadata.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing automated pipelines to discover enterprise data assets and interface with data catalogs.
• Scan, catalog, and ingest technical metadata from legacy, cloud, and distributed environments.
• Ingest metadata to establish baseline assets aligned to the Enterprise Core Ontology.
• Scale the semantic map with automated pipelines and orchestrated workflows.
• Register data ingestion origins to establish provenance chains over time.
• Collaborate to align data elements with Enterprise Core Ontology and Domain Ontologies.
• Maintain data lineage within the Provenance Layer and document data origins and transformations.
• Write and test basic graph queries to support metadata retrieval and validation.
• Evaluate how integrated data sources affect the broader Semantic Map and use cases.
• Connect data assets to mission metadata for governance and discovery.
• Help ensure governance metadata including ownership, classification, and access constraints.

Skills

Cypher

SPARQL

Graph databases

GraphQL concepts

Data lineage

Semantic models

Data catalogs

Workflow orchestration

Agentic AI concepts

Ontologies alignment

Tools

Graph DB platforms

Job description

Redhorse Corporation seeks a data/AI focused professional to join the Semantic Knowledge Graph effort. You will design automated pipelines to discover enterprise data assets, ingest metadata, and align elements to Enterprise Core Ontology while maintaining data lineage and governance metadata.

You will scale the semantic map, define provenance, and support graph querying as you collaborate with engineers to integrate new data sources and support enterprise search and discovery.