Knowledge Graph Architect & Ontology Designer

Accenture; Cleveland (OH); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced Knowledge Modeler / Ontologist to design, govern, and deliver domain ontologies for enterprise knowledge graphs. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, data engineering, and AI teams to translate domains into rigorous semantic models.

The role requires guiding competency questions, aligning with upper ontologies, and ensuring compliance with governance standards. Travel up to 20-80% is expected in a hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• Hands-on ontology engineering in enterprise contexts.
• Ability to design and validate semantic models (OWL, RDF, SKOS).
• Experience with ontology governance, versioning, and SHACL/ShEx validation.

Responsibilities

• Lead full ontology lifecycle: requirements, conceptual modeling, formal specification, validation, deployment.
• Design T-Box schema and hydration patterns across data sources.
• Apply naming conventions, URI strategies, and modular ontology architecture.

Skills

Ontology Engineering

Semantic Web Standards

Knowledge Graph Development

Protégé/Ontotext

Data Integration - R2RML/RML

Competency Question Development

Upper Ontology Awareness

Communication & Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Information Science/CS/Library Science/Linguistics/Philosophy

Tools

GraphDB

Stardog

Neo4j

Job description

Accenture is seeking an experienced Knowledge Modeler / Ontologist to design, govern, and deliver domain ontologies for enterprise knowledge graphs. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, data engineering, and AI teams to translate domains into rigorous semantic models.

The role requires guiding competency questions, aligning with upper ontologies, and ensuring compliance with governance standards. Travel up to 20-80% is expected in a hybrid setup.