Knowledge Graph Architect & Ontology Lead

Accenture; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will lead ontology lifecycle activities, ensure alignment with business goals, and coach SMEs on competency questions to validate scope. This hybrid role requires travel to client locations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years hands-on ontology engineering, knowledge modeling, or related semantic web discipline.
• Minimum 3 years delivering domain ontologies in enterprise or consulting contexts.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Science, Computer Science, Library Science, Linguistics, Philosophy, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead ontology design, governance, and deployment across enterprise knowledge graphs.
• Collaborate with business SMEs, data engineering, and AI/ML teams to align semantic models with goals.
• Coach stakeholders in developing competency questions to test scope.
• Apply W3C standards, SHACL/ShEx validation, and ontology governance practices.
• Map relational data to semantic models and support data integration with R2RML/RML.

Skills

OWL 2

RDF

RDFS

SKOS

SHACL

SPARQL

Knowledge Graph

Protégé

Ontotext

GraphDB

Stardog

Neo4j

R2RML

RML

Competency Questions

Upper Ontologies

BFO

schema.org

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s in Information Science

Tools

Protégé

Ontotext

GraphDB

Stardog

Neo4j

Job description

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

You will lead ontology lifecycle activities, ensure alignment with business goals, and coach SMEs on competency questions to validate scope. This hybrid role requires travel to client locations.