Ontology Lead & Knowledge Graph Architect

ITSMF; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture, a global professional services firm, is seeking an experienced Knowledge Modeler/Ontologist to contribute to domain ontology design, governance, and delivery for enterprise knowledge graph initiatives. You will work with business stakeholders, data engineering, and AI/ML teams to translate complex domains into rigorous semantic models.

In this role you will lead the ontology lifecycle, design T-Box schemas, and ensure standards compliance to power intelligent applications.

Qualifications

• Experience designing ontologies and knowledge graphs.
• Ability to translate business domains into formal semantic models.
• Familiarity with ontology governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead ontology lifecycle from requirements to deployment.
• Design T-Box structures and support A-Box hydration patterns.
• Apply naming conventions, URI strategies, and modular architectures.
• Use OWL, RDF, RDFS, SKOS to create and evolve vocabularies.
• Collaborate with data engineers and AI/ML teams to map data sources.

Skills

Ontology design

Knowledge modeling

Semantic web standards

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

OWL 2

RDFS

SKOS

Job description

Accenture, a global professional services firm, is seeking an experienced Knowledge Modeler/Ontologist to contribute to domain ontology design, governance, and delivery for enterprise knowledge graph initiatives. You will work with business stakeholders, data engineering, and AI/ML teams to translate complex domains into rigorous semantic models.

In this role you will lead the ontology lifecycle, design T-Box schemas, and ensure standards compliance to power intelligent applications.