Remote Enterprise Knowledge Graph Architect (AI-Ready)

Cognizant; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Knowledge Graph & Ontology Architect to design and govern enterprise semantic architectures supporting AI-ready knowledge systems, search, and analytics. You will collaborate with data engineers, AI specialists, and client stakeholders to establish a scalable semantic foundation.

You will lead ontology design, vocabularies, and governance, working with platforms like Neo4j, Neptune, TigerGraph, and BigQuery, while ensuring data governance, security, and scalable AI

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data/knowledge graph architecture or ontology engineering.
• Hands-on OWL/RDF ontology development and SHACL constraint authoring.
• Experience with graph-based knowledge systems (Neo4j, Neptune, TigerGraph, GraphDB).
• Strong Python and SQL skills; working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform services (BigQuery, Dataplex, Vector Search).
• Experience establishing data governance, glossaries, KPI definitions, and metadata governance.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and business stakeholders on data modeling decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern enterprise ontologies, semantic models, and knowledge graph architectures (OWL/RDF, SHACL).
• Lead business domain models and governed vocabularies across key entities.
• Define and maintain enterprise glossaries, KPI registries, and governance processes.
• Architect graph-based knowledge platforms using Neo4j, Neptune, TigerGraph, GraphDB, Stardog, Jena, Spanner Graph, and BigQuery.
• Partner with engineering, AI, and platform teams to enforce governance, security, and lineage controls.

Skills

Python

SQL

GQL

Tools

Neo4j

Amazon Neptune

TigerGraph

GraphDB

Stardog

Apache Jena

Spanner Graph

BigQuery

Vector Search

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Knowledge Graph & Ontology Architect to design and govern enterprise semantic architectures supporting AI-ready knowledge systems, search, and analytics. You will collaborate with data engineers, AI specialists, and client stakeholders to establish a scalable semantic foundation.

You will lead ontology design, vocabularies, and governance, working with platforms like Neo4j, Neptune, TigerGraph, and BigQuery, while ensuring data governance, security, and scalable AI