Remote Knowledge Graph Architect for AI-Driven Construction

Eliassen Group; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 138,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Knowledge Graph Architect for a remote contract to lead architecture and strategy for a construction-focused ontology and knowledge platform. You will connect historical project data across estimating, scheduling, cost, and field execution to build a reusable knowledge foundation that supports AI, GraphRAG, LLM, and agent-based applications.

The role requires designing enterprise knowledge graphs and ontologies and coordinating with SMEs, enterprise architecture, and

Qualifications

• Strong experience in knowledge graph architecture, ontology development, and semantic modeling.
• Hands-on experience with knowledge graphs, ontologies, and graph databases.
• Understanding of RAG/GraphRAG, LLMs, AI agents, and data integration.
• Experience defining relationships across complex enterprise data sources.
• Ability to translate business concepts into scalable technical architectures.
• Strong communication skills across technical and business SMEs.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop an enterprise ontology and knowledge graph for construction data.
• Define relationships across projects, estimates, schedules, cost codes, and resources.
• Evaluate standards like IFC, buildingSMART, LandInfra, and semantic web standards.
• Integrate data from multiple systems into the knowledge architecture.
• Design GraphRAG, LazyGraphRAG, RAG, and AI agent architectures.
• Establish ontology governance, provenance, mappings, and data quality standards.
• Partner with SMEs, enterprise architecture, data AI teams.
• Design experiments to test if structured knowledge improves AI answers.

Skills

Knowledge graph architecture

Ontology development

Semantic architecture

Knowledge engineering

Enterprise data architecture

AI/ML architecture

Tools

Graph databases

RDF/OWL

Semantic web standards

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Knowledge Graph Architect for a remote contract to lead architecture and strategy for a construction-focused ontology and knowledge platform. You will connect historical project data across estimating, scheduling, cost, and field execution to build a reusable knowledge foundation that supports AI, GraphRAG, LLM, and agent-based applications.

The role requires designing enterprise knowledge graphs and ontologies and coordinating with SMEs, enterprise architecture, and