Remote Knowledge Graph Architect for Construction AI

Eliassen Group; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 138,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Knowledge Graph Architect to lead the architecture and technical strategy for a construction-focused ontology and AI knowledge platform. You will connect historical project and operational data across estimating, scheduling, cost, and field execution to build a reusable knowledge foundation for AI, GraphRAG, and LLMs.

The ideal candidate has expertise in enterprise knowledge graphs, ontologies, and semantic modeling, with hands-on experience in graph databases and

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop an enterprise ontology and knowledge graph for complex construction and project data.
• Define relationships across projects, activities, estimates, schedules, cost codes, crews, equipment, quantities, production rates, risks, changes, and outcomes.
• Evaluate and incorporate relevant standards, including IFC, buildingSMART, LandInfra, and semantic web standards.
• Integrate enterprise data from multiple operational and project systems into the knowledge architecture.
• Design and guide GraphRAG, LazyGraphRAG, RAG, and AI agent architectures.
• Establish standards for ontology governance, provenance, entity resolution, cross-system mappings, and knowledge quality.
• Partner with domain SMEs, enterprise architecture, data engineering, AI engineering, and technology teams.
• Design experiments to evaluate whether structured enterprise knowledge improves AI answer quality compared with traditional RAG and LLM approaches.

Skills

Knowledge graph

Ontology development

Semantic modeling

Data architecture

AI architecture

Graph databases

RAG integration

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Knowledge Graph Architect to lead the architecture and technical strategy for a construction-focused ontology and AI knowledge platform. You will connect historical project and operational data across estimating, scheduling, cost, and field execution to build a reusable knowledge foundation for AI, GraphRAG, and LLMs.

The ideal candidate has expertise in enterprise knowledge graphs, ontologies, and semantic modeling, with hands-on experience in graph databases and