Remote Ontology Architect for DoD Data & AI

SOS International LLC; Albuquerque (NM); Remote; USD 137,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

SOS International LLC is seeking an Ontologist to design and sustain ontologies for a DoD-backed data ecosystem. You will enable semantic search, data integration, and AI-assisted decision support across federated data sources.

The role requires strong expertise in ontology design, SPARQL, OWL, and W3C standards, with experience in ESRI ArcGIS and DevSecOps practices. Remote work from the USA is supported.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Science, AI, Geospatial Science, GIS, Data Science, Cognitive Science, or closely related field; OR 11+ years ontology development/semantic technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop, refine, and maintain domain ontologies for structured data integration and semantic search.
• Enforce adherence to W3C standards and metadata alignment across systems.
• Collaborate with data scientists to ensure ontology-driven tagging and entity resolution.
• Submit governance reports detailing ontology updates and metadata compliance.

Skills

Ontology development experience

SPARQL

Java

Python

Bash scripting

ArcGIS

Git

CI/CD

Education

Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Science, AI, Geospatial Science, GIS, Data Science, Cognitive Science, or related field

Tools

SPARQL

OWL

RDF/SHACL

Databricks Unity Catalog

GIS tools/ArcGIS

Job description

SOS International LLC is seeking an Ontologist to design and sustain ontologies for a DoD-backed data ecosystem. You will enable semantic search, data integration, and AI-assisted decision support across federated data sources.

The role requires strong expertise in ontology design, SPARQL, OWL, and W3C standards, with experience in ESRI ArcGIS and DevSecOps practices. Remote work from the USA is supported.