Semantic Data Architect

Associated Bank - Corp; Minnesota; On-site; USD 92,610 - 158,760; Full time

Job summary

Associated Bank is seeking a Knowledge Engineer to build trusted data foundations and semantic models across the organization. You’ll partner with business and technology teams to define data concepts, map relationships, and advance governance, AI capabilities, and decision-making.

You will apply graph technologies and semantic web standards to enable data discovery, enrich metadata, and support enterprise data strategy while growing your expertise in modern data platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Knowledge Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience with semantic technologies, data modeling, knowledge representation, graph databases, and semantic web standards.
• 3+ years of experience delivering enterprise data solutions with data architecture, engineering, and governance teams.
• 1+ years of experience implementing or managing enterprise knowledge graph platforms or semantic technologies.
• 1+ years of experience supporting enterprise data governance, metadata management, lineage, and data quality initiatives.
• Neo4j Certified Professional certification and SnowPro Advanced certification are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise semantic models, ontologies, taxonomies, and knowledge graph structures that create consistent business meaning across data domains.
• Define and maintain enterprise concepts, metadata standards, and data relationships to support governance and regulatory compliance.
• Align data from multiple systems by mapping technical data to shared business definitions and reusable semantic standards.
• Partner with data architecture, engineering, governance, AI, and business teams to translate business needs into scalable semantic solutions.
• Enable advanced data discovery and analytics by applying semantic web standards, graph technologies, and knowledge modeling practices.
• Support AI‑ready data capabilities by designing semantic frameworks that improve context, search, and knowledge‑driven insights.
• Promote enterprise data consistency by advancing metadata, lineage, and governance best practices across the organization.

Skills

Semantic technologies

Data modeling

Knowledge representation

Graph databases

Semantic web standards

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Knowledge Engineering, or a related field

Bachelor's degree in Data Science

Tools

Neo4j

SnowPro Advanced

Job description

Associated Bank is seeking a Knowledge Engineer to build trusted data foundations and semantic models across the organization. You’ll partner with business and technology teams to define data concepts, map relationships, and advance governance, AI capabilities, and decision-making.

You will apply graph technologies and semantic web standards to enable data discovery, enrich metadata, and support enterprise data strategy while growing your expertise in modern data platforms.