Semantic Data Engineer & Knowledge Graph Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement savings (401(k) and Pension

Volunteer time off

Colleague Resource Groups

Professional development opportunities

Bonus and well-being programs

Personal banking benefits

Job summary

Associated Bank is seeking a Knowledge Engineer to help build the foundations for trusted, connected data across the enterprise. You will partner with business and technology teams to create shared data definitions and semantic models that improve decision-making, governance, and AI capabilities.

This role offers a chance to influence enterprise data strategy while expanding your expertise in modern data technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Knowledge Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of experience with semantic technologies, data modeling, knowledge representation, graph databases, and semantic web standards.
• 3+ years of experience working with modern data platforms and collaborating across data architecture, engineering, and governance teams to deliver enterprise data solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in Data Science or a related discipline.
• 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.
• SnowPro Advanced certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise semantic models, ontologies, taxonomies, and knowledge graph structures that create consistent business meaning across data domains.
• Define and maintain enterprise business 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 related field

Bachelor's degree in Data Science or related discipline

Tools

Neo4j

Snowflake

Job description

Associated Bank is seeking a Knowledge Engineer to help build the foundations for trusted, connected data across the enterprise. You will partner with business and technology teams to create shared data definitions and semantic models that improve decision-making, governance, and AI capabilities.

This role offers a chance to influence enterprise data strategy while expanding your expertise in modern data technologies.