Senior Knowledge Architect for Graph AI & Ontology

Accenture; Saint Pete Beach (FL); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Knowledge Architect to lead architecture and development of knowledge graphs, ontologies, and semantic data models at enterprise scale. The role embeds with clients as a trusted technology advisor and hands-on engineer.

You will shape graph-based solutions and integrate with AI/LLM pipelines, requiring strong ontology, KG, and data modeling skills. Travel is required 25%–75% depending on client needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; 12+ years of work experience.
• 4+ years of experience in Knowledge Graph technologies.
• 2+ years of experience with ontology management and Knowledge Graph curation.
• 2+ years of experience in semantic modeling and linked data principles.
• 2+ years of experience designing and developing knowledge graph solutions and graph-based ML models.
• 2+ years of experience with graph databases and relational/vector stores.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design, governance, and maintenance of enterprise-scale knowledge graphs and ontologies.
• Develop ontologies, taxonomies, and semantic data models for interoperability across systems and teams.
• Define and enforce data modeling standards and schema design patterns.
• Translate domain knowledge into machine-readable structures using RDF, OWL, SPARQL, or graph models.
• Lead knowledge engineering discovery workshops with client stakeholders.
• Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to integrate knowledge graphs as grounding layers for LLM pipelines.
• Design knowledge structures for multi-step agent reasoning and dynamic planning across diverse data sources.
• Work with teams to create Data & AI offerings powered by graph technologies.
• Collaborate with data engineering to build scalable KG pipelines.
• Develop strong client relationships and act as strategic advisor.
• Communicate ontological concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Evaluate and pilot emerging tools and standards (LPG, RDF, Wikidata, schema.org).

Skills

Ontology design

Taxonomy development

Semantic modeling

Schema design

Graph databases

SPARQL

Cypher

Gremlin

RAG architectures

LLM grounding

LangChain

Python

NetworkX

RDFLib

PyKEEN

AWS

Azure

GCP

Neo4j

Amazon Neptune

TigerGraph

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Associate’s degree

Tools

Neo4j

Amazon Neptune

TigerGraph

Stardog

SPARQL

Cypher

Gremlin

Python

NetworkX

RDFLib

PyKEEN

LangChain

LlamaIndex

AutoGen

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Knowledge Architect to lead architecture and development of knowledge graphs, ontologies, and semantic data models at enterprise scale. The role embeds with clients as a trusted technology advisor and hands-on engineer.

You will shape graph-based solutions and integrate with AI/LLM pipelines, requiring strong ontology, KG, and data modeling skills. Travel is required 25%–75% depending on client needs.