Senior Ontology Architect & Enterprise Knowledge Lead

Accenture PLC; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 434,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior Knowledge Engineer to own the discipline of scalable ontology creation and the semantic layer. You will defend ontology patterns, design knowledge-agent architectures, and articulate the value of semantic layers to executives and architects in client meetings.

This senior technical track emphasizes owning methodology over merely delivering services. You will lead three core areas: ontology creation, templates, and governance patterns, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in knowledge engineering or related data disciplines
• 2+ years in AI/LLM-based work
• 6+ years with knowledge-graph technologies and enterprise graph databases
• 6+ years managerial or discipline-leadership experience
• 2+ years publishing or speaking publicly in the discipline
• 3+ years owning a productized offering or methodology
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Responsibilities

• Own the discipline: scaled ontology creation and semantic-layer design
• Defend and evolve ontology patterns and knowledge-agent architectures
• Explain semantic layer value to executives and architects, aligning with market messaging

Skills

Ontology design

AI/LLM knowledge

Senior stakeholder communication

Enterprise knowledge graphs

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

RDF

SPARQL

SHACL

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Senior Knowledge Engineer to own the discipline of scalable ontology creation and the semantic layer. You will defend ontology patterns, design knowledge-agent architectures, and articulate the value of semantic layers to executives and architects in client meetings.

This senior technical track emphasizes owning methodology over merely delivering services. You will lead three core areas: ontology creation, templates, and governance patterns, with travel as needed.