Senior Ontology & Data Modeling Architect

Capital One; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 119,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Principal Associate, Ontology and Data Modeling in Plano, TX to lead the development and governance of enterprise ontologies aligned with the company’s Data Strategy. The role partners with Finance, Technology, and Product teams to standardize data, enable discoverability, and integrate semantic technologies into Capital One products and services.

Strong communication and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information science, computer science, engineering, library science, ontology, semantics or related field.
• 3+ years’ experience in metadata, information science, or ontology-related work.
• 3+ years’ experience with W3C standards (JSON, XML, RDF, RDFS, OWL, SKOS).
• 3+ years’ experience with ontology and linked data tools (Protégé, TopQuadrant, PoolParty, Stardog, AnzoGraph, Neptune, Data.World).
• 3+ years’ experience with SQL, SPARQL or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and govern ontologies and optimized data models in consultation with stakeholders.
• Contribute to data integration and mapping to harmonize data with upper and domain ontologies.
• Communicate and advocate the value of ontologies, semantics, and standardization across the business.
• Partner with Technology, ML, and other teams to support semantic integration in products and services.
• Analyze and implement knowledge organization strategies using ML, ontology management and semantic enrichment.
• Maintain awareness of industry developments related to ontology use and data modeling.
• Understand and adhere to W3C standards (RDF, RDFS, OWL, SKOS, SHACL).
• Develop standards and guidelines for ontology, data modeling and semantics at Capital One.
• Test/troubleshoot new or updated models and systems.
• Manage and oversee other projects as assigned by Product Owners and Supervisors.

Skills

Intellectually Curious

Communicator & Influencer

Do-er

Customer Focus

Learner

Team Player

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information science, computer science, engineering, library science, ontology, semantics, computational linguistics or related field

Master’s degree in information science, computer science, engineering, library science, ontology, semantics or computational linguistics

Tools

Protégé

TopQuadrant

PoolParty

Stardog

AnzoGraph

Neptune

Data.World

Job description

Capital One seeks a Principal Associate, Ontology and Data Modeling in Plano, TX to lead the development and governance of enterprise ontologies aligned with the company’s Data Strategy. The role partners with Finance, Technology, and Product teams to standardize data, enable discoverability, and integrate semantic technologies into Capital One products and services.

Strong communication and leadership are essential.