Ontology Specialist - Data & AI

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise ontologies and knowledge graphs across business domains, including product and engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and operations.
• Define graph schemas, taxonomies, controlled vocabularies and semantic models aligned with the enterprise lakehouse, Power BI, AI/ML pipelines and business applications.
• Integrate structured, semi-structured and unstructured data using Python, Spark/PySpark, SQL and orchestration pipelines; enable entity resolution, relationship extraction and graph enrichment.
• Develop graph queries and analytics using SPARQL, Cypher, Gremlin and KQL graph semantics; optimize indexing, partitioning, caching and query performance.
• Integrate knowledge graphs with Azure OpenAI, Copilot and agentic AI frameworks to support semantic grounding, GraphRAG, hybrid retrieval and explainable AI outcomes.
• Establish ontology lifecycle governance covering semantic consistency, metadata, lineage, stewardship, versioning and change control in partnership with domain experts.
• Act as technical authority and thought partner for ontology, knowledge graph and semantic architecture initiatives.

Requirements

• 8+ years in Data Engineering, data architecture or related areas, including at least 3 years of hands-on Enterprise Ontology, Knowledge Graph or Semantic Architecture experience.
• Strong expertise in RDF/RDFS, OWL, SPARQL, SHACL and SKOS, with experience using ontology modeling tools such as Protege or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience with Neo4j or similar graph platforms and working knowledge of Cypher, Gremlin, SPARQL and graph performance optimization.
• Practical experience with lakehouse/data lake architectures, Azure data services or Microsoft Fabric, plus Python, PySpark and SQL.
• Experience with GraphRAG, vector databases, hybrid retrieval and integration with Azure OpenAI or other LLM-based platforms.