Semantic Data Architect or Knowledge Architect & Enterprise Architect

We’re looking for a Semantic Data Architect or Knowledge Architect & Enterprise Architect to lead foundational ontology and semantic layer design for a large-scale enterprise data initiative at a major credit bureau.

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Hiring: Semantic Data Architect, enterprise ontologies/ Knowledge Architect & Enterprise Architect

Atlanta, GA (Hybrid – 3 days onsite) Long-term contract

✅ Key Skills:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design and govern enterprise ontologies using RDF/OWL standards for customer credit, digital identity, workforce (income/employment), auto lending, insurance, mortgage, and utilities data
• Define business taxonomies, semantic vocabularies, and data classification frameworks aligned to compliance requirements
• Build and evolve knowledge graph schemas for property graph and RDF-based representations
• Integrate semantic layer with enterprise data catalog tooling including Collibra and Google Data Catalog / Dataplex
• Collaborate with AI architects to ensure ontology structures are optimized for agent-driven retrieval and context injection addressing concerns of latency, accuracy, explainability, and compliance
• Work with GCP data services such as Spanner Graph and BigQuery to align logical models with physical graph storage
• Lead problem framing and POC design sessions with client stakeholders to define ontology structure and graph schemas
• Produce architecture artifacts including ontology documentation, semantic layer blueprints, and governance frameworks
• Conduct architecture reviews, define NFRs (latency, scalability, accuracy, explainability, compliance), and establish technical guardrails
• Mentor and guide the India-based delivery team on architecture patterns and best practices

Must-Have Skills

• 15+ years in enterprise architecture with at least 3 years in a principal/chief architect capacity
• Deep experience in Ontology design using OWL / RDF / RDFS,
• Production experience designing knowledge graphs, ontologies, or semantic layers (RDF/OWL, Property Graphs, SPARQL, Cypher)
• Experience architecting federated/distributed metadata systems and data governance
• Experience with Collibra for data catalog, business glossary, and policy governance
• Experience with SPARQL and / or Cypher query proficiency
• Experience with credit bureau data models, FCRA compliance, permissible-use governance, or equivalent regulated financial data environments
• Proven ability to operate as a client-facing technical leader in enterprise engagements

Nice-to-Have Skills

Direct experience with Credit Bureau technology stacks

Google Data Catalog / Dataplex hands-on experience

GCP Spanner Graph or Neo4j for graph storage

Familiarity with GraphRAG or semantic retrieval patterns

Experience with FIBO (Financial Industry Business Ontology)

Understanding of agentic AI patterns — MCP servers, LangGraph, tool orchestration, agent-mediated workflows

Experience with GCP data & AI stack: Vertex AI, BigQuery, Spanner (including Spanner Graph), Dataplex, Cloud Composer, Dataflow

Thanks,

Name: Kishore Kumbam

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