Semantic Data Architect (Ontologist, Knowledge

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design and build ontologies (knowledge models) that organize Dell's business information in a structured way.
• Connect data from different systems so that all information is consistent and easy to understand.
• Create relationships between products, customers, services, and other business data to improve search and AI capabilities.
• Work closely with business teams to understand their requirements and convert them into structured knowledge models.
• Ensure data is organized according to industry standards such as RDF, OWL, and SPARQL.
• Improve enterprise search, analytics, and AI-driven applications by maintaining accurate knowledge structures.
• Collaborate with developers, data engineers, AI teams, and business stakeholders on knowledge management projects.
• Manage and update ontologies as new products, services, and business information are introduced.
• Support knowledge graph and metadata initiatives to improve data quality and consistency.
• Use graph databases and ontology management tools (where applicable) to maintain semantic data models.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong Ontologist Profile with deep semantic (RDF) ontology experience in complex enterprise environments
• Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have 7+ years of total experience, with 5+ years in semantic (RDF) ontology building/structuring for a complex/large enterprises
• Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have a strong understanding of content and information management, data structures, and semantic metadata extraction
• Mandatory (Tech skill 1) – Must have strong experience with graph databases, taxonomies, and NLP strategies for optimization
• Mandatory (Tech skill 2) – Must have strong working experience of ontology/TOMS tools such as PoolParty (Semantic Web), TopQuadrant EDG, or GraphDB (Ontotext)
• Mandatory (Tech skill 3) – Must be familiar with W3C industry standards, including SPARQL and OWL.
• Mandatory (Communication) – Must be fluent in English, with strong stakeholder management skills to operate across a complex, multi-team environment.many stakeholders.
• Mandatory (Note) – Must be available to work during US time zones for at least 4 hours per day
• Preferred (Education) – Must have a degree in Computer Science or Library Science, preferably with a minor / concentration / certificate in Information Management or Library Automation
• Preferred (Tech skill 3) – Understanding of content development and search/retrieval tools.