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Ontologist with Security Clearance

EndurionTampa, FL🇺🇸United States

Why this role stands out

This is an exceptional opportunity to leverage your ontology expertise to directly impact mission-critical objectives, driving advancements in data integration and AI-assisted decision support within a respected organization. If you thrive on complex problem-solving, W3C standards, and collaborating with data science teams, this role offers significant professional growth and the chance to build valuable skills.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeEmployee
Work modeOn Site
LocationTampa, FL, United States

Job description

Ontologist
Position Description
Position Summary
The Ontologist supports mission-critical objectives under the referenced work order by developing and maintaining ontologies, enforcing W3C standards, and ensuring data consistency for structured data integration, semantic search, and AI-assisted decision support. This role collaborates with data scientists and analysts to ensure ontology-driven tagging and entity resolution enhance research output relevance.
This future opportunity is contingent upon award.
Job Description

  • The Ontologist is responsible for developing, refining, and maintaining domain-specific ontologies to support structured data integration, semantic search, and AI-assisted decision support.
  • The position requires enforcing adherence to W3C standards and metadata alignment between Databricks Unity Catalog, GIS metadata systems, and operational data stores.
  • Ontologists will collaborate with data scientists and analysts to ensure ontology-driven tagging and entity resolution enhance the relevance of research outputs.
  • The role includes submitting Ontology Governance & Standardization Reports detailing ontology updates, integrations, and compliance with metadata standards.
Required Qualifications and Experience
The contractor shall provide personnel who meet one of the following requirements:
  • Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Data Science, Business Analytics, Cognitive Science, or a closely related field; or
  • A minimum of eleven (11) years of professional experience in ontology development and semantic technologies.
Candidates must have demonstrated expertise in the following areas:
  • Ontology design and semantic data modeling.
  • SPARQL query development.
  • W3C standards (RDF, OWL, SHACL) and supporting frameworks like Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and Common Core Ontologies (CCO).
  • Java and Python for ontology-driven application development.
  • Bash scripting for automation tasks.

Required Skills and Competencies

  • Expertise in W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL) and SPARQL queries.
  • Working knowledge of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and Common Core Ontologies (CCO).
  • Proficiency in Java, Python, and Bash scripting.
  • Strong understanding of ESRI data tools including ArcGIS.
  • Background in DevSecOps practices, version control systems (Git), and CI/CD pipelines.
Education
  • Master's degree or higher in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education and extensive experience.
  • Expertise in ontology design and SPARQL query development required.
Clearance Requirement
  • No clearance required for off-site duty location, or the ability to obtain and maintain the required clearance as specified by the program.

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