Ontologist - Sr

About the role

Join the Nalley Consulting team at Southcom HQ.

Responsibilities

• Develop, refine, and maintain domain-specific ontologies to support structured data integration, semantic search, and AI-assisted decision support.
• Enforce adherence to W3C standards and metadata alignment between Databricks Unity Catalog, GIS metadata systems, and operational data stores.
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to ensure ontology-driven tagging and entity resolution enhance the relevance of research outputs.
• Submit the Ontology Governance & Standardization Report, detailing ontology updates, integrations, and compliance with metadata standards.
• Possess the knowledge and capability to develop ontologies
• Proficiency in writing advanced SPARQL queries
• Strong skills in the W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL)
• Solid understanding of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and Common Core Ontologies (CCO)
• Proficiency in both Java and Python for ontology-driven application development
• Experience with Bash scripting for automation tasks.
• Hands-on experience with ESRI data tools, including ArcGIS
• Background in DevSecOps practices, version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively

Requirements

• Master’s degree or higher (e.g., Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Information Science, Artificial Intelligence, Geospatial Science, GIS, Data Science, Business Analytics, Cognitive Science, or a closely related field; or a minimum of 11+ years of experience in ontology development, semantic technologies.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and capability to develop ontologies
• Proficiency in writing advanced SPARQL queries
• Strong skills in the W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL)
• Solid understanding of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and Common Core Ontologies (CCO)
• Proficiency in both Java and Python for ontology-driven application development
• Experience with Bash scripting for automation tasks.
• Hands-on experience with ESRI data tools, including ArcGIS
• Background in DevSecOps practices, version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively

Skills

• Knowledge and capability to develop ontologies
• Proficiency in writing advanced SPARQL queries
• Strong skills in the W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL)
• Solid understanding of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and Common Core Ontologies (CCO)
• Proficiency in both Java and Python for ontology-driven application development
• Experience with Bash scripting for automation tasks.
• Hands-on experience with ESRI data tools, including ArcGIS
• Background in DevSecOps practices, version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively

Benefits

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
• PTO
• 11 paid federal holidays
• Tuition assistance
• Paid military-reserve leave
• Paid parental leave for birth or adoption
• 401k matching up to 5 percent of the base salary
• Flex time
• Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.

Pay

Negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full-time position.