Senior Ontologist

Education Required: Bachelor's degree in Library Science, Information Systems, Linguistics, Computer Science or related.

Experience Required: Seven years of experience in ontology, taxonomy, data science, data engineering, or machine learning, to include one year of experience healthcare and to include three years of supervisory/managerial or project management experience.  May substitute required education degree with additional years of equivalent experience on a one to one basis. 

Preferred Experience: 
• Master’s Degree in Library Science, Information Systems, Linguistics, Computer Science or equivalent professional experience in the development and application of ontologies
• Seven or more years of relevant work experience working in ontology and/or taxonomy roles, data science or data engineering
• Proven skills in data retrieval and data research techniques
• Ability to quickly understand complex processes and communicate them in simple language
• Experience creating and communicating technical requirements to engineering teams
• Ability to communicate across a wide range of stakeholders including basic scientists, clinicians, and senior leadership (Director and VP levels)
• Knowledge of Semantic Web technologies (RDF/s, OWL), query languages (SPARQL) and validation/reasoning standards (SHACL, SPIN)
• Knowledge of open-source and commercial ontology engineering editors (e.g. Protege, Informatica)
• Detail-oriented problem solver who is able to work in a fast-changing environment and manage ambiguity
• Proven track record of strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficient English language skills
• Proven track record of leading ontology/taxonomy implementation for the complete life cycle of a web product or technology
• Master’s degree in Library Science, Information Systems, Linguistics or other relevant fields
• Experience building ontologies in healthcare and semantic search spaces
• Experience working with schema-level constructs (e.g. higher-level classes, punning, property inheritance)
• Proficiency in SQL, SPARQL
• Familiarity with ontology manipulation programming libraries
• Exposure to data science and/or machine learning, including graph embeddings

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