Knowledge Engineering Solution Architect Associate Director

You Are:

You are the practice's senior, client-facing authority on enterprise ontologies, knowledge graphs, and semantic architectures. You work directly with client executives, domain subject matter experts (SMEs), and engineering leaders to design scalable Domain Intelligence (DI) and GraphRAG solutions.

The Work:

You remain hands-on: you develop baseline ontology models, establish data quality shapes (SHACL/ShEx), write core SPARQL/Cypher queries, and build prototype data/graph pipelines using Python and SQL/SPARQL. You set modeling standards for engineering teams, author the semantic/knowledge sections of RFPs, lead technical discovery workshops,and create reusable semantic assets that accelerate practice delivery.

Solutioning & Presales Strategy - Lead the knowledge engineering and ontology workstreams for client proposals, including solution architecture, technical approach, staffing models, and effort estimations.  Facilitate discovery workshops with business and technical stakeholders to define domain boundaries, high-value use cases, and key performance indicators (KPIs).  Build business cases for Knowledge Graphs, Semantic Layers, and Generative AI / GraphRAG architectures—quantifying ROI, defining success metrics, and designing proof-of-concept (PoC) pilots.  Present technical architectures during client orals, executive briefings, and vendor evaluations; build interactive modeling demos on sample enterprise datasets.  Draft Statements of Work (SOWs), deliverables, and scope guardrails for ontology, graph analytics, and semantic layer implementations.

Ontology & Knowledge System Design

• Design the upper ontology (meta-model) and establish inheritance and specialization rules across domain and sub-domain ontology modules.
• Model core domain entities, relationships, attributes, business glossaries, intent taxonomies, and cross-walk mappings to industry standards (e.g., FIBO, SNOMED, W3C standards).
• Architect bitemporal data models (valid-time and transaction-time) to track historical state changes, schema evolution, and ontology versioning.
• Define data quality constraints (SHACL), entity resolution frameworks, and semantic governance policies to prevent semantic drift across multi-source integrations.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

• Minimum of 12 years in enterprise software engineering, including significant brownfield modernization at multi-million-LOC scale.
• Minimum of 8 years in enterprise data architecture, semantic modeling, ontology design, and knowledge graph engineering
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience designing and operating large-scale distributed data pipelines, analytics engines, and enterprise data platforms.
• Minimum 5 years working fluency with knowledge graphs and ontology modeling (skill matrix for this family: Ontology, Knowledge Graph, Data Taxonomy), plus static analysis, dependency analysis, and Git history mining.
• Minimum of 3 years of Python (for graph analytics, RDF processing, and data engineering) alongside advanced fluency in SPARQL, Cypher, and SQL.
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading the development, commercialization, or ongoing evolution of a productized offering, platform, or reusable methodology, with direct accountability for its roadmap, adoption, or business outcomes
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate's Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience).
  

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 12/04/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $163,000 to $434,000
Colorado $163,000 to $375,000
Connecticut $163,000 to $375,000
District of Columbia $173,500 to $399,300
Illinois $150,900 to $375,000
Maine $138,800 to $319,400
Maryland $163,000 to $375,000
Massachusetts $163,000 to $399,300
Minnesota $163,000 to $375,000
New York $150,900 to $434,000
New Jersey $173,500 to $434,000
Ohio $150,900 to $347,200
Virginia $150,900 to $399,300
Washington $173,500 to $399,300

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