[Hiring] Principal Operations Data Ontology @Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd.

Role Description

Odyssey Systems has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Operations Data Ontology providing support to the Command, Control, Communications (C3C)/Kessel Run division. This is a full-time remote position.

• Focus on ontology methodology and semantic knowledge graphing, Department of Defense metadata standards, and operationalization of ontologies within enterprise data solutions.
• Duties include, but are not limited to:
  • Apply Department of Defense ontology principles and standards to existing and future semantic models and taxonomies.
  • Collaborate with appropriate subject matter and technical experts to design conceptual frameworks defining complex data relationships, entities, and conceptual logic.
  • Create and maintain authoritative specifications using languages such as OWL, RDF, etc.
  • Support implementation and operationalization of ontologies within warfighting systems.
  • Ensure accurate data transformation within operational systems with the use of written queries and validation tools.
  • Act as liaison between C3C and enterprise data councils and working groups, advocating for standardized data models, AI readiness, and semantic interoperability.
  • Analyze emerging mission requirements to continuously expand and adapt ontologies and data models.
  • Support C3C data artifact curation and governance within enterprise tooling, including data catalogs and message transformation service layers.
  • Collaboration with many different roles across mission domains and technical SMEs.
  • Support and definition of the first formal ontologies within the broader DAF Battle Network.

Qualifications

• Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
• Minimum Required Qualifications:
  • Clearance: Must have Top Secret Security Clearance and be SCI eligible
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Clearance: TS/SCI
  • Education: BA/BS
  • Years of experience: 7 years of directly related experience, of which must be in the DoD
• Technical Skills:
  • Ontology languages and frameworks: OWL (Web Ontology Language), RDF (Resource Description Framework), RDFS (RDF Schema)
  • Ontology standards: BFO (Basic Formal Ontology), CCO (Common Core Ontology), DIEKM (Defense Intelligence Enterprise Knowledge Model), etc.
  • Query languages: SQL, SPARQL, etc.
  • Ontology editor tools, such as Protégé
  • General understanding of physical data structures and representation (relational and nonrelational databases)
• Interpersonal Skills:
  • Flexible, engaging, pleasant, and easy to communicate with.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proactive and Professional.
  • Ability to quickly grasp new concepts and synthesize large quantities of information.
  • Ability to effectively communicate information to technical and nontechnical audiences.

Requirements

• Location: Remote
• Travel: 20%

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• Tricare supplement
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Learning and development benefit
• Paid time off
• Holidays

Company Description

Odyssey is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military’s operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain-specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.

Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.