[Hiring] Senior Taxonomy and Ontology Architect @ISACA

Role Description

The Sr. Taxonomy & Ontology Architect serves as a senior technical resource for taxonomy, ontology, metadata, and knowledge graph architecture, providing technical guidance and recommendations for the design, implementation, governance, and ongoing improvement of ISACA’s knowledge ecosystem. The role contributes to and applies standards, frameworks, and architectural direction that enable knowledge assets to be consistently structured, connected, discovered, and leveraged across ISACA’s products, platforms, content experiences, and AI-enabled solutions.

The Architect supports the development and maintenance of the knowledge architecture roadmap, helping enhance interoperability across systems and improve search, personalization, content reuse, and scalable digital experiences for members and customers worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Taxonomy, Ontology, and Knowledge Graph Architecture:
  • Design, maintain, and improve ISACA’s taxonomy, ontology, metadata, and knowledge graph architecture practices and solutions.
  • Serve as a senior technical resource for semantic modeling and knowledge representation.
  • Utilize Graphwise Graph Modeling, GraphDB, and human-in-the-loop review methodologies.
  • Contribute to standards, frameworks, and roadmap planning that support AI-powered discovery.
• Knowledge Graph Architecture and AI Enablement:
  • Support the design, implementation, and optimization of knowledge graph capabilities.
  • Partner with AI architects, engineers, product leaders, and other stakeholders.
  • Contribute to the ongoing evolution of semantic AI capabilities.
• Cross-Functional Architecture Leadership:
  • Provide technical guidance and collaborate with content, product, technology, UX, and data stakeholders.
  • Translate taxonomy, ontology, metadata, and knowledge graph concepts into clear recommendations.
• Data Integration, Classification, and Semantic Governance:
  • Support and guide the evaluation, normalization, mapping, classification, and integration of knowledge assets.
  • Apply and help improve governance processes.
  • Ensure consistency, interoperability, and quality across content and data sources.
• Performance Optimization and Continuous Improvement:
  • Analyze knowledge platform analytics, search behavior, retrieval performance, and content utilization trends.
  • Recommend practical enhancements based on performance data and stakeholder feedback.
• Knowledge Architecture Governance and Organizational Capability Development:
  • Serve as a senior technical resource on taxonomy, ontology, knowledge graphs, and semantic technologies.
  • Provide guidance, documentation, and knowledge-sharing support to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Library Science, Data or Information Science, Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Digital Humanities, English, Communications, or related area.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in taxonomy, ontology, metadata, information architecture, content architecture, knowledge management, or related disciplines.
• Advanced experience using LLM-assisted and automated methods for taxonomy/ontology development.
• Deep understanding of semantic web and knowledge representation standards.
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Experience evaluating, adapting, and supporting governance of industry-standard taxonomies and ontologies.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and support content architecture and semantic enrichment approaches.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in library/data/information science, computer science, computational linguistics, or related discipline (preferred).
• 10+ years of progressively responsible experience supporting taxonomy, ontology, metadata, or semantic architecture initiatives (preferred).
• Knowledge management, taxonomy, ontology, or related certification a plus.
• International experience and/or non-English language competency a plus.
• Experience participating in Agile programs or projects a plus.

Benefits

• ISACA Career Opportunities and Benefits.

Company Description

ISACA® champions the global workforce advancing trust in technology. For more than 55 years, ISACA has empowered its community of 195,000+ members with the knowledge, credentials, training, and network they need to thrive in fields like information security, governance, assurance, risk management, data privacy, and emerging tech.

With a presence in more than 195 countries and with more than 230 chapters worldwide, ISACA offers resources tailored to every stage of members’ careers.