Ontologist

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

The Team:

Our Knowledge Engineering team specifies enterprise-wide ontology and taxonomy, with standards and best-practices, to formalize shared meaning for the division’s data estate. Every day you will work with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, disciplines, and geographies to build and support our next generation interconnected data intelligence organization.

 
Responsibilities and Impact:

• Work with business users and technologists to define concepts and relationships in datasets.
• Help develop ontologies, taxonomies and knowledge graphs using RDF, OWL and SKOS; help ensure semantic interoperability and enterprise standards compliance across systems, applications, and user communities.
• Write technical and user documentation; help implement naming/ semantic conventions; help develop and support the team’s semantic operations and engineering systems (SemOps).
• This position provides a tremendous opportunity to grow personally and professionally. We provide considerable training so you can become comfortable with our implementation of industry-standard ontologies as well as proprietary taxonomies and information systems.
• You will collaborate with Subject Matter Experts, Data Stewards, Product and Project Managers, Developers and Data Architects to help design solutions based on industry standard methodologies and use your critical thinking skills to overcome challenges.

What We’re Looking For: 

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with an ability to organize information and gather requirements in an Agile environment.
• High attention to detail with a passion for semantics, data, and analytics.
• Eagerness to learn and grow within the field.
• Basic knowledge of Taxonomies and Ontologies as they relate to data management.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Educational background in information science, semantics, data management, linguistics, philosophy or related disciplines is a plus.
• Awareness of semantic web technologies.
• Awareness of semantic web technologies, e.g., RDF, SPARQL.
• Familiarity with relational database concepts and modeling.

About S&P Global Market Intelligence

At S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence.

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
 

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global:
At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation – Powering Global Markets. Our commitment centers on our global workforce, ensuring that our people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn’t stop there, we strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which we live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all.