Ontology Data Architect (Junior Data Architect)

Ontology Data Architect

LOCATION: Pentagon - Washington, DC

JOB STATUS: Full Time

CLEARANCE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: As Needed

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for an Ontology Data Architect (Jr Data Architect), supporting the Air Force. In this role, the Data Architect will be at Headquarters Air Force (HAF) A2/A6 to support the Air Force Element of the Intelligence Community (IC). HAF A2/A6 is tasked with providing the IT systems and services of the AF IC Information Enterprise, which directly enables the AF Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission. The Air Force ISR Digital Infrastructure Transformation paves the way for intelligence analysts to securely harness the latest technological advancements. This transformation specifically focuses on the foundational technology and will feed the larger ISR Digital Transformation Strategy encompassing all aspects of the ISR enterprise.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Bachelor's Degree and 3 or more years of directly related experience required.
• Ability to advise senior management (e.g., CIO) on cost/benefit analysis of AF IC Information Environment programs, policies, processes, and systems, and elements

• Ontology Experience; Experience with any of the following:

  • Basic Formal Ontology (BFO); Common Core Ontologies (CCO);

  • Defense Intelligence Core Ontology (DICO);

  • W3C or other semantic web standards.

  • BI Tool experience using Cognos

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Working knowledge of USAF, DoD, and IC infrastructures.
• Knowledge of the Intelligence Community and the AF ISR enterprise
• Experience working technical projects or innovation initiatives
• Knowledge of cloud computing deployment models in private, public, and hybrid environment and the difference between on-premises and off-premises environments
• Ability to perform needs analysis to determine opportunities for new and improved business process solutions.

RESPONSBILITIES:

This position will support the AF IC Chief Data Officer in advancing a major digital infrastructure transformation from hardware based industrial solutions and processes to software based digital processes.

Data Analytics

• Provide professional management, systems engineering and technical assistance support to: represent the different building blocks that make up the enterprise and its interrelationships as well as the principles guiding their design and evolution over time, to enable a standard, responsive and efficient delivery of operational and strategic objectives; develop and maintain business, systems, and information processes to support enterprise management in support of mission needs;
• Develop information technology rules and requirements that describe baseline and target architectures;
  • Establish a common architecture consisting of business process, information, data, application and technology architecture layers; create key models and practices that describe the baseline and target architectures, in line with the enterprise and I&T strategy;
  • Define requirements for taxonomy, standards, guidelines, procedures, templates and tools, and provide a linkage for these components; improve alignment, increase agility, improve quality of information and generate potential cost savings through initiatives such as re-use of building block components; represent the different building blocks that make up the enterprise and its interrelationships as well as the principles guiding their design and evolution over time, to enable a standard, responsive and efficient delivery of operational and strategic objectives.
  • Achieve and sustain effective management of the enterprise data assets across the data life cycle, from creation through delivery, maintenance and archiving; translate business/mission requirements into data management and technology requirements: define data standards, strategy, principles and architectures; visualize and design the AF IC Information Environment enterprise data management framework and operational data architectures, which describe the processes and information used to plan, specify, enable, create, acquire, maintain, use, archive, retrieve, control, and purge data. In accordance with IC and DoD direction, guidance and services of common concern, as well as industry frameworks, provide standard common business/mission vocabulary, ontology; express strategic requirements; outline high-level integrated designs to meet those requirements and align with enterprise data strategy and related mission and operational data architectures. Assistance can include, but is not exclusive to:

• • Data Literacy Planning. Analyze the current state of data literacy and effectiveness of the AF IC Information Environment workforce in effective use, interpretation of data and scaling data analytics practice; identify organizational needs at programs/mission levels and initiatives to improve overall data literacy.
  • Enterprise Data Mapping. Develop high-level depictions of the end-to-end data life cycle at the enterprise level, enabling a visualization of both internal and external data interactions. Contribute enterprise data integration and mapping to harmonize data knowledge related top, middle, and tactical ontologies. Provides transparency for data life cycle within the AF IC Information Environment and can be utilized in data triage, modernization, and data analytics initiatives.
  • Data Governance. Perform initial assessment to understand current data processes and organizational context and establish Data Governance as an authoritative function under the CDO. Advocate the value of using semantic technologies, ontology management, semantic enrichment, and knowledge organization concepts. Support the activities to plan, control and monitor data management through a well-defined organizational structure and set of processes.
  • Data and Analytics Capability Portfolio Management Support. Support activities to assess capabilities and determine the appropriate mix of investments and strategic projects to provide foundational and transformational analytics capabilities that promote data-driven decision making.
  • BI Tool. Proficient with ontology management tools (e.g., TopBraid Composer, Protege, PoolParty & IBM Cognos) to analyze, extract, and create interactive dashboards
  • Data Asset Inventory and Cataloging. Develop a live inventory of key data assets through various sources, capture it in an agreed format and populate available data catalog with relevant metadata.
  • Data Sharing Platform Design. Assess the current state of AF IC Information Environment data infrastructure, identifying gaps and pain-points, designing target state architectures (conceptual and logical) for data integration, data sharing, and full-life cycle data management that supports ISR vision and is based on IC guidance, informed by DoD guidance and industry best practices.
  • Ontology. Assist with educating and exposing/registering AF IC Information Environment content with Defense Intelligence Core Ontology (DICO).

    • Link data in various formats based on various concepts to define a specific concept, and then automatically link data points that are pertinent to that concept. Develop a representation, formal naming, and definitions of the categories, properties, and relations between the concepts, data, or entities that pertain to one, many, or all domains of discourse. Research Standards and provide recommendations. Participate in Ontology Work Groups.

    • Provide recommendations of various domain knowledge models to integrate data objects across the IC, DoD and AF. Support development of near-/mid-/far-term objectives and recommend candidate efforts to advance AF Object Base Intelligence (OBI) with mission partners. Assist in development, publication and education of ISR domain ontologies for use across missions and across AF ISR mission partners; interface with ontology efforts including DIA, DoD and AF CDAOs, NATO, Joint Services and other AF efforts; provide expertise, guidance, and knowledge for best practices on ontology implementation; maintain artifacts such as ontologies, taxonomies, dictionaries, and queries; maintain master copy of semantic dictionary, control versioning to ensure updates are pushed appropriately; maintain ontology resources and training material for the AF ISR community. Implement ontologies using IC and government approved platforms/environments that use modern, widely-adopted industry standards. Contribute to developing domain vocabularies, schemas, taxonomies, and ontologies.
    • Provide expertise on Object Management System (OMS) implementation. Facilitate meetings with enterprise stakeholders and support the development a cohesive enterprise strategy and approach
• Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) (AAA) for Sense-Making.
  • Provide technical assistance identifying opportunities, in cooperation with agency-wide efforts, to address unique mission challenges with AI solutions that incorporate machine learning (ML), neural networks, intelligent process design and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).
  • Provide strategic tools and digital infrastructure services support to rapidly discover use cases, identify applicable artificial intelligence methods, and deploy scalable solutions across the AF IC Information Environment. Assistance can include, but is not exclusive to:
  • Use Case Discovery and Selection in coordination with MAJCOM and DAF stakeholders.
  • Process Automation and Workflow Mapping.
  • AI Performance and Confidence Standards framework MLOps Framework

What We Offer

• Competitive salaries
• Continuing education assistance
• Professional development allotment
• Multiple healthcare benefits packages
• 401K with employer matching
• Paid time off (PTO) along with a federally recognized holiday schedule

Who We Are

At Astrion, we innovate, elevate, and shape the world of tomorrow. At our core is our purpose to "Be the Difference". This means we encourage our employees to take action and be the driving force for positive change. We foster an environment where innovative solutions flourish, and our company continuously evolves.

We have a culture of care, empathy, and making a tangible difference within our organization and communities. We embrace continuous learning, growth, and innovation,

and pushing the boundaries of what's possible. We promote collaboration and empowering our teams is at the core of our success.

Be the Difference

Astrion offers comprehensive services that boost preparedness, optimize performance, and ensure success across various domains, from Cyber to Digital, Mission and Systems, servicing our nation's Civilian, Defense and Space communities. We support customers with Centers of Excellence in Washington DC, and Huntsville, AL with an additional 36 locations across the U.S.

Join Astrion and Be the Difference in your career and the world!

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