Lead Ontology Developer, Decision Resources, Burlington MA
Posted April 11, 2014
Job Summary:
The lead ontology developer is responsible for technical architecture, design and implementation of concept-based ontologies that can support multiple taxonomic views of varied and sometimes complex structure across several health-related domains (company, geography, person, drug, disease, etc.). This involves understanding the range of ontology/taxonomy needs in the organization and building a central governance platform for storing and managing these domains, which will grow and change over time. Access to ontology/taxonomic resources will be service-based from both customer-facing and internal products. The role requires close collaboration with solution leaders and technology development teams to manage priorities, communicate timelines, and champion overall platform vision. The ontology project will eventually form the basis of advanced knowledge representation and the delivery of knowledge-based products. Additional staff and/or external consulting resources will be added to the ontology project as needed. This position reports to the CTO.
Location: Burlington, MA. Some or possibly most work might be done remotely.
Responsibilities:
- Design and execution of ontology platform
- Consult with solution leaders/business analysts and other stakeholders to ensure that business priorities are clearly defined
- Liaise with, and provide guidance to any local and/or off-shore development resources
- Manage platform roadmap plans that show key releases and milestones
- Some travel to remote office sites may be required
Desired qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience developing or maintaining ontologies/taxonomies
- Expertise in Java and/or Python
- Experience with service-based architectures
- Working understanding of RDF and/or other semantic tools
- Experience with UMLS, Protégé or other rich ontologies or ontology tools or systems
Contact: Marc Krellenstein — mkrellenstein at dresourcesgroup.com