Senior Ontology Expert/Project Manager

Founded in 1989, SOSi is among the largest private, founder-owned technology and services integrators in the defense and government services industry. We deliver tailored solutions, tested leadership, and trusted results to enable national security missions worldwide.

This position is contingent upon contract award

SOSi is seeking a Senior Ontology Expert/Project Manager to support mission requirements for a structured approach to further develop, integrate, and sustain a scalable, federated data ecosystem that enhances interoperability, governance, and mission-driven analytics for a DoD customer. The primary objective of the program is to bridge the operational gaps between DoD, IC, interagency, and non-traditional international partners to enable real-time information sharing, dynamic data integration, and mission-tailored analytical capabilities.

Essential Job Duties:

• Oversee task execution, ensuring that all ontology development, machine learning governance, and metadata management initiatives align with mission requirements.
• Manage project timelines, resource allocation, and deliverable tracking, ensuring compliance with sprint objectives and stakeholder expectations.
• Facilitate interagency coordination, ensuring that knowledge representation efforts align with DoD data-sharing agreements and governance frameworks.
• Submit the Project Execution & Status Report detailing progress against milestones, risk assessments, and coordination activities.

Minimum Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance.

• Master's degree or higher (e.g., Ph.D.) in Systems Engineering, Project Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering Management, or a closely related field;

• or a minimum of 11+ years of experience managing complex technical projects, particularly in ontology development, strong background in SysEngOps, DevSecOps, version control systems, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Knowledge and capability to deliver project deliverables in the DoD ontology domain:

• Skilled at complex technical projects, particularly in ontology development, knowledge graph integration, or supporting DoD geospatial and all-source analysis.

• Proficient in SysEngOps, DevSecOps, version control systems, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) processes.

• Certifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP).

• Skilled in Python, R, SQL/NoSQL, PostgreSQL, ESRI (ArcGIS/ArcPy).

Work Environment

• Normal office conditions.

Working at SOSi

All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.