Senior Data Discovery and Enrichment Expert II

Senior Data Discovery and Enrichment Expert II
Do you enjoy being part of a team that works with a diverse range of products and technology?
Do you enjoy leading and mentoring engineers, and helping them grow their careers?
About our Team:
Global Operations team works with a focus on Generative AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Statistical techniques. It helps in building state of the art applications in customer experience, process innovation, content processing to drive efficiency across global operations in Elsevier. A Senior Data Scientist will play a pivotal role in the development and deployment of cutting-edge Generative AI models and solutions.
About the Role:
We are looking for an individual to support our team in linking our existing taxonomies and ontologies in a meaningful way, applying linked data standards and best practices. The ideal candidate combines strong technical skills in semantic web technologies with a solid understanding of data modelling for knowledge organization systems.
Responsibilities:
· Design and implement methods for linking and aligning existing taxonomies and ontologies
· Model and maintain controlled vocabularies and ontologies using SKOS, SKOS-XL, and OWL
· Query and manipulate semantic data using SPARQL
· Integrate taxonomy/ontology data with other systems via REST APIs
· Write and maintain Python scripts/tools to support data modeling and integration workflows
· Collaborate with the team to understand data needs and translate them into semantic data models
Requirements:
· Extensive hands-on experience with SPARQL
· Advanced Python programming skills
· Experience working with REST APIs
· Good data modelling experience
· Experience with at least one taxonomy/ontology management tool (e.g., Centre, Synaptica, Top Braid, Protégé, or equivalent)
· Understanding of linked data standards and principles
· Familiarity with additional semantic web standards (RDF, RDFS, JSON-LD)
· Ability to understand and translate business/data needs into semantic modeling solutions
Nice to Have
· Experience with knowledge graphs
· Prior experience linking or aligning multiple taxonomies/ontologies at scale
· Experience using Git/GitHub
· Understanding of AWS (specifically Batch, Lambda, Athena, S3, ECR, RDS, SNS/SQS)
· Hands-on knowledge of automation, CI/CD a plus
· Background in Life Sciences or similar
· Experience with SHACL{Empty}
Work in a way that works for you: -
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, family leave and tuition reimbursement, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.
Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.
Working for you: -
At Elsevier, we know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
Group Health Insurance Policy (covering self and family)
Group Life insurance/accident policy
Generous long-service awards
New Baby gift
Subsidized food provided (applies to India- Chennai)
Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, Gazetted Public Holiday and Maternity/Paternity Leave
Free Transport provided to and from the office (applies to India-Chennai)
About Us: -
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s







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