Job Title: Ontologist – FIBO & BIAN
We are looking for an experienced Ontologist with expertise in Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) and Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN). The role focuses on designing enterprise knowledge models, developing OWL-based banking ontologies, enabling semantic interoperability, and supporting enterprise knowledge graph initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Design and maintain FIBO-aligned enterprise ontologies and semantic models using RDF, RDFS, and OWL.
Model BIAN service domains and create reusable ontology patterns, taxonomies, and vocabularies.
Develop FIBO–BIAN mappings to enable semantic interoperability across banking applications.
Define ontology governance, validation rules, and semantic best practices.
Develop and optimize SPARQL queries for knowledge graphs and support semantic analytics.
Provide technical guidance on semantic technologies and knowledge graph implementations.
Required Skills
RDF, RDFS, OWL, SPARQL
Ontology design, semantic reasoning, knowledge graphs, SHACL
FIBO, BIAN, banking domain modeling
Graph technologies: GraphDB, Stardog, Apache Jena, RDF4J, TopBraid, Neo4j
Python for ontology automation and data processing
Qualifications
8–12 years of experience
Solid Banking & Financial Services domain expertise
Experience in ontology governance and lifecycle management
Hands-on FIBO and/or BIAN implementation preferred
Location: Bangalore / Chennai