Job Description
Qualifications
2+ years of experience in developing taxonomies/or ontologies to support a variety of systems both for front-end and back-end use
Experience developing taxonomies, thesauri, or ontologies
Experiencing researching and defining taxonomy and ontology node metadata based on existing standards
Experience with a variety of topic/domain types
Experience communicating and presenting taxonomy principles and standards
Strong ownership and ability to self-start, build relationships with partners, and develop a point of view
Strong ability to proactively communicate about projects and workstreams
Strong affinity for detail-oriented taxonomy development work
Strong collaboration skills
Benefits
Hourly Pay Range: $65.00-$70.00 on w2
Responsibilities
Summary: We are looking for a Taxonomist to support research, data analysis, design, and implementation of taxonomies to support content understanding for our Taxonomy team
The crux of this contract will be working with other Taxonomists to support data analysis, taxonomy enrichment, taxonomy design, and implementation
Detailed data analysis (Excel, Google Sheets or scripting languages) to identify metadata trends, potential taxonomy quality issues
Research (both internal and external) to enrich node metadata
Proactive status reporting on progress, questions, issues, or potential opportunity areas with partners and stakeholders
Implementation based on taxonomy governance guidelines
Job description
Title: Taxonomist III
Location: Remote, WA
Duration: 12 Months Contract
Hourly Pay Range: $65.00-$70.00 on w2
Summary: We are looking for a Taxonomist to support research, data analysis, design, and implementation of taxonomies to support content understanding for our Taxonomy team. The crux of this contract will be working with other Taxonomists to support data analysis, taxonomy enrichment, taxonomy design, and implementation.
Job Responsibilities:
• Detailed data analysis (Excel, Google Sheets or scripting languages) to identify metadata trends, potential taxonomy quality issues
• Research (both internal and external) to enrich node metadata
• Proactive status reporting on progress, questions, issues, or potential opportunity areas with partners and stakeholders
• Implementation based on taxonomy governance guidelines
Minimum Requirements:
• 2+ years of experience in developing taxonomies/or ontologies to support a variety of systems both for front-end and back-end use.
• Experience developing taxonomies, thesauri, or ontologies.
• Experiencing researching and defining taxonomy and ontology node metadata based on existing standards
• Experience with a variety of topic/domain types
• Experience communicating and presenting taxonomy principles and standards.
• Strong ownership and ability to self-start, build relationships with partners, and develop a point of view
• Strong ability to proactively communicate about projects and workstreams
• Strong affinity for detail-oriented taxonomy development work
• Strong collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications
• 2+ years of experience in developing taxonomies/or ontologies
• Master’s Degree in Library Science, Information Management or Linguistics
• Experience with taxonomy or ontology management software (semaphore preferred but not required)
• Extensive experience with Excel or Google Sheets
About US Tech Solutions:
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