Iluka Resources is an international mineral sands company with expertise in exploration, development, mining, processing, marketing & rehabilitation. Iluka’s corporate offices are located in the CBD of Perth where this role will be based with some travel to operating or processing sites as required.

Role Overview

The Graduate Semantic Engineer will drive the design, development, and implementation of a semantic layer (sematic data catalogue, enterprise industrial knowledge graph). This will enable data intelligent, enhance business user engagement with data, and support AI agents across structured and unstructured sources. The semantic layer will serve as a foundation for query and inferencing.

Role Responsibilities

Enable intuitive data exploration and interaction for business users through semantic search, natural language interfaces, and visual knowledge navigation tools.
Continuously evolve the semantic architecture to support new use cases, data domains, and AI capabilities.
Integrate the semantic layer with AI agents and LLMs to enhance query precision and contextual understanding using RAG and other hybrid approaches.
Ensure semantic models support governance, lineage, and compliance requirements.

Required Technical Skills:

Experience in semantic modeling, ontology development, and knowledge graph technologies (e.g., RDF, OWL, SPARQL LPG, CYPHER etc)
Familiarity with LLMs, RAG pipelines.
Proficiency in graph databases (e.g., Stardog, Neo4j, Amazon Neptune etc) and semantic web standards.
Excellent communication skills and ability to translate complex data concepts into business-friendly language.
Working toward postgraduate level qualification in computer science or related field with coverage of semantics, data modelling, and ontologies.

Required General Skills:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to explain technical issues in simple, clear language.
Active listening skills to understand user needs effectively.
Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Willingness to work in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
Commitment to delivering high-quality support and service.

You must be studying toward a post-graduate qualification related to Computer Science/ Information Technology/ or similar

Open to Australian Permanent Residents and Citizens and International Students.

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Send your resume, cover letter, current transcript and proof of residency to Alya Emira at alya.emira@acsfoundation.com.au or call 02 8296 7702

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