AWS AI​/Data Engineer

Job Title: AWS AI/Data Engineer
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Type: Direct Hire
Work Model: Hybrid – onsite and remote

Overview

System One is seeking an AWS AI/Data Engineer to support the development of AI-driven and analytical capabilities for enterprise data services. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working across the AI/data stack — from ingestion and transformation to monitoring and optimization — in a fast-moving, enterprise-scale AWS environment within the financial services sector.

This position is required in one of the following locations:
Lafayette, LA, Knoxville, TN, Birmingham, AL

Responsibilities

• Support the development of AI driven and analytical capabilities for enterprise data services in a fast-moving, enterprise-scale AWS environment within the financial services sector.
• Build and support GenAI solutions using tools like Amazon Bedrock, Sage Maker, and Amazon Q.
• Collaborate with data and application teams to bring intelligent, cloud-native solutions to life.
• Work with retrieval augmented generation (RAG) patterns, vector databases, and AWS data services to build pipelines that power real business use cases.
• Build and support data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration workflows.
• Utilize Cloud Watch for logging, alerting, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with security, data, and application teams to support POCs and drive AI/cloud adoption.

Requirements

• Practical experience with AI/GenAI tools on AWS — Bedrock, Sage Maker, Amazon Q, or similar platforms.
• Comfort working with embeddings, RAG patterns, and vector databases.
• Solid background with AWS data services (Glue, Athena, DynamoDB, RDS, Redshift).
• Experience building data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration workflows.
• Familiarity with Cloud Watch for logging, alerting, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Ability to collaborate with security, data, and application teams to support POCs and AI/cloud adoption.
• Knowledge of IAM roles/policies, least privilege access, encryption, and secrets management.
• Python scripting skills for automation, REST APIs, and serverless functions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.