Junior Architect (AI Engineer with AWS Skills)

Job Title: Junior Architect (AI Engineer with AWS Skills)

Location: Hybrid – Charlotte, NC (3 days/week onsite)

Tax Term (W2, C2C): W2

Job Type (Permanent/Contract): Contract

Duration: Long Term

Description: We are seeking an experienced Junior Architect (AI Engineer with AWS Skills) with 8–10 years of IT experience and 2–4 years of AI/ML knowledge. This role focuses on designing and implementing AWS-based cloud and AI solutions, collaborating with Agile teams, and building scalable, secure, and modern architectures. The ideal candidate should possess strong AWS architecture experience, AI/ML integration knowledge (not a Data Scientist), and cloud-native development expertise.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field such as Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or Machine Learning.
• 8 to 10 years of IT and business industry development experience.
• 2 to 4 years of AI/ML knowledge (not a Data Scientist) with understanding of AI/ML capabilities, patterns, and integrations.
• Knowledge of data standards, security, ingestion, warehousing, and storage.
• Validated knowledge of successful design, architecture, and development using AWS Cloud technologies.
• Experience with AWS product categories including Analytics, Application Integration, Compute, Database, and Serverless.
• Experience with Snowflake.
• Experience with AI/ML technologies.
• Collaborate with Agile teams to recommend the right architectures using high-quality software engineering best practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Required Skills:

• AWS Cloud Architecture
• AWS Analytics
• AWS Application Integration
• AWS Compute Services
• AWS Database Services
• AWS Serverless
• AI/ML Concepts and Integrations
• Machine Learning
• Artificial Intelligence
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Snowflake
• Data Security
• Data Ingestion
• Data Warehousing
• Data Storage
• Agile Methodologies
• Architecture & Solution Design

Nice to Have Skills:

• Matillion
• Pentaho
• IBM DataStage
• APIs
• Apigee
• Developer Portals
• JSON
• RESTful Services
• Python
• R
• Predictive Analytics
• OpenShift
• Ansible
• Nexus
• Software Defined Networking (SDN)
• Chef
• Puppet
• Jenkins
• Packer
• Git
• GitHub
• DevOps
• DevSecOps

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related field.
• 8–10 years of IT industry experience.
• 2–4 years of AI/ML knowledge and integration experience.
• Strong expertise in AWS Cloud architecture and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience with Snowflake and modern data platforms.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.