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AWS AI/Data Engineer

CGI
Lafayette, LA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/28/2026
Position Description

CGI 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

Your future duties and responsibilities

In this role, you will build and support GenAI solutions using tools like Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and Amazon Q, working alongside data and application teams to bring intelligent, cloud native solutions to life. You'll be hands on with retrieval augmented generation (RAG) patterns, vector databases, and AWS data services to build pipelines that power real business use cases.

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

  • Practical experience with AI/GenAI tools on AWS — think Bedrock, SageMaker, Amazon Q, or similar platforms
  • Comfortable 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
  • Know your way around CloudWatch for logging, alerting, troubleshooting, and tuning performance
  • Comfortable collaborating with security, data, and application teams to support POCs and drive AI/cloud adoption

Desired Skillset:

  • Knowledge of IAM roles/policies, least privilege access, encryption, and secrets management
  • Python scripting skills for automation, REST APIs, and serverless functions

Educational Requirement:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Other Information:

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $123,200.00 $156,700.00.

CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include: . Competitive compensation . Comprehensive insurance options . Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan . Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time . Paid parental leave .Learning opportunities and tuition assistance . Wellness and Well being programs

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Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics to the extent required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws where we do business.

CGI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to apply for a job in the U.S., please email the CGI U.S. Employment Compliance mailbox at US_Employment_Compliance@cgi.com. You will need to reference the Position ID of the position in which you are interested. Your message will be routed to the appropriate recruiter who will assist you. Please note, this email address is only to be used for those individuals who need an accommodation to apply for a job. Emails for any other reason or those that do not include a Position ID will not be returned.

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All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Dependent upon role and/or federal government security clearance requirements, and in accordance with applicable laws, some background investigations may include a credit check. CGI will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records in accordance with all local regulations and ordinances.

CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.

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