AWS Bedrock Engineer

AWS Bedrock Engineer

About the role: As an AWS Bedrock Engineer, you'll make an impact by establishing and operationalizing secure, compliant, and scalable generative AI environments within AWS. Your expertise will directly shape how AI services such as Amazon Bedrock, Q Business, and Q Developer are integrated into enterprise workflows. You'll help the organization accelerate innovation while ensuring strong governance, responsible AI practices, and adherence to industry compliance standards like GDPR, HIPAA, and FedRAMP. You will be a valued member of the Cloud Infrastructure and Security team and work collaboratively with the Engagement Delivery Lead.

In this role, you will:

• Configure and optimize Amazon Bedrock, Q Business, and Q Developer environments for enterprise use.
• Implement guardrails for content filtering, denied topics, and sensitive data protection.
• Automate infrastructure deployment using AWS CDK or CloudFormation.
• Apply IAM least-privilege access controls and enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA).
• Ensure data encryption in transit and at rest.
• Enable monitoring and logging for audit and regulatory compliance.
• Deploy Q Business with integrations to enterprise tools (e.g., Confluence, Jira).
• Configure dashboards and analytics for performance, adoption, and usage insights.
• Troubleshoot operational issues and optimize performance of deployed services.
• Validate model outputs using contextual grounding and automated reasoning techniques.
• Regularly review, test, and enhance content guardrail policies.
• Maintain compliance documentation and support AI governance reviews.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate Bedrock and Q services into enterprise workflows.
• Provide technical guidance, best practices, and detailed documentation for internal stakeholders.

Work model: We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Newark, New Jersey. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

What you need to have to be considered:

• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Amazon Bedrock.
• Strong experience with Amazon Q Business and Q Developer.
• Solid understanding of AWS IAM, CloudTrail, and CloudWatch.
• Proven experience implementing Security & Compliance frameworks such as GDPR, HIPAA, FedRAMP.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code tools like AWS CDK or CloudFormation.

These will help you stand out:

• Experience integrating generative AI services into enterprise applications.
• Familiarity with responsible AI frameworks or content governance tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on secure and scalable solutions.

Salary and other compensation: Applications will be accepted until November 14, 2025.

The annual salary for this position is between $100,000 - $116,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What we offer:

• The chance to work with impact.
• Ownership over your career.
• The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart.
• A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and pension plan with matching contributions.
• Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents —from day one.
• True work-life balance.

About us: Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World's Best Employers 2025) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world.

Other employment-related information: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email CareersNA2@cognizant.com with your request and contact information.

Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you'll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.