AWS Data Scientist
Quick facts
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- AL, TN, SC, LA
- Background
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Skills
- Python, AWS
- Industry
- Information Technology — 671 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
Full time / Permanent role with one of my direct client, this is onsite role and candidate should be willing to work in any of 4 below locations mentioned, Client is ok to transfer some one on H1B transfer
Title: AWS Data Scientist
Duration: Long term
Location: Birmingham AL/ Knoxville, TN/Columbia SC/Lafayette, LA
(ONLY W2)
Job Description:
Your Future Duties and Responsibilities:
- The engineer will enhance and modernize AWS based analytics platforms, automate platform operations, troubleshoot complex technical issues, improve engineering standards, and support migration and decommissioning initiatives.
- The role will work closely with Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Security, application teams, vendors, and other technology stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure, and efficient platform capabilities.
Required Qualifications to be Successful in this Role:
- 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS, including cloud native platform engineering
- Experience with Amazon SageMaker or enterprise Data Science / ML platforms
- Strong Python and shell scripting skills for automation
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD
- Strong troubleshooting, systems analysis, and root cause analysis skills
- Experience with cloud security, IAM, vulnerability remediation, monitoring, and observability
- Knowledge of resiliency, performance, and cloud cost optimization / FinOps
- Experience developing reusable automation and reducing manual operational processes
- Strong technical documentation, communication, and cross team collaboration skills
Desired Skillset:
- AWS; Amazon SageMaker; Python; Terraform; CI/CD; Cloud Platform Engineering; DevOps
Educational Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
Visa sponsorship record: Mastech Digital Technologies, Inc.
Sponsors actively| Fiscal year | H-1B LCAs | USCIS approvals | USCIS denials | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 146 | — | — | — |
| FY2025 | 401 | — | — | 83 |
| FY2024 | 259 | — | — | — |
✔ Mastech Digital Technologies, Inc. filed 35 H-1B applications for this kind of role (Data Scientists) in the period above.
Also filed: E-3 Australian × 2 — a good sign for Australian (E-3), Chilean and Singaporean (H-1B1) candidates.
Roles they sponsor most
- software developer610 LCAs · median $106k
- software test engineer40 LCAs · median $90k
- data engineer25 LCAs · median $105k
- database administrator11 LCAs · median $95k
- it project manager8 LCAs · median $85k
Full sponsorship history of Mastech Digital Technologies, Inc. →
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Data Scientists (SOC 15-2051).
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Mathematician / Statistician” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
This employer has filed before (E-3 Australian: 2). Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
- Green card (EB-2 / EB-3 via PERM)
Filed 83 PERM labor certifications: they have a track record of sponsoring permanent residence.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Data Scientists · Alabama (state median of areas). Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $64,022 | ~15% |
| Level II | $81,702 | ~31% |
| Level III | $99,861 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $117,770 | ~61% |
The listing has no salary, so we can't place it on a wage level. Ask the employer which wage level they'd file at: Level III–IV registrations get 3–4 entries in the H-1B lottery.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.