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Since you have two equations and three variables, first solve the system in terms of one variable:
var('x y z')
f=solve( [ x^2+(y-1)^2+(z-1)^2==1, x^2+y^2+z^2==1 ], y, z )
This gives solutions as a list:
[[y == -1/2*sqrt(-2*x^2 + 1) + 1/2, z == 1/2*sqrt(-2*x^2 + 1) + 1/2], [y == 1/2*sqrt(-2*x^2 + 1) + 1/2, z == -1/2*sqrt(-2*x^2 + 1) + 1/2]]
You can then either copy the solutions into a 3d parametric plot,
p = parametric_plot3d( [ x, -1/2*sqrt(-2*x^2 + 1) + 1/2, 1/2*sqrt(-2*x^2 + 1) + 1/2 ], (x,-1,1) )
p += parametric_plot3d( [ x, 1/2*sqrt(-2*x^2 + 1) + 1/2, -1/2*sqrt(-2*x^2 + 1) + 1/2 ], (x,-1,1) )
or substitute the solutions through the list indices:
p = parametric_plot3d( [ x, y.subs(f[0][0]), z.subs(f[0][1]) ], (x,-1,1) )
p += parametric_plot3d( [ x, y.subs(f[1][0]), z.subs(f[1][1]) ], (x,-1,1) )
and then show the combined plot. Here's an example including a unit sphere in cyan and the parametric solution in blue, with a slightly different output method.
