Architect - Data Engineering
About Sysco LABS:
Sysco LABS is the Global In-House Center of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco ranks 55th in the Fortune 500 list and is the global leader in the trillion-dollar foodservice industry.
Sysco operates 333 distribution centers across 10 countries, with 75,000 colleagues serving approximately 670,000 customer locations, including restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, entertainment venues and more. For fiscal year 2026, which ended June 27, 2026, the company generated sales of more than $84 billion.
Sysco LABS Sri Lanka delivers the technology that powers Sysco’s end-to-end operations.
Sysco LABS’ enterprise technology is present in the end-to-end foodservice journey, enabling the sourcing of food products, merchandising, storage and warehouse operations, order placement and pricing algorithms, the delivery of food and supplies to Sysco’s global network and the in-restaurant dining experience of the end-customer.
The Opportunity:
We are currently on the lookout for a Architect - Data Engineering to join our team.
Responsibilities:
Domain Architecture Ownership
- Serve as the single architectural point of accountability for data, analytics, and AI solutions within the assigned business domain (Supply Chain & Operations, Merchandizing, Pricing, Commercial Technology and Finance).
- Define and maintain the domain-driven data models and target-state architecture, ensuring alignment with enterprise data platform standards, governance frameworks, and reference architectures.
- Author architecture artifacts including logical architecture, detailed designs, ADRs and represent domain solutions through Architecture Review processes.
AI & Agentic Solution Design
- Translate product intent into architecture and technical direction for AI-augmented workflows.
- Design agentic workflows and multi-agent architectures that solve domain business problems, leveraging Google Gemini Enterprise and Vertex AI.
- Establish reusable agentic design patterns for the domain including evaluation frameworks, human-in-the-loop controls, observability, and cost-awareness built in from design.
Data Architecture on Google Cloud Platform
- Architect data solutions on the GCP data stack applying medallion architecture, data products, and semantic layer principles.
- Embed data governance, security, observability, and FinOps considerations into every solution design.
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
- Communicate fluently across technical, functional, and business audiences from engineering deep-dives to executive readouts.
- Present complex concepts in clear accessible terms and build stakeholder confidence in emerging architecture patterns through storytelling, visuals, and working demonstrations.
- Interface with business domain leaders, be at the forefront of planning and engagement and act as a trusted advisor to Domain Business leaders, proactively identifying where Data and AI solutions can create measurable operational value.
Delivery & Enablement
- Prototype conceptual models that prove out architecture proposals, then execute a structured handover to implementation teams for productionizing, scaling, and support.
- Partner with solution delivery teams, platform engineering, and Run & Support partners to ensure design intent carries through from blueprint to production.
- Conduct architecture reviews, provide design guidance to engineering teams, and uplift domain teams on agentic and AI architecture best practices.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Solution Architecture, or senior Data Engineering roles, including 3+ years with demonstrated architectural ownership of enterprise-scale solutions.
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Hands-on experience with the GCP data ecosystem is a strong advantage.
- Demonstrated ability to define and architect modern AI-enabled solutions, including agentic workflows, LLM application patterns, RAG, grounding, prompt and context engineering, model evaluation.
- Proven experience designing agentic workflows and building agentic solutions using Google Gemini Enterprise and/or Vertex AI is a strong advantage.
- Domain knowledge and familiarity with the core processes within relevant business domain(s).
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to explain complex architectural concepts to technical, functional, and executive audiences.
- Experience operating in a forward-deployed or embedded architecture model within business domains is an advantage.
- Familiarity with data mesh and data product operating models, semantic layers, and dimensional modeling is an advantage.
Benefits:
- Performance-based annual bonus
- Performance rewards and recognition
- Agile Benefits - special allowances for Health, Wellness & Academic purposes
- Paid birthday leave Team engagement allowance
- Comprehensive Health & Life Insurance Cover - extendable to parents and in-laws
- Hybrid work arrangement
Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Solution Architecture, or senior Data Engineering roles
- 3+ years of demonstrated architectural ownership of enterprise-scale solutions
- Deep expertise in a cloud platform such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Ability to define and architect modern AI-enabled solutions, including agentic workflows, LLM application patterns, RAG, grounding, prompt and context engineering, and model evaluation
- Experience with GCP data ecosystem
- Experience designing agentic workflows and building agentic solutions using Google Gemini Enterprise and/or Vertex AI
- Domain knowledge and familiarity with core processes within relevant business domains
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills for technical, functional, and executive audiences
- Experience operating in a forward-deployed or embedded architecture model within business domains
- Familiarity with data mesh and data product operating models, semantic layers, and dimensional modeling
Sysco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sysco and has not been reviewed or approved by Sysco.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple national medical plan options with telehealth, behavioral health resources, and targeted programs indicate broad coverage and support. Preventive care access and ancillary offerings (dental, vision, Rx advocacy) further reinforce the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic company contributions plus a match, alongside an employee stock purchase plan, underscores solid retirement support. At union locations, enhanced pension terms add to perceived long‑term value.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Recent collective bargaining outcomes with substantial wage increases demonstrate meaningful pay progression where contracts apply. In high‑volume markets, incentive structures can amplify earnings beyond base rates.
Sysco Insights
What We Do
Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food and related products to customers who prepare meals away from home. This includes restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, entertainment venues, and more. Sysco operates almost 340 distribution centers, in over 10 countries, with 76,000 colleagues serving approximately 730,000 customer locations. The company generated sales of more than $81 billion in fiscal year 2025 that ended June 28, 2025. As the world’s largest food-away-from-home distributor, Sysco offers customized supply chain solutions, bespoke specialty product offerings, and culinary support to drive customers to innovate and optimize their operations. We act as a trusted business partner to our customers, helping them grow through our industry-leading portfolio that includes fresh produce, premium proteins, specialty products, sustainably focused items, equipment and supplies, and innovative culinary solutions. For more information, visit www.sysco.com. For important news and key information for Sysco investors, visit the Investor Relations section of the company’s website at investors.sysco.com.
