Architect – DevOps
Focus: Internal Developer Platform (IDP), Security & Developer Experience (DevEx)
About Sysco LABS:
Sysco LABS is the Global In-House Center of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco ranks 56th in the Fortune 500 list and is the global leader in the trillion-dollar foodservice industry.
Sysco employs over 75,000 associates, has 337 smart distribution facilities worldwide and over 14,000 IoT-enabled trucks serving 730,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2025 that ended June 29, 2025, the company generated sales of more than $81.4 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.
Role Mission
As an Architect - DevOps, you are responsible for building the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that serves as the foundation for our entire engineering organization. You will move beyond “tickets and tasks” to build a scalable, self-service product that encapsulates infrastructure, security, and deployment into a seamless API or UI. Your goal is to provide Golden Paths—opinionated, pre-approved workflows that allow developers to focus on shipping features rather than managing YAML.
Expanded Platform Engineering Responsibilities
- AI-Native Platform Foundations: Design and scale the underlying platform infrastructure required to support high-performance AI workloads. Build reusable platform capabilities that simplify the deployment, orchestration, and continuous monitoring of large language models (LLMs), vector databases, and agentic workflows.
- Platform-as-a-Product: Shape the platform roadmap by seeing internal developers as your customers. Use metrics such as Internal Net Promoter Score (iNPS) and Developer Velocity to decide which features to build first.
- Self-Service Infrastructure: Build and maintain an orchestration layer that allows developers to spin up databases, caches, and clusters via a service catalog.
- Abstraction & API Design: Create high-level abstractions, so developers don’t need to be Kubernetes experts. You will design the APIs or CLI tools that hide underlying cloud complexity.
- The Golden Path: Create “paved roads” for common architectural patterns (e.g., Microservices, Event-driven workers) that include automated logging, monitoring, and security by default.
- Observability & Reliability: Build the platform’s “control plane” to provide centralized telemetry, enabling teams to own their application health.
- FinOps & Resource Management: Set up automated cost tracking and resource limits in the platform to help control cloud spending.
- Security-as-Code: Turn company security policies into automated checks that block non-compliant deployments and collect audit evidence automatically.
- Secure Supply Chain & Zero Trust: Build a trusted software supply chain with artifact scanning, image signing, and policy-based verification. Implement identity-based access and least-privilege permissions, eliminating static secrets and enabling Zero Trust principles across environments.
Technical Profile: The “Platform” Stack
- Control Planes: Deep experience with Kubernetes Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) to extend K8s into a custom platform.
- Infrastructure Orchestration: Experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible, or OpenTofu to provision GKE & EKS environments at scale.
- Developer Interface: Practical experience building developer-facing platforms and portals. Experience with the Backstage framework is preferred, with a focus on usability, discoverability, and driving platform adoption.
- Internal Tooling: Skilled at building custom command-line tools in Go or Rust to make complex developer workflows easier.
Benefits:
- US dollar-linked compensation
- Performance-based annual bonus
- Performance rewards and recognition
- Agile Benefits - special allowances for Health, Wellness & Academic purposes
- Entertainment allowance
- Team engagement allowance
- Comprehensive Health & Life Insurance Cover - extendable to parents and in-laws
- Overseas travel opportunities and exposure to client environments
- Hybrid work arrangement
Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Skills Required
- Deep experience with Kubernetes Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or OpenTofu
- Experience provisioning and operating GKE and EKS at scale
- Practical experience building developer-facing platforms or portals (Backstage experience preferred)
- Skilled at building custom command-line tools in Go or Rust
- Experience designing platform support for AI workloads (LLMs, vector databases, agentic workflows)
- Experience implementing observability, reliability, control plane telemetry, and FinOps/resource management
- Experience implementing Security-as-Code, secure supply chain (artifact scanning, image signing, policy verification), and zero-trust practices
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.
