Sysco

Senior Engineer - Cloud Services

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Hiring Remotely in Sri Lanka

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Senior level

Food • Logistics

The Role

Design, implement, and operate secure, scalable multi-cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) environments. Lead cloud governance, identity and access management, cost optimization, capacity planning, CI/CD, and troubleshooting. Advise product teams on cloud-native architectures, security controls, monitoring, and compliance.

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Senior Engineer - Cloud Services

About Sysco LABS:

The Big Picture

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. Everything we do at Sysco LABS supports Sysco’s Purpose of “Connecting the world to share food and care for one another”, and our work directly impacts millions of food consumers in a trillion-dollar, global industry.

For more information visit: www.syscolabs.lk

Sysco Corporation is a multi-cloud organization, and we are currently on the lookout for a competent, self-motivated Senior Engineer - Cloud Services for our global Cloud Services team. As member of Sysco’s Cloud Services team, you will be participating in architecture of AWS, GCP and Azure environments, bring in engineering best practices, lead changes and inspire teams towards delivery excellence at Sysco.

The Role:

Collaborate with product engineering teams to design and develop secure, scalable, and highly available cloud environments with the lowest total cost of ownership.
Responsible for the evaluation of technical risks and map out mitigation strategies while exceling in well-architected framework designs and best practices in AWS to promote cloud native solutions to product engineering teams instead of lift and shift.
Responsible for Cloud Identity and Access Management, Cloud governance (Implement and enforce cloud best practices and compliance) and understanding of Service Control Policy
Providing solutions to problems and helping teams troubleshoot any issues in a timely manner.
Evaluate and recommend appropriate Cloud services and solutions based on business needs, cost, performance, and security considerations of Sysco.
Analyze cloud usage patterns, forecast resource requirements, and plan for capacity upgrades to meet growing demands.
Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure that the cloud infrastructure is scalable, cost-effective, and optimized for performance.
Ensure the security and compliance of all Sysco’s infrastructure, data, applications, and configurations.

The Profile:

Should have a successful track record in architecting, designing, implementing, and systems and infrastructure in a cloud computing environment including multi-cloud hybrid architectures.
3+ years of industry experience in Cloud Engineering or Operations.
A bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent. MSc or relevant post graduate qualifications will be an added advantage.
Solid understanding of different cloud environments and applications, including hybrid scenarios, optimizing cost/capacity ratios, proper monitoring, scaling, implementing, and validating database & DR scenarios, security, and compliance.
Knowledge of cloud security controls including conditional access policies, tenant isolation, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, key management, federated authentication vulnerability assessments, application firewalls, SIEM, etc.
Good understanding of scripting languages such as Ansible, Python, Bash and PowerShell, JavaScript and IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK.
Strong understanding of AWS networking concepts (VPC, Route53, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway)
Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline)
AWS Connect experience (contact center solutions) is a significant advantage
AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, DevOps Engineer, Security Specialty)
Experience with multi-account AWS Organizations setup
Knowledge of serverless architectures and microservices
Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
Understanding of monitoring best practices, and compliance to best practices for security and operation.
Good understanding of ITSM best practices and ITIL framework.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and perform root cause analysis
Very good communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical outcomes and opinions while listening to others point of view
Strong oral, written, and presentation abilities, able to convey risk to all levels of the business, from executives to operations and development teams.