Senior Engineers – DevOps
The Big Picture
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 Senior Engineers - DevOps to join our team.
Responsibilities
- Provision and manage cloud infrastructure across compute, networking, storage, and identity services.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code to ensure consistent configurations across environments.
- Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot containerised applications and orchestration platforms.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and observability capabilities to identify performance and availability issues.
- Develop scripts to automate infrastructure tasks, operational workflows, and remediation.
- Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable application and infrastructure deployments.
- Investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis, and improve system reliability and performance.
- Evaluate tools and platforms through proofs of concept and document findings, recommendations, and implementation guidance.
- Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
Requirements
- Minimum 3-5 years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, SRE, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience provisioning and managing infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with AI tools and AI-assisted engineering practices to improve productivity, automate workflows, troubleshoot technical issues, and support infrastructure and platform engineering tasks.
- Experience implementing or operating monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK/OpenSearch, or OpenTelemetry.
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language: Python, Go, or Bash.
- Working knowledge of CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, or Jenkins.
- Familiarity with Linux administration and troubleshooting.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating on technical design and planning.
- Clear communication skills, including documenting technical findings, trade-offs, and recommendations.
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
- Minimum 3-5 years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, SRE, or a related field
- Hands-on experience provisioning and managing infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with AI tools and AI-assisted engineering practices
- Experience implementing or operating monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK/OpenSearch, or OpenTelemetry
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language: Python, Go, or Bash
- Working knowledge of CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, or Jenkins
- Familiarity with Linux administration and troubleshooting
- Ability to work independently while collaborating on technical design and planning
- Clear communication skills, including documenting technical findings, trade-offs, and recommendations
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.
