Technical Lead - DevOps

JOB DESCRIPTION
Technical Lead – 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 a Technical Lead – DevOps to join our team.
Responsibilities:
Researching, evaluating and recommending DevOps tools in multiple technologies for multiple development teams
Deploying, automating, maintaining and managing AWS cloud-based production systems, to ensure the availability, performance, scalability and security of productions systems
Building, releasing and configuration management of production systems that need to be supported 24* 7 uptime
Ensuring critical system security using the best-in-class cloud security solutions
Coaching development teams in DevOps practices and guiding the team to implement effective DevOps
Working collaboratively in a cross-functional team in an Agile delivery environment
Being involved in projects throughout their full software lifecycle: from development, QA, and deployment, to post-production support
Ensuring OS stability and hardening configuration on both Windows and Linux
Requirements:
A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent, and 6+ years of experience in DevOps
A strong knowledge of AWS, Azure cloud computing and AWS/Azure DevOps tools
Strong knowledge in fundamental DevOps tools such as AWS/Azure DevOps tools, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub, Datadog, Experience working with cloud SDKs etc.
Strong knowledge of containerization of software packages using solutions such as Dockerization, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, AWS Fargate, etc.
Hands-on experience designing, developing, testing and troubleshooting DevOps tools in production systems
Adherence to engineering standards and best practices; must be process oriented
Troubleshooting skills on Windows and Linux operating systems (Preferred Windows background on AD, Clustering, Failovering, Security, Patching etc.)
Strong communication skills – reading & comprehending documents/specifications, producing clear and thorough documentation, with the ability to discuss and explain technical issues during meetings
2+ years of experience with one of the dynamic object-oriented programing languages like Groovy, Ruby or Python. Experience with a programming language like Java, C#, Node.js JavaScript and related web frameworks will be an added advantage
Benefits:
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
Hybrid work arrangement
Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.