Associate Architect - BI & Analytics at Sysco

About the role

JOB DESCRIPTION Associate Architect – BI & Analytics    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. 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 an Associate Architect – BI & Analytics to join our team.    Responsibilities:  Participating in the system specification review process to ensure system requirements can be translated into software design  Driving teams and ensuring the overall integrity of the software design and validating it against the system architecture  Mentor and guide junior engineers on architectural decisions and technical implementation strategies  Actively participating in business value assessment and business requirements elaboration phases  Actively participating in the design and development phases to ensure the successful delivery of all Sysco Innovations projects  Monitoring key results and generating metrics across the project portfolio  Ensuring implementation of industry best practices for security, performance, and maintainability across reporting applications  Collaborating with cross-functional teams including product, data engineering, and operations to translate requirements into architectural solutions  Building strong relationships across the Sysco hierarchy and mentoring US and SL-based team members; identifying new opportunities to increase efficiencies and drive growth  Designing enterprise-level reporting applications utilizing multiple programming frameworks including .NET, Java, and Python to meet diverse business requirements  Ensuring cost optimization and resource efficiency across all AWS services utilized in the architecture  Designing and architecting solutions that integrate Generative AI capabilities into enterprise reporting applications for enhanced insights and automation  Evaluating and recommending appropriate GenAI models and frameworks (such as LLMs) to solve specific business reporting and analytics challenges  Implementing RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) patterns for context-aware reporting and intelligent question-answering capabilities    Requirements:    A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from a recognized foreign or local university; a relevant Master’s Degree will be an added qualification  A minimum of 10 years of work experience with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role  Extensive experience working with and providing solutions for US Fortune 500 clients with significant on-site experience; experience working with offshore teams  Demonstrate proficiency with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and leverage key services to optimize application deployment and performance. Design and implement containerized solutions using AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) for orchestrated application deployment.  Full Stack Development and Data Engineering expertise is a must. Experience with ERP integrations is an added advantage  Experience in project estimation techniques, architecture and design patterns and performance engineering  Excellent leadership and negotiation skills with the ability to clearly propose and articulate architecture and technology decisions  Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and architectural patterns will be advantageous    Benefits:   US dollar-linked compensation    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     Overseas travel opportunities and exposure to client environments     Hybrid work arrangement     Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.