Engineer - Data Engineering - Tableau

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 Engineer - Data Engineering - Tableau to join our team.

Responsibilities:

Developing Tableau Desktop visualizations (90%):

• Use existing legacy reports as examples, develop Tableau vizzes to replace them

• Fulfill new solution requests, where no reporting currently exists

• Help manage library of existing vizzes

• Continuous learning & development using Tableau

Supporting the team that provides full-stack analytic solutions (5%):

• Provide guidance and get involved in data governance and data source development

• Deliver backup support and development in existing BI solutions (Cognos, Excel)

• Perform other duties and coverage as required by the team

Supporting overall business migration to Tableau (5%):

• Administer user security and access requests

• Provide training sessions to other Tableau users

• Run viz demos to end users

• Investigate data issues; answer user questions.

• Liaise with Tableau Server team

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent, and 1-2 years of experience

• Expert proficiency using Tableau Desktop

• Must have a means of demonstrating skills and abilities (e.g. Tableau Public portfolio)

• Expert proficiency writing SQL SELECT statements

• Very strong technical, analytical, and data visualization skills and an understanding of visualization best practices

• Must be an independent thinker and who is skilled at proposing new ways of looking at old problems

• Can effectively communicate, both written and verbal, to any level of the company and can serve as an “analytic translator”

• Can facilitate training and coaching of others to improve their ability to use data and analytical tools

• Has a proven productivity track record while working remotely, with minimal supervision

• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities

• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools, advanced Excel skills

• Must have the ability to adhere to strict deadlines and manage time effectively

• Should be detail-oriented and possess the ability to handle multiple tasks/assignments

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