Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Our family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. We operate distribution facilities worldwide serving customers across the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Bahamas and other countries.
Sysco offers a paid 10-week summer internship program in which participants are involved in much more than the day-to-day operations of the company. Interns will be exposed to real projects and challenges in a dynamic company environment designed to give interns real world experiences on what it is like to work at a Fortune 100 company.
Location:
This is a hybrid position located in Houston. Candidates will be local to the Greater Houston area. Relocation is not available.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Supports the analysis and evaluation of existing systems for performance
Collaborates effectively with the agile team to configure package software when applicable
Defines potential improvement changes to resolve errors, prevents the recurrence of problems or improves system maintainability and stability
Simulates and tests suggestions made for performance
Completes required documentation to communicate required information to deployment, service, and business teams
Participates in the daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to update progress, highlight and resolve impediments
Proactively learns and researches assigned domain’s business processes and systems
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Experience Preferred:
Strong data analysis skills
Advanced Excel capabilities and SQL knowledge
Basic understanding of Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban and other agile development techniques.
Basic knowledge of DevOps, including continuous integration, continuous deployment / delivery, configuration and containerization, infrastructure as a code, and monitoring.
Technical Skills and Abilities:
Familiarity with having an “agile-development” mindset enhanced by a strong customer-focus & results-orientation
Flexible mindset (not married to a single technology) and demonstrated ability to grow skillset and work across a robust and diverse technology stack
Intermediate Excel capabilities and SQL knowledge
Willingness and ability to excel in a fast-paced agile environment
Excellent communication skills
Leadership and problem-solving skills
Dynamic learner that isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty
Exhibit a professional, business-like demeanor
Ability to manage competing priorities, handle multiple assignments and manage ambiguity in a matrix organization
Ability to analyze complex issues, reason, think critically and synthesize information
Physical Demands:
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 74,000 colleagues, the company operates 334 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 725,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2023 that ended July 1, 2023, the company generated sales of more than $76 billion. Information about our Sustainability program, including Sysco’s 2022 Sustainability Report and 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report, can be found at www.sysco.com.
