About PepsiCo

PepsiCo is one of the world's leading food and beverage companies, with a diverse portfolio of iconic brands including Pepsi, Lay's, Gatorade, and Quaker. Operating in over 200 countries, PepsiCo generates annual revenues exceeding $86 billion and employs over 300,000 people globally. In India, PepsiCo has a strong presence with manufacturing facilities, supply chain networks, and innovative digital initiatives driving consumer engagement. As a leader in the Food & Beverage sector, PepsiCo invests heavily in technology to enhance supply chain efficiency, direct-to-customer platforms, and B2B solutions like Pepsi Connect.

Role Overview

The SRE Solutions Lead Engineer role at PepsiCo in Hyderabad is a pivotal position within the global Site Reliability Engineering team. This self-driven role focuses on applying SRE principles to shift-left activities, ensuring resilient outcomes across 260+ digital products supporting consumer, commercial, supply chain, and enablement functions. You will drive pre-emptive production strategies, orchestrate ecosystem components for anomaly detection and automated remediation, and foster a proactive incident prevention model. With a blend of software engineering, cloud architecture, and operations expertise, you'll deliver delightful customer experiences for PepsiCo's modern application portfolio, including full-stack cloud apps, B2B Pepsi Connect, and Direct-to-Customer platforms.

Key Responsibilities

As SRE Solutions Lead Engineer, your core duties include:

• Ensuring high availability and performance of production environments by pro-actively preventing P1, P2, and potential P3 incidents.
• Influencing product and engineering teams during design phases to embed reliability, operability, events, logging, monitoring, and observability standards.
• Instituting non-functional requirements (NFRs) like SLA/SLO/SLI and error budgets early in product offerings.
• Leading end-to-end anomaly diagnosis and remediation across cloud-architected ecosystems using SRE orchestration.
• Collaborating with engineering, support teams on escalations, blameless postmortems, and empowering customer-facing teams with SRE insights.
• Observing and improving full-stack application ecosystem performance, optimizing L2 operations via automation.
• Shaping SRE orchestration platforms with inputs from operations, business, product, and engineering teams, while driving AI Ops adoption.

Qualifications & Requirements

To excel in this role, candidates need:

• 9-13 years of experience evolving into SRE engineering, with 3-5 years transforming IT operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven expertise in designing events, diagnostics, performance measures, and alerts to meet SLA/SLO/SLIs.
• Quantitative mindset with strong judgment, cross-functional collaboration, and pragmatic incident resolution skills.
• Deep knowledge of SRE and ITSM processes for proactive risk mitigation and seamless user experiences.
• Hands-on proficiency in Python, SQL/NoSQL (MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Postgres), AppDynamics, ELK Stack, Grafana, Splunk, Dynatrace, Kafka, and SRE toolsets.
• Firm grasp of cloud architecture in distributed environments, front-end (HTML, CSS, JS, React/Angular/Vue), back-end (Java, Spring Boot), and infrastructure (Azure/AWS).
• Prior experience shaping SRE transformations is a plus.

Technical Skills Breakdown

Key technical proficiencies include full-stack development for modern apps, observability tooling for proactive monitoring, and automation scripting to streamline operations. Experience with PepsiCo's tech stack like Pepsi Connect and S&T roadmap applications will accelerate success.

Benefits & Perks

PepsiCo offers a premium compensation package for this SRE Solutions Lead Engineer position:

• Estimated salary range of INR 65-95 lakhs per annum, based on Food & Beverage sector benchmarks with a 5-10% buffer for top talent.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families.
• Performance-based bonuses and stock options in a global powerhouse.
• Generous paid time off, parental leave, and flexible hybrid work arrangements in Hyderabad.
• Access to on-site fitness centers, cafeterias, and employee wellness programs.

Career Growth

At PepsiCo, career progression is data-driven and opportunity-rich. As an SRE Solutions Lead, you'll join a global team influencing digital transformation across supply chain and consumer apps. High performers advance to senior SRE architect roles, platform leads, or cross-functional tech leadership. PepsiCo invests in certifications (AWS, Azure, SRE), leadership training, and rotations to diverse business units, ensuring long-term growth in India's booming tech hub, Hyderabad.

Why Join Us

PepsiCo stands at the intersection of consumer goods and digital innovation, offering unparalleled scale and impact. In this role, you'll safeguard mission-critical applications serving millions, leveraging cutting-edge SRE practices in a collaborative environment. Hyderabad's vibrant tech ecosystem, combined with PepsiCo's inclusive culture, provides stability, innovation, and purpose. Be part of building resilient digital foundations for a $86B+ enterprise while enjoying premium perks and global exposure.

Role FAQs

What is the experience level required?

9-13 years total, with 3-5 years in SRE/IT operations transformation.

Is relocation assistance provided?

Yes, for qualified candidates moving to Hyderabad.

What cloud platforms are prioritized?

Azure and AWS for distributed cloud architectures.

Is this a hybrid role?

Yes, flexible hybrid model post-onboarding.

How does PepsiCo support SRE upskilling?

Through dedicated training budgets, conferences, and AI Ops initiatives.