Datacolor, a global leader in color management solutions, provides software, instruments and services to improve the precision, performance and efficiency of your color workflow. For over five decades, Datacolor has earned our reputation as a trusted leader by delivering unmatched capabilities that rapidly address the full spectrum of color challenges in textile and apparel, paint and coatings, automotive, plastics, photography and videography, and other industries.
Our global teams provide sales, service and support in over 100 countries throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia. For more information, visit .
We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on DevOps Manager with a strong background in cloud security, automation, and technical leadership. This role is ideal for someone who excels at building secure, scalable systems with a particular focus on supporting advanced AI and data-driven workflows, enjoying both direct technical contribution and leading a talented team.
Position summary:
As DevOps Manager, you will lead strategic initiatives to secure and automate our cloud infrastructure, guide a high-performing engineering team, and actively solve technical challenges. Your main focus will be on strengthening our cloud operations and embedding security best practices, while driving innovation through modern DevOps processes tailored for AI and data-centric environments. Experience with building and supporting complex data and AI-related workflows is essential.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
This role will perform, but is not limited to the following responsibilities:
Team & Culture Leadership· Mentor and Grow the Team: Lead, teach, and grow a talented DevOps engineering team.
· Build a Great Environment: Create a collaborative, learning-focused culture.
· Support Career Growth: Conduct performance reviews and actively support the professional development of team members.
Security & Compliance· Ensure Top-Tier Security: Design, implement, and monitor advanced security protocols in the cloud, particularly for sensitive AI and data workloads.
· Manage Risk & Threats: Proactively find and fix vulnerabilities, driving risk mitigation and threat management.
· Handle Certification: Lead efforts to achieve and maintain key certifications (like ISO 27001, TISAX) and meet all regulatory and internal security standards.
Cloud Operations & Automation· Automate Everything: Architect and optimize systems to be fully automated for greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
· Ensure Reliability: Focus on building and maintaining a highly reliable, scalable, and high-performing cloud infrastructure (like Microsoft Azure).
· Hands-On Contribution: Work alongside the team on technical tasks, including code reviews and troubleshooting complex issues.
AI & Data Pipeline Support· Support Data Workflows: Work closely with the data and engineering teams to ensure secure and scalable workflows for data-intensive and AI-driven initiatives.
· Address Unique Challenges: Proactively tackle the specific technical needs and challenges presented by these large, complex workloads.
Continuous Improvement & Monitoring· Promote Innovation: Foster a culture of ongoing enhancement, always looking for ways to improve practices and drive innovation.
· Monitor and React: Organize the team to constantly monitor applications for issues and vulnerabilities, and coordinate a fast, effective response to minimize business impact when incidents occur.
Requirements/Qualifications:
Required:
· Master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline or a comparable combination of education and relevant work experience
· Proven experience in DevOps leadership roles, DevOps culture and agile methodologies
· Solid hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
· Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automation tools and Infrastructure as Code
· Strong knowledge of cloud security principles and compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, TISAX)
· Excellent communication skills in spoken and written English, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred:
· Azure certifications (AZ-400, AZ-305, AZ-104, AZ-204)
· Experience managing global cloud subscriptions, including Chinese regional subscriptions and their regulatory requirements
Location:
This role is based in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and is a hybrid role in line with current company policy.
Our Core Values:
Learn, understand and live the Datacolor Core Values of Customer Focus, Execution, Ownership, Teamwork, Learning, Ethics, and Passion.
Our Core Competences
We believe Communication, Adaptability and Problem Solving are core competencies that all our employees consistently demonstrate.
Your Benefits:
Datacolor is committed to rewarding your dedication with an attractive compensation package. We offer an environment that fosters personal and professional growth, where your ideas matter. Our flat hierarchy ensures easy access to everyone, promoting collaboration and innovation.
Interested:
- Want to work in a company focused on innovative color management solutions?
- Looking for flexibility and autonomy in a global and diverse company?
- Want to be able to make daily connections with people all over the globe?
- Do you want to work in an open and informal atmosphere where your personal input is valuable?
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Top Skills
What We Do
Who We Are: Datacolor's color management solutions include software, instruments and services to assure accurate color of materials, products and images.
Industries We Work With: Textile, retail paint, paint and coatings, plastics, photography, and many more.
What We Do: Offer solutions for color measurement, matching, quality control and communication for industries where accurate color management is crucial. For photographers and creative professionals, we offer calibration tools to ensure accurate color on-screen and in print.
Why We Do It: To provide our customers with cost-effective solutions to manage color globally throughout their workflow--so they can save time, improve quality, reduce costs, and build even greater customer loyalty.
Where We Work: Datacolor's sales, service and support network serves customers in more than 100 countries, with operation and production facilities in 25 locations worldwide.
Datacolor Vision & Mission
Today, technology, engineering, and ingenuity converge to create new thresholds of excellence. Creativity meets science. Inspiration meets precision. Innovation meets opportunity. Data meets color.
Our expertise in applied color science creates high-performing, intelligent, and effective solutions. Every day, our dedicated teams collaborate to advance the ways we orchestrate new solutions, connecting today’s needs with tomorrow’s technologies.
Our commitment is to harness the advancements of modern technology because we understand that details count, color matters, and trust is everything.
Is your instrument in need of a calibration service? Or are you having trouble setting up a database in our software? Datacolor's support teams are there when you need them. Call your regional support line and get your color management workflow up and running again in no time. http://bit.ly/datacolorsupport
