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Salary: $110,000 - $145,000 per year
A bit about us:
We are a large, established organization with a diverse portfolio of businesses and a global technology environment. Our enterprise technology teams build and support the secure, reliable, and modern platforms that enable employees to work effectively across locations and business units.
The Endpoint Engineering team is responsible for delivering scalable device-management solutions, strengthening endpoint security, and modernizing the employee technology experience. The team works closely with Information Security, Infrastructure, Identity, Networking, and Support teams to ensure endpoint services remain secure, resilient, and aligned with evolving business needs.
Why join us?
This is an opportunity to serve as a senior technical authority for macOS engineering within a complex, large-scale enterprise environment. You will have the ability to shape endpoint strategy, lead modernization and automation initiatives, and influence how Apple devices are securely managed throughout their lifecycle.
You will join a collaborative technology organization where you can:
Take ownership of enterprise macOS engineering and platform architecture
Lead high-impact automation, security, and modernization initiatives
Work with modern endpoint-management and cloud-identity technologies
Solve complex technical challenges across a large, distributed environment
Partner with experienced professionals across Security, Identity, Infrastructure, and Networking
Mentor other engineers and help establish endpoint-engineering standards and best practices
Job Details
Position Overview
The Senior macOS Systems Engineer is responsible for engineering, maintaining, automating, and securing the organization's macOS endpoint ecosystem and its supporting infrastructure. This individual will serve as a senior technical resource for macOS device management, endpoint security, automation, and enterprise client-engineering initiatives.
As a member of the Endpoint Engineering team, this role will focus on delivering scalable, secure, and modern management solutions for macOS devices across a global enterprise environment. Responsibilities include endpoint lifecycle management, operating-system deployment, application packaging, software distribution, patch management, security compliance, automation, and platform optimization.
The ideal candidate brings deep macOS platform expertise, strong engineering and scripting capabilities, and the ability to lead complex technical initiatives while maintaining the stability and reliability of critical endpoint services.
Key Responsibilities
Endpoint Engineering and Platform Management
Serve as the senior macOS subject-matter expert for endpoint-engineering operations, technical initiatives, and escalations.
Engineer, administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise macOS management platforms, including Jamf Pro and Iru.
Design scalable endpoint-provisioning and lifecycle-management workflows integrated with cloud-based identity environments.
Manage macOS operating-system deployment, configuration management, software distribution, and patch-management processes.
Establish and maintain standardized endpoint configurations across the enterprise.
Implement and enforce device-compliance policies and enterprise technology standards.
Evaluate platform capabilities and recommend improvements that enhance scalability, reliability, security, and the employee experience.
Automation and Scripting
Develop and maintain scripts, tooling, and automated workflows that improve operational efficiency and reduce manual administration.
Create and maintain application packages, deployment automations, and self-service software-delivery solutions.
Write advanced Bash and Python scripts supporting device provisioning, compliance, reporting, monitoring, remediation, and lifecycle management.
Identify opportunities to automate repeatable processes and improve the overall maturity of endpoint operations.
Build reliable and reusable solutions that can scale across a large enterprise environment.
Security and Compliance
Partner with Information Security teams to establish and maintain macOS security baselines and endpoint-hardening standards.
Engineer automated patching, vulnerability-management, and remediation processes.
Support endpoint-compliance programs and respond to critical vulnerabilities and security incidents.
Ensure endpoint-management platforms align with enterprise security, auditing, risk, and governance requirements.
Develop monitoring and reporting capabilities that provide visibility into endpoint health, vulnerabilities, and compliance status.
Infrastructure and Operations
Monitor the performance, availability, capacity, and overall health of endpoint-management platforms.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex macOS, endpoint-engineering, and supporting infrastructure issues.
Maintain and optimize platform architecture in alignment with business growth and operational requirements.
Lead or participate in platform upgrades, migrations, testing, validation, and enterprise rollout activities.
Proactively identify technical risks and implement solutions that improve platform stability and resilience.
Collaboration and Technical Leadership
Provide Tier 3 escalation support to Service Desk and technical support teams.
Collaborate with Infrastructure, Identity, Networking, Information Security, and other engineering teams to deliver integrated endpoint solutions.
Partner with business and technology stakeholders to evaluate requirements and implement solutions supporting operational and strategic initiatives.
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across the Endpoint Engineering team.
Lead technical discussions, communicate recommendations, and help drive decisions related to macOS endpoint strategy.
Documentation and Standards
Create and maintain technical documentation, engineering standards, operational procedures, and platform-architecture materials.
Document configurations, integrations, automation workflows, troubleshooting procedures, and support processes.
Contribute to endpoint-engineering governance, best practices, and operational-maturity initiatives.
Ensure technical documentation remains accurate, accessible, and aligned with the current environment.
Qualifications
Required Experience
Five or more years of experience supporting and engineering enterprise macOS environments.
Five or more years of hands-on experience administering Jamf Pro, Iru/Kandji, or comparable Apple device-management platforms.
Experience managing large-scale endpoint environments supporting at least 1,000 users or devices.
Experience with modern endpoint-management platforms and cloud-based identity solutions.
Demonstrated experience leading complex endpoint-engineering, automation, or infrastructure-modernization initiatives.
Experience providing advanced technical support and resolving escalated enterprise endpoint issues.
Technical Expertise
Advanced knowledge of macOS administration, configuration, deployment, and troubleshooting.
Strong experience with Jamf Pro and Iru/Kandji architecture, administration, integrations, and ongoing maintenance.
Experience with macOS application packaging, software distribution, and deployment methodologies.
Advanced understanding of endpoint patch-management and vulnerability-remediation practices.
Strong scripting and automation experience using Bash and Python.
Working knowledge of Apple Business Manager, Automated Device Enrollment, and Apple MDM technologies.
Experience integrating endpoint-management platforms with identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID or Okta.
Knowledge of certificate-based authentication, conditional access, and modern identity-management concepts.
Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and the ability to troubleshoot endpoint connectivity issues.
Experience with ServiceNow, Jira, or similar ticketing and workflow-management platforms.
Knowledge of endpoint-security best practices and modern cybersecurity principles.
Experience developing endpoint-compliance, monitoring, inventory, and reporting solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
Jamf Certified Tech certification or higher, including Jamf 200 or an equivalent current certification.
Apple platform or Apple device-support certifications.
Experience implementing cloud-first endpoint-management strategies.
Familiarity with Microsoft Intune and cross-platform endpoint-management environments.
Experience with automation frameworks, infrastructure-as-code practices, or API-driven integrations.
Experience supporting enterprise platform migrations or modernization programs.
Familiarity with zero-touch provisioning and identity-based device-enrollment workflows.
Key Competencies
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities
Automation-first engineering mindset
Ability to work independently within a complex enterprise environment
Strong technical communication and documentation skills
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple concurrent initiatives
Collaborative approach to cross-functional engineering and operations
Strong commitment to security, platform reliability, and operational excellence
Ability to balance long-term engineering improvements with immediate operational needs
Comfortable providing technical leadership and influencing decisions without direct authority
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