Principle Desktop Engineering Architect

Overview:

A Principle Desktop Engineering Architect is a senior-level technical expert and leader responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing complex endpoint engineering solutions across both Windows and macOS environments. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy, leads advanced enterprise desktop initiatives, and influences technical strategy across endpoint platforms, management tools, security controls, user experience, and operational support teams.

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Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

- ## Design and develop advanced endpoint engineering solutions across Windows and macOS platforms

- ## Define architecture, standards, configuration baselines, and engineering patterns for enterprise desktop environments

- ## Evaluate and introduce new technologies that improve endpoint security, manageability, automation, performance, and user experience

- ## Lead platform strategy for Windows desktop engineering, macOS desktop engineering, device lifecycle management, endpoint configuration, and software delivery

- ## Ensure solutions meet enterprise performance, security, compliance, resiliency, and operational support standards

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Execution & Delivery

- ## Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale Windows and Mac desktop engineering initiatives

- ## Translate business, security, compliance, and operational requirements into scalable endpoint solutions

- ## Oversee testing, validation, deployment readiness, performance optimization, and production rollout activities

- ## Support modern endpoint management capabilities, including policy enforcement, patching, application deployment, configuration management, and device compliance

- ## Ensure quality, reliability, scalability, and supportability across both physical and virtual desktop environments

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Stakeholder Engagement

- ## Partner with engineering, infrastructure, security, and business teams

- ## Act as a primary technical advisor to leadership

- ## Communicate complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders

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Leadership & Mentoring

- ## Provide guidance and oversight to engineers

- ## Mentor junior and mid-level engineers

- ## Drive engineering best practices

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Governance & Compliance

- ## Ensure adherence to enterprise standards and audit controls

- ## Support remediation of audit findings

- ## Maintain documentation and technical standards

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Education and Experience Required:

- ## Combined minimum of 10 years’ higher education and/or experience in systems design, management, and/or architecture
- ## Windows experience should include enterprise desktop architecture, Windows OS deployment and lifecycle management, Group Policy or modern policy management, patching, software distribution, endpoint security controls, and advanced troubleshooting.
- ## Mac experience should include macOS platform engineering, Apple device management, configuration profiles, application packaging and deployment, OS
- ## Deep technical expertise in enterprise desktop engineering with demonstrated experience across both Windows and macOS platforms.
- ## Required capabilities include:

## Advanced problem-solving, endpoint architecture, operating system lifecycle management, device configuration, patching, application delivery, automation, troubleshooting, security hardening, compliance alignment, stakeholder communication, and the ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives.
- ## Experience with endpoint management platforms, enterprise software deployment, identity and access integrations, vulnerability remediation, scripting or automation, and operational governance is strongly preferred.
- ## Substantial hands-on and strategic experience supporting enterprise Windows desktop environments and meaningful experience engineering, managing, or integrating macOS platforms in a corporate environment

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We support our team members with generous benefits.

- ## Competitive compensation
- ## Health, welfare, and retirement benefits
- ## 401(k) match at 5%
- ## Work-life balance and flexible work arrangements
- ## Banking Officers start with 25 days PTO plus 12 paid holidays
- ## 40 hours paid volunteer hours per year
- ## Much more. For details, see: M&T Benefits Overview

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $139,700.00 - $232,900.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

# Location
Buffalo, New York, United States of America