About this role
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.
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
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
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
Leadership & Mentoring
• Provide guidance and oversight to engineers
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers
• Drive engineering best practices
Governance & Compliance
• Ensure adherence to enterprise standards and audit controls
• Support remediation of audit findings
• Maintain documentation and technical standards
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
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