Mac Engineering Manager

Maximus is currently seeking a Mac Engineering Manager.

In this role, you will be building an enterprise Mac platform alongside our established Windows environment, managed with Iru (formerly Kandji).

The Mac Engineering Manager owns this program end to end, setting the strategy, leading the team, and making sure Macs meet the same security, compliance, and support standards as every other device in our fleet.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has run a Mac program at an enterprise scale and wants to build one the right way.

This position is remote but requires the ability to be on-site as needed in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Perform project management for the full project lifecycle development and implementation of technical activities that ensure successful project completion for teams as large as 15 people.

- Serve as the secondary point of contact and secondary client interface for all project technology related issues.

- Perform all project management functions including; work breakdown and cost estimation, scheduling, monitoring and tracking of technical progress against the defined timetables and budgets, and staff assignment/development.

- Lead and direct the successful delivery of application development, systems integration, and product installation/customization services while ensuring that assigned projects adhere to the approved life cycle work patterns, standards, and procedures for solution delivery.

- Define and implement development plans for assigned projects in order to increase staff’s knowledge and skills in the areas relevant to the team’s work such as; project management, analysis, software development, or testing.

- Identify and assess new functional capabilities supporting engineering change proposals and additional follow-on work.

- Manages a small to mid-sized team consisting of experienced professionals.

Leads, directs and reviews the work of a team who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments.

- Typically has hiring, firing, promotion and reward authority or ability to recommend and influence decisions within own area, in accordance with guidelines.

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Own the Mac platform roadmap from pilot through enterprise rollout and ongoing operations.

- Lead, hire, and develop Mac engineering staff as adoption grows.

- Define Mac standards for security, configuration, software, and lifecycle in partnership with Security, Identity, and Compliance.

- Test and track program eligibility within the environment.

- Ensure Macs meet audit and regulatory requirements and that evidence is ready when needed.

- Build the Mac support model with the Service Desk, including training, documentation, runbooks, and escalation paths.

- Own standard patching and vulnerability remediation for Mac.

- Manage the Iru vendor relationship, licensing, and Apple Business Manager administration.

- Plan for Appl...