Platform Architect

Socket.dev; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Canada’s Platform Architect role within the Canadian Field Engineering team focuses on guiding partners to adopt and scale our platform across large organizations. You will help design best-in-class IT practices, ensure security and lifecycle management, and act as a trusted advisor to customers and channel partners.

The position is home-office based in Montreal with up to 35% domestic travel, requiring clear communication with executive audiences and strong ability to drive joint

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Typical 7 years deploying Apple tech across large IT environments.
• Security/compliance and multi-OS expertise.

Responsibilities

• Guide build of IT practices and environments to scale the platform.
• Advise partners on deploying, managing, and securing the platform.
• Address user experience, application and support strategies, lifecycle management.
• Develop long-term service offerings delivered by partners.

Skills

Platform security

MDM / Jamf

Identity providers

Python

Swift

Ruby

Unix shell scripting

OS cross-compatibility

Public speaking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jamf

Intune

Workspace ONE

pkgbuild/autopkg

Job description

Imagine what you could do here. The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. Apple’s Sales organization generates the revenue needed to fuel our ongoing development of products and services. This in turn enriches the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Our sales team is, in many ways, the face of Apple to our largest customers. We are here to make sure we do the right thing for the customer and provide solutions that fit within their environment. We solve business and technical problems to ensure success for both Apple and its customers. We provide technical sales consulting and support with the objective of transforming the way people work, teach, and learn. This is a home office, field sales role based in the posting location and requires up to 35% domestic travel.

Description

As a Platform Architect within the Canadian Field Engineering team for Apple’s channel sales organization, you will play a pivotal role in helping business and education partners and customer successfully adopt and scale our platform across their organizations. Your primary responsibility will be to guide the build of best-in-class IT practices and environments that support the scaled use of our products, ensuring long-term success beyond your direct engagement. You will serve as a trusted advisor, helping partners build practices to deploy, manage, and secure our platform at scale while also addressing user experience, application and support strategies, and overall lifecycle management needs. A key part of your role will be introducing long-term service offerings delivered by partners that ensure ongoing customer success at scale.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Typically 7 years of experience in deploying and managing Apple technology across large complex heterogenous IT environments
• Extensive knowledge of platform security architecture, including security and compliance
• Deep expertise with Mac client management solutions (e.g., Jamf, Omnissa Workspace One, Microsoft Intune, pkgbuild, autopkg, Packages, Composer)
• Expertise with Identity Provider solutions (e.g., Microsoft Entra, Okta)
• Experience with programming languages (e.g., Python, Swift, Ruby)
• Expertise with UNIX shell scripting (e.g., Bourne, bash, zsh)
• Expertise with telemetry, application performance management, digital employee experience tools (osquery or equivalent)
• Solid understanding with Windows equivalents of above
• Hands‑on knowledge of multiple operating systems including Windows, macOS and iOS/iPadOS
• Expertise in building and delivering compelling presentations, demonstrations and seminars
• Ability to build, maintain, and strengthen high‑level customer and partner relationships
• Strong communicator, capable of delivering complex technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non‑technical audiences including at an executive level

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in both English and French is highly preferred
• Strong experience engaging and enabling channel partners to drive joint sales outcomes
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to bring structure and clarity where none exists
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and organizational skills
• Passion for continuous improvement with the curiosity to uncover gaps, resilience to manage ambiguity, and drive to optimize processes and create solutions
• Expert in active listening and debating with a focus on finding the best solutions, even if it means pivoting from original ideas
• Excellent collaboration and relationship building skills, including the ability to influence cross‑functionally, navigate organizational structures, and manage complex relationships