Job Summary
SmithRx is seeking a visionary and highly strategic Staff Endpoint Engineer to serve as the overarching technical authority and architect for our enterprise endpoint infrastructure, vendor ecosystem, and IT asset strategy, while also serving as the senior most member of the IT team in our Plano, TX office. In this high-impact role, you will define the multi-year technology roadmap for our endpoint environments, drive organizational alignment on vendor integrations, and architect our zero-touch, modern management frameworks at scale.
Operating with a security-first, compliance-driven mindset, you will set the engineering standards for our Windows and mixed-OS fleets, design cloud workspace strategies (CloudPC/AVD), and mentor engineering teams across the organization. You will partner directly with executive leadership, Security, and Compliance to ensure our infrastructure scales seamlessly while meeting stringent HIPAA and SOC 2 requirements.
What you will do
Strategic Architecture & Ecosystem Vision: Serve as the architect for the enterprise Windows and modern workspace ecosystem. Define the multi-year technology roadmap, architectural standards, and security baselines for all global endpoint infrastructure.
Next-Gen Endpoint Management: Lead the strategic design, governance, and optimization of Microsoft EntraID, Microsoft Intune, and Windows Autopilot. Drive zero-touch provisioning and continuous compliance models to support rapid enterprise growth.
Vendor Strategy & Strategic Partnerships: Direct the overall vendor strategy and technical oversight for external partners. Define onboarding frameworks, evaluate enterprise-grade technologies, and align cross-functional business units to maximize vendor investments.
Virtual Workspace & Fleet Architecture: Scope, architect, and establish governance for virtual desktop infrastructures (CloudPC / Azure Virtual Desktop) and third-party remote environments, ensuring secure access for partners, contractors, and distributed teams.
Asset & Governance Strategy: Establish total lifecycle governance, hardware refresh strategies, and SaaS asset management frameworks. Partner with Finance and Operations to optimize hardware asset investments and licensing footprints.
Enterprise Automation Frameworks: Lead the push toward an automation-first culture by architecting scalable automation frameworks (PowerShell, Python, APIs) to streamline identity lifecycle workflows, systems orchestration, and complex endpoint remediations.
Architectural Escalation & Root Cause Leadership: Act as the ultimate technical escalation point for complex enterprise incidents. Lead systemic root-cause analyses (RCAs) and implement long-term structural preventions across the IT ecosystem.
Security Alignment & Regulatory Compliance: Partner as a core peer with Security and Compliance leadership to ensure all endpoint and cloud strategies align with HIPAA, SOC 2, and zero-trust frameworks. Architect robust IAM controls and conditional access policies.
Mentorship & Engineering Standards: Set technical standards, author high-level architecture designs (ADRs/runbooks), and actively mentor IT support and engineering teammates to raise the technical bar across the organization.
High-Availability Leadership: Serve as a technical consultant and escalation point for major incidents, ensuring resilient high availability across all business-critical operations.
What you will bring to SmithRx
Experience: 8+ years of progressive experience in Systems Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, or IT Infrastructure Operations, with a proven track record of architectural leadership in high-growth, SaaS-driven, or regulated environments.
Mastery of Microsoft Stack: Deep architectural expertise in Windows OS, Microsoft EntraID, Intune, dynamic groups, conditional access strategies, and zero-touch Autopilot deployments at scale.
Vendor Infrastructure Leadership: Demonstrated ability to manage strategic vendor partnerships, establish vendor selection and onboarding frameworks, and influence cross-functional technical decisions.
CloudPC & Virtualization Mastery: Proven expertise architecting, deploying, and governing CloudPC (Windows 365), Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), or VDI environments for remote and third-party workforces.
Advanced Automation & Integration: Advanced scripting proficiency (PowerShell, Python) with experience utilizing REST APIs and iPaaS platforms to automate complex, cross-system IT processes.
Lifecycle & Asset Management Governance: Experience designing end-to-end asset governance models, enterprise hardware standards, and SaaS portfolio management strategies.
Heterogeneous Environment Oversight: Broad operational and architectural understanding of multi-platform environments (macOS/Apple Business Manager, Jamf/Kandji, Google Workspace, Okta).
Regulated Environment Expertise: Extensive experience designing infrastructure compliant with HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or equivalent regulatory frameworks.
Executive & Strategic Mindset: Strong strategic vision, organizational agility, and the ability to articulate complex technical architecture directly to C-level executives and key business stakeholders.
Nice to Have
Enterprise-level certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert, Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert, CISSP).
Proven experience implementing modern iPaaS/workflow platforms for enterprise identity lifecycle automation.
High-level knowledge of enterprise networking topology (Ubiquiti, zero-trust network access/ZTNA, SD-WAN) and cloud-first identity systems (Okta, Entra ID).
What SmithRx Offers You
Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance
Flexible Spending Benefits
401(k) Retirement Savings Program
Short-term and long-term disability
Discretionary Paid Time Off
Paid Company Holidays
Wellness Benefits
Commuter Benefits
Paid Parental Leave benefits
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Well-stocked kitchen in office locations
Professional development and training opportunities
Plano, TX Pay Range
$136,000—$160,000 USD
Compensation & Benefits
Base Salary: The range listed above reflects our standard pay scale and actual pay will vary based on work location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Total Rewards: In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for bonuses, commissions, or equity. SmithRx offers a variety of benefits to help you live well, including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance and 401(k).
Individual offers are tailored to your geography, experience, skills, and education. Your recruiter can share more specific details during the hiring process. In the meantime, feel free to explore our comprehensive benefits here.
