Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Texas Sports Academy is a K-12 school designed for serious student-athletes who want both elite academics and high-level athletic development. We are hiring an IT/MDM QA Consultant on a short-term, part-time contract to review the quality of our internal Mac deployment and classroom tooling, ensuring effective processes and improving the overall student experience with our software.
Responsibilities
- Review Our QA Processes: Look at how we currently test and validate our internal Mac tooling. Tell us where the gaps are, what is missing, and what a mature process should look like at our stage
- Audit MDM Deployment Flows: Review how we package, deploy, and manage installation of PKGs across our managed Mac fleet. Flag risks, brittleness, and rollback gaps
- Evaluate TCC and PPPC Configuration: Review how we handle privacy permissions, PPPC profiles, and TCC prompts for our video conferencing and student monitoring tools. Make sure we are doing this cleanly and predictably
- Pressure-Test the Student Experience: Walk through what a student actually sees on a managed Mac when our tools are deployed, updated, or fail. Identify where the experience breaks or looks unprofessional
- Advise the Team: Give our engineering and IT team direct, practical feedback. Write it up clearly so we can act on it
- Recommend Tooling and Standards: Point us to the tools, patterns, and standards we should adopt to make this repeatable as we grow
Skills
- Deep MDM Experience: You have worked hands-on in managed Mac environments using Jamf, Kandji, Mosyle, Intune, or similar. You understand how these systems actually behave in the field
- Mac Deployment Expertise: You have real experience with managed installation of PKGs, signing and notarization, and packaging Mac software for controlled rollout
- TCC and PPPC Fluency: You know how to configure privacy permissions, deploy PPPC profiles, and troubleshoot TCC issues on managed Macs
- Classroom or Monitoring Tool Experience: You have shipped, deployed, or QA'd software similar to Zoom, GoGuardian, Jamf School, Classroom, or comparable video conferencing and student monitoring tools
- Strong QA Judgment: You know what a real QA process looks like, and you can spot what is missing from ours quickly
- Clear Communicator: You can write up findings in a way an engineering team can act on, and you can hold a productive conversation with technical stakeholders
- Location and Setup: Fully remote
- Apple Certifications: ACSP, ACMT, or Apple Deployment and Management certifications
- Scripting for Mac Fleet Management: You are comfortable with shell, Python, or Swift for automating MDM and deployment tasks
- Security and Compliance Awareness: You understand student data privacy, FERPA, and how compliance intersects with student device management
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