Application Packaging Engineer
Job Details
- Experience
- 4–6+ years of hands-on application packaging experience
Requirements
- Have 4–6+ years of hands-on application packaging experience, including extensive use of Flexera AdminStudio.
- Have experience using InstallShield.
- Understand Windows Installer internals, including MSI tables, custom actions, transforms, component rules, repair behavior, reboot handling, and logging.
- Have knowledge of Active Directory and the Microsoft Registry, including the ability to query or modify settings.
- Have knowledge of PowerShell and/or CMD scripting.
- Have experience troubleshooting packaging issues using ProcMon, MSI logging, and Windows Event Logs.
- Have experience testing, validating, and certifying Windows platform and application compatibility, including interoperability with technologies such as Citrix.
- Have experience performing application performance analysis and troubleshooting using Microsoft and commercial toolsets to evaluate CPU, memory, disk I/O, network latency, and bandwidth utilization.
- Have demonstrated experience in a remote work environment.
- Have strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and solid documentation skills.
- Be able to communicate verbally and in writing and collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
- U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident required with the ability to obtain a Public Trust.
Responsibilities
- Build silent installation packages in MSI, MST, and MSIX formats and validate them through initial installation testing on Windows 11.
- Gather packaging requirements from internal customers and translate them into technical documentation and scalable solutions.
- Perform end-to-end packaging activities, including source validation, builds, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Troubleshoot packaging and deployment issues using ProcMon, MSI verbose logging, and Windows Event Logs; identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
- Query and modify the Windows Registry as part of packaging and deployment workflows.
- Participate in peer reviews of packages to ensure quality and consistency with project standards.
- Account for prerequisites, dependencies, and organizational packaging and deployment standards in delivered solutions.
- Test, validate, and certify Windows platform and application compatibility, including interoperability with technologies such as Citrix.