Senior Application Packaging & Workplace Engineer
Posted Today by Lorien
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: The Senior Application Packaging & Workplace Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, testing, and maintaining enterprise-ready application packages for a major insurance client on a 6-month contract. This role requires extensive experience in application packaging and deployment within large-scale environments, with a focus on enhancing user experience and ensuring compliance with security standards. The position is hybrid and classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, test and maintain enterprise-ready application packages across managed desktop and endpoint environments.
- Perform application repackaging, customisation and silent installations using industry-standard packaging tools.
- Deploy applications using Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM).
- Own the end-to-end application life cycle, including onboarding, updates, patching, version control and retirement.
- Conduct application compatibility assessments for Windows OS upgrades.
- Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business stakeholders.
- Ensure licensing compliance and support software asset management processes.
- Monitor application health, performance and stability across the endpoint estate.
- Align application management strategies with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements.
- Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts for automation, remediation and reporting.
- Improve application packaging and deployment workflows through standardisation and CI/CD practices where appropriate.
- Identify and implement opportunities to enhance the end-user experience and reduce support incidents.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience in application packaging, deployment and life cycle management within large-scale enterprise environments, working with both onshore and offshore engineering teams.
- Proven hands-on experience with enterprise application packaging technologies including MSI repackaging tools (AdminStudio, InstallShield, Advanced Installer), MSIX packaging and conversion, App-V, MECM/SCCM and Microsoft Intune.
- Strong expertise supporting Windows 11 managed desktop and endpoint estates.
- Advanced PowerShell Scripting skills supporting automation, remediation and operational efficiency.
- Solid understanding of Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID within an enterprise environment.
- Experience with broader workplace technologies and platforms including Windows Server 2016/2019, Company Portal, ControlUp, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Graph.
- Familiarity with ITIL and ITSM frameworks, including formal change and incident management processes.
- Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), VDI and application virtualisation technologies.
- Experience supporting device provisioning and modern management solutions such as Windows Autopilot.
- Experience working with JSON and Azure DevOps (ADO) to support automated build, packaging, deployment and release management processes.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Senior Application Packaging & Workplace Engineer
We are looking for a Senior Application Packaging & Workplace Engineer to join one of our Insurance clients on a 6-months contract.
Inside IR35
Hybrid
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test and maintain enterprise-ready application packages across managed desktop and endpoint environments.
- Perform application repackaging, customisation and silent installations using industry-standard packaging tools.
- Deploy applications using Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM).
- Own the end-to-end application life cycle, including onboarding, updates, patching, version control and retirement.
- Conduct application compatibility assessments for Windows OS upgrades.
- Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business stakeholders.
- Ensure licensing compliance and support software asset management processes.
- Monitor application health, performance and stability across the endpoint estate.
- Align application management strategies with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements.
- Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts for automation, remediation and reporting.
- Improve application packaging and deployment workflows through standardisation and CI/CD practices where appropriate.
- Identify and implement opportunities to enhance the end-user experience and reduce support incidents.
Experience
- Extensive experience in application packaging, deployment and life cycle management within large-scale enterprise environments, working with both onshore and offshore engineering teams.
- Proven hands-on experience with enterprise application packaging technologies including MSI repackaging tools (AdminStudio, InstallShield, Advanced Installer), MSIX packaging and conversion, App-V, MECM/SCCM and Microsoft Intune.
- Strong expertise supporting Windows 11 managed desktop and endpoint estates.
- Advanced PowerShell Scripting skills supporting automation, remediation and operational efficiency.
- Solid understanding of Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID within an enterprise environment.
- Experience with broader workplace technologies and platforms including Windows Server 2016/2019, Company Portal, ControlUp, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Graph.
- Familiarity with ITIL and ITSM frameworks, including formal change and incident management processes.
- Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), VDI and application virtualisation technologies.
- Experience supporting device provisioning and modern management solutions such as Windows Autopilot.
- Experience working with JSON and Azure DevOps (ADO) to support automated build, packaging, deployment and release management processes.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.