Senior Application Packager
About The Position
DIS is seeking an experienced Application Packaging Engineer to join our team supporting enterprise Windows application packaging and deployment for a large federal environment within VA's enterprise IT. In this role, you will collaborate with stakeholders to understand business and technical requirements, develop reliable packaging solutions, and ensure seamless integration within the VA's enterprise IT environment. This role owns the full lifecycle of application packaging - from gathering requirements through building, testing, and deploying production-ready packages at scale. This is a hands-on technical role for someone who has lived inside Windows Installer technology and enjoys solving the kind of deep, detail-oriented problems that come with packaging software for thousands of endpoints reliably and repeatably.
Requirements
- 4–6+ years of hands-on application packaging experience, including extensive use of Flexera AdminStudio.
- Knowledge of Active Directory, Microsoft Registry, and ability to query or modify settings.
- Experience using Flexera AdminStudio and Install Shield
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting packaging issues using ProcMon, MSI logging, and Windows Event Logs.
- Deep familiarity with Windows Installer internals (MSI tables, custom actions, transforms, component rules, repair behavior, reboot handling, and logging)
- Knowledge of PowerShell and/or CMD scripting is essential.
- U.S. Citizen and the ability to achieve Public Trust Clearance at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Nice To Haves
- Experience with PSADT (PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit)
- Experience with Intune/Entra for application and device management
- Prior experience supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs or another federal organization
- Demonstrated experience working in Scrum/Agile delivery environments
Responsibilities
- Build silent installation packages in MSI, MST, and MSIX formats and validate them through initial installation testing on Windows 11
- Engage directly with internal customers to gather packaging requirements and translate them into technical documentation and solutions that scale to a large enterprise environment
- Perform complete end-to-end packaging activities - source validation, build, testing, deployment, and production support
- Troubleshoot packaging and deployment issues using ProcMon, MSI verbose logging, and Windows Event Logs; identify root cause and implement corrective action quickly
- Query and modify Windows Registry as part of packaging and deployment workflows
- Participate in peer review of packages to ensure quality and consistency with project standards
- Ensure all prerequisites, dependencies, and organizational packaging/deployment standards are accounted for in every solution delivered.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
