Application Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science , Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 6+ years in application packaging, endpoint engineering, endpoint management, client engineering, or related infrastructure roles
• Strong hands-on experience packaging and deploying applications in one or more enterprise platforms such as SCCM, Intune, JAMF , Landscape, Chef, or similar tools
• Experience designing and executing deployment campaigns for applications with varying update frequencies and business criticality
• Experience building application packages with reliable silent install behavior, detection logic, dependency handling, version control, and uninstall support
• Hands-on experience supporting application deployment across Windows, macOS, Linux, and/or VDI in a medium-to-large enterprise environment
• Strong understanding of deployment ring strategies, pilot validation, change control, rollback planning, and end user communication for software releases
• Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar technologies
• Experience troubleshooting installation failures, packaging defects, compatibility issues, and policy-driven deployment problems
• Demonstrated ability to balance deployment speed, user experience, operational stability, and supportability
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working across engineering, security, infrastructure, service operations, and business partners
• Solid background in: Application packaging standards and lifecycle management
• Enterprise software deployment and patching strategies
• Detection rules, supersedence , dependency management, and remediation logic
• Silent install and uninstall methodologies
• Phased rollout design and production change governance
• Packaging documentation, operational support, and service readiness practices

Nice To Haves

• Experience with modern application lifecycle and software distribution practices in large-scale enterprise environments
• Experience building reusable packaging frameworks, templates, or automation pipelines
• Experience with software catalog management, self-service application delivery, and policy-based app assignment
• Familiarity with application compatibility testing, code signing, licensing constraints, and vendor release management
• Experience with reporting and visualization tools used to monitor deployment health and operational performance
• Understanding of security and compliance requirements related to enterprise application deployment
• Familiarity with Zero Trust principles and how application delivery integrates with endpoint posture and access controls
• Experience supporting executive reporting, operational reviews, or service performance management

Responsibilities

• Own the application packaging and deployment engineering strategy as part of the broader End User Engineering mission
• Reshape and redesign the application packaging process into a modern, agile model that leverages newer technologies, automation, and reusable patterns to deliver packages faster with less manual effort
• Simplify packaging approaches for software with limited customization requirements by driving more standardized, repeatable, and low-touch delivery patterns
• Package, test, and maintain enterprise applications for deployment across modern endpoint management platforms including SCCM, Intune, JAMF , and similar tooling
• Design and operate deployment campaigns that support release cadences ranging from multiple times per week to a few times per year with minimal to no disruption to end users
• Build and maintain packaging standards for application installation, configuration, updates, patching, uninstall, rollback, and remediation
• Develop silent install packages, detection methods, dependency handling, pre-flight checks, post-install validation, and user communication patterns
• Create phased deployment strategies using pilot groups, ring-based rollouts, maintenance windows, and controlled production releases
• Partner with application owners, security teams, and support teams to validate application readiness, compatibility, licensing, and deployment requirements
• Automate recurring packaging, testing, deployment, and reporting workflows to improve consistency, quality, and speed
• Troubleshoot packaging failures, deployment issues, application conflicts, and endpoint-specific installation challenges across platforms
• Define and track operational metrics related to deployment success, failure rates, user disruption, install duration, compliance, and remediation outcomes
• Maintain documentation, packaging standards, runbooks, and support guidance for packaged applications and deployment processes
• Contribute to roadmap planning by identifying opportunities to modernize application delivery, reduce manual effort, and improve the end user software experience

Benefits

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