Senior Application Packaging & Workplace Engineer

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 lifecycle, 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 lifecycle 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.