Application Packager Jobs

Application Packager Jobs: DV Cleared Application Packager.
This role is based in Aldermaston with a salary of £56,000.
This role has standard office hours.

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Job Description:

Firstly, we are looking for customer-focused and enthusiastic candidate for our clients Software Discovery and Packaging Team, who has a genuine interest in solving IT issues and is empathetic to our client needs and requirements. The applicant should have a very good understanding of software application packaging, possess good written and verbal communication skills and be willing to collaborate with the wider IT support teams.
The Application Packaging Team is responsible for managing the end to end delivery of applications and Operating System gold builds, and the on-going lifecycle management for those applications.

Required Behaviours:

Firstly, demonstrate the ability to methodically work through issues.
Identify issues end users might be facing and drive improvement and simplifications to help end user process.
Also, maintain good working relationship with key stakeholders and support teams.
Must be able to deal directly with clients in a friendly and highly confident manner demonstrating excellent internal and external customer communication skills.
Experience of Application Lifecycle Management in an Enterprise environment as part of a desktop transformation project.
Strong Application Packaging experience using Flexera AdminStudio, InstallShield, IS Recapture & ORCA.
Also, expert understanding of MSI technology, including transforms.
Document package configuration.
Package defect remediation.
Experience of large OS migration projects, preferably Windows 7 and Windows 10.
Data Analysis and reporting skills.
Good communication skills. Customer facing skills are required as you may need to speak to people in the business.
Experience of managing and maintaining a SCCM 2012 (or higher) production environment.
Also, SCCM deployment / Design experience.
Some Operating System Deployment (OSD), including tools such as MDT.
Experience of SCCM / WSUS patching technology.
Microsoft Active Directory 2003 – 2016 server.
Microsoft Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
Software deployment as well as 3rd line support and troubleshooting.
Understand and input into desktop engineering standards, processes and best practices.
Involvement in delivering large scale deployments of software, e.g. Microsoft Office.
Experience of large OS migration projects (preferably windows 10).
Highlight changes to processes or errors to the process owners. Maintain own process and working instruction documents.
Work within the contractual guidelines and Statement of Work, or highlight any local shadow IT agreements.
Finally, be politically savvy and understand the concerns and priorities of our customer and our own support teams.

Essential Skills and Qualifications:

Firstly, have a basic understanding of IT project management methodologies including agile and waterfall.
Basic Knowledge of project management tools and techniques.
Microsoft Active Directory 2003 – 2016 server.
Also, Microsoft Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
Understand cloud technologies.
Also, understand network topology.
Must have packaged applications for Windows 7 and Windows 10 OS platforms.
Must have experience in complex application packaging. (E.g. Autodesk, MS Office, etc.)
Software deployment as well as 3rd line support and troubleshooting.
Strong communication skills both written as well as verbal.
Self-motivated with a can do attitude and comfortable working with ambiguity.
Strong MSI technology.
Also, Application layering (VMware App Volumes).
Scripting experience using BAT, PowerShell, and VB, C# Scripts.
Ability to create and run reports.
Awareness of Change and Release Management.
Have a genuine enthusiasm towards IT service management.
Also, have good organisational skills and able to take a methodical approach.
Strong and confident presentation skills.
Finally, strong SCCM 2012 knowledge.

Desirable Skills and Qualifications:

Firstly, ServiceNow.
ITIL Foundation.
Application virtualization (Microsoft APP-V).
Fundamental knowledge across Windows Operating Systems.
Finally, MS SCCM 2012.