Application Packaging Specilaist

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider throughout India and many other countries in the world. The below job opportunity is to one of our clients who is a part of a trusted global innovator of IT and business services headquartered in Tokyo. We help clients transform through consulting, industry solutions, business process services, IT modernization and managed services. This client enables us to move confidently into the digital future. This client committed to Long Term success and combine global reach with local client attention to serve them in over 50 Countries.

Position: Application Packaging Specilaist

Location: PAN India

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Type: Full Time

• We are seeking a skilled Application Packager to join the clients EPM delivery team.
• This mid-senior role involves independently managing complex packaging projects - handling difficult repackages, compatibility remediation, scripted deployments, and advanced Intune/SCCM integration - for large global enterprise clients.
• The packager will serve as a key technical contributor on the India packaging team, handling L2/L3 packaging requests, driving quality standards, and contributing to platform and tooling improvements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Advanced Application Packaging
• Handle complex application repackaging scenarios including multi-component installers, 32/64-bit dual packages, per-user vs per-machine conflicts, and custom action remediation.
• Develop and maintain MSI packages from source using WiX Toolset or InstallShield IDE for applications without vendor installers.
• Apply Package Support Framework (PSF) fixups for MSIX compatibility including working directory, file redirection, and registry virtualisation fixes.
• Package and sequence App-V virtual applications including connection group configuration and dynamic composition.
• Design and implement Intune Win32 deployment strategies including staged rollouts, dependency chains, and supersedence workflows.
• Develop custom PowerShell pre-install, post-install, and detection scripts for complex packaging requirements.

Compatibility Remediation

• Analyse and resolve application compatibility issues including DPI awareness, UAC elevation, write virtualisation, and Windows 10/11 API compatibility.
• Apply and test compatibility shims using Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) or PSF.
• Identify and remediate packaging issues causing deployment failures - custom actions, hardcoded paths, registry ACLs, and service configurations.
• Collaborate with application owners and vendors to obtain silent install parameters and resolve licensing or activation issues.
• Assess applications for MSIX packaging suitability and document conversion feasibility with recommended approach.

Deployment Integration Automation

• Build SCCM application models with complex detection methods, global conditions, requirement rules, and multi-deployment-type configurations.
• Develop PowerShell automation scripts for batch packaging operations, package validation, and SCCM/Intune inventory reporting.
• Integrate packaging workflows with software delivery pipelines - scripted uploads to Intune via Graph API, SCCM package import automation.
• Support Azure DevOps or CI/CD pipeline integration for automated package build and test workflows.
• Develop and maintain packaging test scripts for regression automation on golden image environments.

Quality Governance

• Define and enforce packaging standards, quality checklists, and peer review processes for the India packaging team.
• Conduct technical review of packages produced by junior packagers and provide structured feedback.
• Maintain and improve the packaging knowledge base, SOPs, and runbooks.
• Contribute to SLA governance by tracking packaging queue metrics, turnaround times, and defect rates.
• Participate in client delivery reviews and contribute packaging status updates and quality metrics.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Advanced MSI packaging - WiX Toolset, InstallShield, AdminStudio (expert-level repackaging and custom authoring)
• MSIX packaging - Package Support Framework, MSIX Packaging Tool, advanced compatibility fix development
• App-V sequencing - virtual application packaging, connection groups, dynamic configuration
• Intune Win32 and SCCM deployment - advanced deployment type configuration, Graph API integration
• PowerShell advanced scripting - detection scripts, pre/post-install automation, batch packaging operations
• Application compatibility - ACT, shims, PSF fixups, UAC/DPI/virtualisation remediation
• Windows internals - deep understanding of registry, file system, services, COM, WMI for packaging analysis
• Log analysis and troubleshooting - MSI verbose logs, AppEnforce.log, CMTrace, Event Viewer, Procmon

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with AdminStudios Automated Application Converter for bulk MSI-to-MSIX migration
• Azure DevOps or CI/CD pipeline experience for packaging automation
• Flexera Software Vulnerability Manager or third-party patch management integration
• Microsoft Certified: Endpoint Administrator (MD-102) or equivalent

MINIMUM EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree (B.E./B.Tech/BCA/B.Sc. IT/CS) or MCA from a recognised Indian university. Equivalent senior enterprise packaging experience will be considered.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity

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