Senior Application Packaging & Endpoint Manag

Altech Solutions is hiring a senior engineer for application packaging, software deployment, and endpoint management at the NASA Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility in Fairmont, WV. You’ll keep 100+ applications packaged, deployed, patched, and compliant across IV&V workstations and VDI. The main tools are Flexera AdminStudio, Quest KACE SMA, and HCL BigFix. You’ll also run the IT Services SharePoint site and its Power Automate workflows. This is a senior, hands-on role, and you’ll guide the work of other developers on the team. What You’ll Do Software packaging and deployment

• Package, maintain, and support 100+ applications on IV&V workstations and VDI
• Convert .exe and legacy installers into clean, silent MSI packages and MST transforms using AdminStudio Repackager
• Write PowerShell and VBScript custom actions for complex configurations and registry changes
• Debug install failures, read MSI logs, resolve file and registry conflicts, and test on clean VMs
• Edit and validate MSI tables in AdminStudio to clear Internal Consistency Errors (ICEs)

KACE SMA

• Run the virtual and physical KACE SMA appliances, including updates, maintenance, and the KACE Agent lifecycle
• Deploy applications and scripts (KScripts, PowerShell, VBScript, Shell), using Verify and Remediation logic to fix compliance issues automatically
• Run discovery scans and inventory, reconcile software licenses, and produce compliance audits
• Build Smart Labels with advanced filters and LDAP queries
• Write custom SQL reports on hardware lifecycle, patch levels, and software compliance
• Maintain KACE Service Desk queues, workflows, and the knowledge base

BigFix

• Maintain BigFix core servers, relays, and database, and tune the relay hierarchy for bandwidth
• Troubleshoot agent connectivity and deployment failures
• Write and test Fixlets and tasks, and manage third-party application patching
• Produce compliance reports for leadership and audit teams

SharePoint and Power Automate

• Manage the IT Services SharePoint site: libraries, lists, metadata columns, and item-level permissions
• Build and maintain Power Automate flows that connect SharePoint to Power Apps and external REST APIs
• Monitor flow run history and fix integration errors

Compliance

• Track NASA SOC Mitigation Action Requirements (MARs) and fix vulnerabilities as the Agency directs
• Run daily system and patch compliance checks
• Attend bi-weekly CSET BigFix meetings

• Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of professional IT or software development experience
• 5+ years of Windows application packaging and software distribution
• Proficiency with Flexera AdminStudio
• 3+ years of hands-on Quest KACE SMA (K1000) administration, plus BigFix administration experience
• Custom BigFix Relevance queries and Action Scripts
• 3+ years of PowerShell and VBScript, including KScripts
• 3+ years of web application development and maintenance
• 3+ years building and maintaining Power Automate workflows
• Deep knowledge of Windows Server/Client, Active Directory/GPO, DHCP, DNS, and TCP/IP
• Basic MS SQL Server administration as it relates to BigFix
• Disciplined about change management, and a clear communicator at every level

Preferred

• Advanced AdminStudio work on complex packages
• Enterprise-scale KACE and BigFix optimization
• SharePoint Online configuration
• Strong technical documentation
• Current Public Trust

Requirements

• US citizenship is required. This position supports a federal contract. Non-citizens, including green card holders and visa holders, are not eligible. Please do not apply if you are not a US citizen.
• Public Trust. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
• This is a 100% on-site position at the NASA IV&V Facility. You must already live within 50 miles of Fairmont, WV. Relocation is not provided.

Altech Solutions is an SBA 8(a) small business that supports NASA IT. We have staff supporting the AEGIS program at 5 NASA centers as a subcontractor to Leidos. We are a small, employee-first company, and we take care of our people.