Application Packager (DV Cleared)

• Lead software intake and discovery, evaluate licensing, identify dependencies, rationalise redundant versions, and deliver production-ready packages
• Develop, test, and maintain MSI packages, MST transforms, and custom scripted installers
• Package bespoke, legacy, and complex software suites, including Autodesk, Microsoft 365/Office, and specialised engineering and scientific tools
• Configure and deploy packages through the MECM Application Model, including detection rules, system requirements, dependencies, supersedence, and rollback routines
• Conduct clean-build testing, coordinate user acceptance testing with business application owners, and maintain technical sign-off documentation
• Manage software media imports, vulnerability scanning, and cryptographic provenance checks in line with air-gapped security protocols
• Support Windows 10/11 migrations, large-scale software rollouts, and endpoint gold-image build engineering
• Investigate and resolve complex deployment failures using installer logs, Process Monitor, and diagnostic utilities
• Follow ITIL-aligned Change, Configuration, and Release Management frameworks
• Provide deployment reporting and maintain audit-ready records

Technologies:

• Active Directory
• Citrix
• Support
• ITIL
• Microsoft 365
• PowerShell
• Security
• Windows
• Office 365

• Active, fully transferable UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance
• Proven experience packaging applications for enterprise Windows 10/11 environments
• Deep knowledge of MSI table architecture, transforms, custom actions, and repair mechanisms
• Proficiency with Flexera AdminStudio, InstallShield, and ORCA, or equivalent tools
• Strong PowerShell scripting skills, particularly with the PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit (PSADT)
• Hands-on experience with MECM Current Branch, including the Application Model, distribution points, collections, and deployment monitoring
• Experience with Active Directory and Group Policy
• Advanced troubleshooting skills using Sysinternals tools, including Process Monitor and Process Explorer, and MSI verbose logging
• Confident communication and collaboration skills with technical peers, service delivery managers, and non-technical stakeholders
• Desirable: Experience in UK Defence, Central Government, or high-security air-gapped environments
• Desirable: Experience with MSIX, Intune Win32 apps, or virtualised delivery such as App Volumes or Citrix/VDI
• Desirable: Legacy migration experience, including Windows 7 remediation, App-V sequencing, or VBScript/Batch conversion
• Desirable: Exposure to OS Deployment task sequences and base gold-image creation
• Desirable: Relevant certifications, such as Flexera Certified, Microsoft Certified, or ITIL Foundation

We are recruiting an Application Packager for our Software Discovery and Packaging Team, supporting a secure, mission-critical defence programme in Reading, UK. The role is 100% onsite in an air-gapped, controlled environment and involves managing the application lifecycle across Windows 10/11 endpoints. This is a six-month contract, inside IR35. We require valid, fully transferable DV clearance. Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.