Application Packaging Engineer

Gold Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Gold Group is seeking an Application Packaging Engineer to join a specialist team for packaging, discovery, and deployment of applications across enterprise endpoints using Intune and SCCM. The role is hands-on and requires demonstrable expertise.

You will create and maintain packages (App-V, MSI, PSADT), repackage legacy apps for modern platforms, and deploy/test via Intune, Citrix, and SCCM in live-like environments. Strong PowerShell skills and Windows 11 know‑how are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience packaging applications (App-V, MSI, PSADT).
• Strong PowerShell scripting skills.
• Extensive knowledge of Intune and SCCM for deployment and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Sysinternals and diagnostics tools.
• Experience with Intune, Autopilot, and Endpoint Security.
• Familiarity with AD, Entra, Group Policy, Citrix, MSIX, MSGraph.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain application packages using MasterPackager, MSI, App-V Sequencer, PSADT.
• Repackage legacy applications for Intune/Windows 365.
• Deploy and test apps using Intune, Citrix, SCCM in live-like environments.
• Troubleshoot deployment failures and conflicts.
• Resolve Windows Defender ASR and AppLocker blocks.
• Produce technical discovery documentation for packaging/deployment.
• Peer review and QA of colleagues' packaging work.

Skills

App-V

MSI

PSADT

PowerShell

Intune

SCCM

Windows 11

Sysinternals

Intune Autopilot

Endpoint Security

Active Directory

Group Policy

Citrix

MSIX

MSGraph

Intune Tools

Micke-K Intune

Tools

Intune

SCCM

App-V

MSI

PSADT

PowerShell

Citrix

MSIX

MSGraph

Active Directory

Group Policy

Intune Tools

Sysinternals

Autopilot

Windows 11

Job description

Please not the role requires you to be on-site 3 days per week from either Manchester or Blackpool location, the remaining 2 days can be worked remotely

As an Application Packaging Engineer, you will join a specialist engineering team responsible for the technical discovery, packaging, and deployment of applications across enterprise endpoints using Intune and Microsoft Configuration Manager (MECM/SCCM).

This is a hands-on technical role requiring demonstrable expertise

Role & Responsibilities

• Application Packaging - Create and maintain application packages using MasterPackager (MSI), Microsoft App-V Sequencer, PowerShell, and PowerShell Application Deployment Toolkit (PSADT).
• Legacy Repackaging - Repackage legacy applications for deployment to modern platforms such as Intune and Windows 365.
• Application Deployment - Deploy and test applications using Intune, Citrix, and SCCM in live-like environments.
• Troubleshooting - Diagnose and remediate deployment failures, co-existence issues, and conflicts.
• Endpoint Security Remediation - Resolve issues caused by Windows Defender ASR and AppLocker rule blocks.
• Discovery Documentation - Produce accurate technical discovery documentation for packaging and deployment processes.
• Quality Assurance - Peer review and test colleagues' work as part of Packaging Quality Assurance (PQA).
• Demonstrable experience in application packaging (App-V, MSI, PSADT). Level 4
• Advanced PowerShell scripting skills. Level 4
• Strong working knowledge of Intune and SCCM for application deployment and troubleshooting. Level 4
• Experience with Sysinternals utilities and other diagnostics tools. Level 3
• Experience with Intune, Autopilot, and Endpoint Security (client-side). Level 3
• Familiarity with Active Directory, Entra, Group Policy, Ivanti/AppSense, Citrix, MSIX, and MSGraph. Level 2
• Familiarity with Micke-K Intune Management Tools for importing and exporting Intune applications. Level 2
• Strong working knowledge of Windows 11- Registry, file systems, services, user/system context, Logs, Policies and SysWOW64 redirection. Level 4