Senior InstallShield / Windows Installer Engineer

Idexcel; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Idexcel in Bengaluru, India is seeking a hands-on Senior InstallShield/Windows Installer Engineer to develop and maintain MSI and EXE installers. The role requires deep expertise in InstallShield Basic MSI and Suite/Advanced UI, powerful scripting in PowerShell and batch, and strong troubleshooting of Windows installer behaviours.

The candidate will build and manage Suite bundles, handle prerequisites, and ensure reliable silent and interactive installations, with robust rollback, upgrade, and

Qualifications

• Hands-on InstallShield packaging engineer with MSI/EXE experience.
• Proven ability to create MSI packages and EXE bootstrapper bundles.
• Strong understanding of Windows installation behaviour, services, registry, permissions, prereqs, 32/64-bit considerations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain installation packages using InstallShield Basic MSI and Suite.
• Coordinate packaging efforts for Suite bundles with multiple packages and scripts.
• Troubleshoot installer logs and Windows installer issues; validate fixes.
• Ensure silent and interactive installations, rollback and upgrades function correctly.
• Use Git for version control of InstallShield projects and scripts.

Skills

InstallShield Basic MSI

InstallShield Suite/Advanced UI

PowerShell

Batch scripting

Git

Windows Installer

Troubleshooting

Education

BE

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Title- Senior InstallShield / Windows Installer Engineer

Overall exp- 610 years

Any domain specification- Health Care domain

Qualification Criteria- BE

Mandatory Skills- InstallShield Basic MSI & Suite / Advanced UI

Work location- Bangalore

Detailed JD

Expectations:
We need a hands-on InstallShield packaging engineer to develop and maintain installation packages our project. We are looking for someone who has created MSI and EXE installers using InstallShieldnot someone whose experience is limited to repackaging existing installers.

Must-have experience

• Strong practical experience with InstallShield Basic MSI and Suite/Advanced UI projects, including authoring, implementing, developing, building, debugging, and maintaining .ism and .issuite projects. [Basic MSI and Suite Project types]
• Proven experience creating MSI packages and EXE bootstrapper bundles from application and component requirements.
• Good understanding of Windows installation behaviour, including services, registry, file and folder permissions, environment variables, prerequisites, 32-bit and 64-bit considerations, and install contexts.
• Hands-on scripting ability with PowerShell, batch files, and InstallShield scripting/custom actions.
• Experience designing and troubleshooting install, uninstall, upgrade, repair, rollback, silent-install, and logging behaviour.
• Working knowledge of Git for version-controlling InstallShield projects and supporting scripts, reviewing changes, and managing branches and merges.
• Strong troubleshooting skills: can investigate installer logs and Windows behaviour, identify root causes, and implement and validate fixes.

Relevant to our project work

The engineer should be comfortable building a Suite bundle that coordinates multiple packages and scripts, with attention to:

• Package order, prerequisite handling, component detection, and install/uninstall dependencies.
• Reliable silent and interactive installation, status reporting, error handling, and rollback.
• Service setup and cleanup, certificates, user or group permissions, registry and PATH changes, and application configuration.
• Connecting the Basic MSI build to the Suite project and keeping source files, scripts, build steps, and release artifacts in sync.
• Supporting repeatable builds and release workflows, including validation of package inputs and outputs.