Application Packaging Engineer

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…

Contract type Contract
Posted 11 September 2026

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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

Services advertised by Gold Group are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business.
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