Description
Application Packager
Contract duration: 6-9 months +
Location: London
Clearance: DV Clearance (The project needs someone that is DV cleared for GCB ideally but they could also consider Sopra Steria DV as well. HO/MOD or any other clearances can't be accepted.)
Rate: £43.49ph
As an application packager you will provide a managed service to the customer in the form of the Enterprise Desktop Service. You will also be responsible for all applications packaged and delivered to the support systems from requirements capture through unit testing, integration testing (by others), implementation and ongoing life cycle management
- you will need to package to an agreed standard to allow applications to be shared and supported across organisations
- document the application packaging recipe, unit tests and the requirements of integration to SCCM for application deployment
- as required, download software and patches following the Customer policies for media ingest
- work with the software asset management team for software acquisition and to acquire licences
- with the wider technical team, you'll agree on the application packaging approach, method of deployment, software metering and application access control
- Be responsible for ensuring an adequate software packaging is available raising service requests and chasing others to ensure it remains functional
- Assess packages developed by others with a view to deploy 'as is' to the support systems with no to minimal changes to the package
- provide support for own applications consumed by other departments in addition to our own supported systems
- Raise incidents as required
- Assist with 3rd Line Technical Support to the Customer Systems under support of the Enterprise Desktop Service.
- Assist with Discovery activities on new Systems being brought under support of the Enterprise Desktop Service
- Assist with application incidents to determine root cause and the required resolutions
SKILLS:
Technical Skills:
- Excellent knowledge application packaging for Windows 10 for both physical and virtual desktops
- Knowledge of application deployment methods and the reasons for each approach available
- Familiar with patching methods including WSUS, standalone and tailored deployments with SCCM
- Knowledge of Windows Lockdown using Group Policy to NSCS/Microsoft SCM Levels
- Knowledge of Microsoft System Centre Configuration Centre Current Branch, Implementation and Support, including OS Deployment, Application Deployment, Patching and Endpoint Protection
- Knowledge of Active Directory Group Policy Objects, including Applocker and Firewall Implementations.
- Knowledge of Troubleshooting using SysInternals tools such as ProcMon and NetMon
- Previous experience for packaging applications for a Citrix Virtualised Desktops
- Experience with Application Virtualisation (App-V)
- Experience with User Environment Virtualisation (UE-V)
- Fault finding using a range of Microsoft tools such as ProcMon
Soft Skills:
- Organised and methodical approach
- Excellent time keeping skills
- Ability to provide clear and concise updates
- Ability to convey technical concepts to all levels of audience
- Excellent written skills
- Proactive
- Seeks solutions to problems and provides pros and cons of possible options
If you feel you would be a good fit for this role then please do apply now