Senior Application Packager

DIS is seeking an experienced Application Packaging Engineer to join our team supporting enterprise Windows application packaging and deployment for a large federal environment within VA's enterprise IT.

In this role, you will collaborate with stakeholders to understand business and technical requirements, develop reliable packaging solutions, and ensure seamless integration within the VA's enterprise IT environment. This role owns the full lifecycle of application packaging - from gathering requirements through building, testing, and deploying production-ready packages s is a hands-on technical role for someone who has lived inside Windows Installer technology and enjoys solving the kind of deep, detail-oriented problems that come with packaging software for thousands of endpoints reliably and repeatably.

• Build silent installation packages in MSI, MST, and MSIX formats and validate them through initial installation testing on Windows 11
• Engage directly with internal customers to gather packaging requirements and translate them into technical documentation and solutions that scale to a large enterprise environment
• Perform complete end-to-end packaging activities - source validation, build, testing, deployment, and production support
• Troubleshoot packaging and deployment issues using Proc Mon, MSI verbose logging, and Windows Event Logs; identify root cause and implement corrective action quickly
• Query and modify Windows Registry as part of packaging and deployment workflows
• Participate in peer review of packages to ensure quality and consistency with project standards
• Ensure all prerequisites, dependencies, and organizational packaging/deployment standards are accounted for in every solution delivered.

• 4-6+ years of hands-on application packaging experience, including extensive use of Flexera Admin Studio.
• Knowledge of Active Directory, Microsoft Registry, and ability to query or modify settings.
• Experience using Flexera Admin Studio and Install Shield
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting packaging issues using Proc Mon, MSI logging, and Windows Event Logs.
• Deep familiarity with Windows Installer internals (MSI tables, custom actions, transforms, component rules, repair behavior, reboot handling, and logging)
• Knowledge of Power Shell and/or CMD scripting is essential.
• U.S. Citizen and the ability to achieve Public Trust Clearance at the Department of Veterans Affairs

• Experience with PSADT (Power Shell App Deployment Toolkit)
• Experience with Intune/Entra for application and device management
• Prior experience supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs or another federal organization
• Demonstrated experience working in Scrum/Agile delivery environments

• 3-5 years of IT system administration experience.
• Experience supporting Department of Veterans Affairs or other federal organizations
• Understanding of Windows Installer technology (custom actions, transforms, ICE validation, component rules, repair behavior, reboot handling, and logging).
• Experience testing, validating, and certifying Windows platform and application compatibility, including interoperability with technologies such as Citrix.
• Experience performing application performance analysis and troubleshooting using Microsoft and commercial toolsets to evaluate CPU, memory, disk I/O, network latency, and bandwidth utilization.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with the ability to develop effective technical solutions.
• Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with customers, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams in both independent and team-based environments.

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Frequently required to sit and work at a desk/computer for extended periods of time of up to 8 hours a day.
• While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear.
• Must be able to have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on computer and/or related office equipment.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

• Ability to learn new tasks.
• Ability to maintain focus and complete tasks…