Software Packaging Engineer
A top Fortune 50 financial institution based in Vienna, VA is currently seeking a Software Packaging Engineer to join their team. The Software Packaging Engineer will support the organization’s enterprise-wide End-of-Life (EOL) Software Management initiative.
This role requires on-site presence 2 days per week in Vienna, VA.
Responsibilities:
Leading and supporting full lifecycle EOL software project activities
- Coordinating with project managers and engineering teams
- Managing risks, issues, and change requests
- Ensuring successful decommissioning of targeted software
- Conducting enterprise-wide software discovery and usage analysis
- Identifying unsupported, vulnerable, and redundant software titles
- Collaborating with security, compliance, and engineering teams to validate EOL candidates
- Documenting findings, decisions, and remediation plans
- Providing technical leadership on software lifecycle management
- Performing packaging activities, including pre-packaging research and validation
- Application packaging/repackaging and quality control
- MECM integration and application creation
- Validation of installs/uninstalls via MECM
- Creating AD groups for applications in test/prod OUs
- Supporting UAT and pilot deployments
- Setting up production deployments (including change tickets)
- Retiring/deleting old versions of software in AD, MECM, and MDT
- Notifying stakeholders of retired/new software and ensuring final cleanup
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of software packaging engineering experience
- Strong understanding of software lifecycle and EOL processes
- Proficiency in PowerShell, SQL, WQL, Power BI, and software inventory tools
- Experience with change management processes and submitting change tickets
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM)
- Experience with packaging, repackaging, and deployment technologies
- Familiarity with Windows 10/11, macOS, or VDI enterprise environments
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and documentation abilities
Desired Skills:
- Experience with Splunk and UberAgent
- Experience with InstallShield and Liquidware FlexApp
