We are developing our Application Packaging team on and have a new opportunity for an experienced and multi-skilled Application Packaging Team Lead to work within a team providing Application Packaging, Image Management and Deployment.
We are looking for people who are skilled in the requirements capture, analysis, development, management, and maintenance of a predominantly Wintel client desktop service.
If you are mission focused and looking for an opportunity to make an impact and drive the success of one of our key accounts, read on.
This is an office-based role, 5 days per week in either our Bristol or Newcastle locations.
What you will be doing:
- Understand MOD policies and industry best practices for protecting secure environments and environments in a disconnected state.
- Maintaining and Repackaging of application installation routines from COTS and bespoke source installation media.
- Alignment with base OS images and build sequences.
- Configuration of applications / OS images within the software delivery infrastructure.
- Definition and configuration of Application / OS lockdown policies and relaxations.
- Unit test application installations and OS deployments within a locked down environment.
- Baseline and release documentation for engineered components within the team's area of responsibility.
- Management of client / application deployment infrastructure.
- Provide a 3rd / 4th line incident and problem escalation for applications and operating systems deployed to the live environment.
- Provide Application Packaging Management expertise for current and future proposed changes.
What you will bring:
- Experience of Windows registry and file system.
- A thorough administrator level understanding of Windows 11.
- Knowledge and practical experience of application packaging methodologies and toolsets (Windows MSI, App-V, RedHat Package Manager, etc).
- User Experience configuration and management via AppSense.
- Active directory administration (specifically in the area of group policy management).
- Windows scripting languages, ideally PowerShell.
It would be great if you had:
- Support / maintenance of supporting Desktop platform infrastructure.
- Image creation and deployment, e.g. MDT, creation of WIM's, task sequences, Citrix PVS image management.
If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent Location: Bristol or Newcastle - on-site 5 days a week Security Clearance Level: SC eligible or willing to obtain. Internal Recruiter: Lee Salary: up to £62,100 per annum Benefits: £5400 Car Allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance, Pension, and 3% (of basic salary) flexible benefits fund
Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.
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Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.
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If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.