Senior Application Packaging Engineer

Description

The Role

The Senior Application Packaging Engineer is responsible for defining, building, and continuously improving how General Motors packages, tests, deploys, updates, and maintains end user applications across the enterprise. 

This role helps shape the engineering practices and operational execution required to modernize a well-established application packaging and deployment process across Windows, macOS, Linux, and other managed endpoint environments. You will evolve this process into a more agile, technology-enabled model that leverages modern tools and best practices to reduce manual work, improve turnaround time, and support release cycles ranging from multiple updates per week to periodic quarterly releases, while continuously refining the existing guardrails for how applications are packaged, validated, deployed, monitored, and updated — including standards for silent installs, detection logic, rollback planning, dependency management, deployment rings, user notifications, and success measurement. 

This role partners closely with endpoint engineering, platform teams, security, infrastructure, service operations, and application owners to translate packaging and deployment requirements into scalable engineering processes, automation, and reliable service delivery. 

What You’ll Do

Own the application packaging and deployment engineering strategy as part of the broader End User Engineering mission 

Reshape and redesign the application packaging process into a modern, agile model that leverages newer technologies, automation, and reusable patterns to deliver packages faster with less manual effort 

Simplify packaging approaches for software with limited customization requirements by driving more standardized, repeatable, and low-touch delivery patterns 

Package, test, and maintain enterprise applications for deployment across modern endpoint management platforms including SCCM, Intune, JAMF, and similar tooling 

Design and operate deployment campaigns that support release cadences ranging from multiple times per week to a few times per year with minimal to no disruption to end users 

Build and maintain packaging standards for application installation, configuration, updates, patching, uninstall, rollback, and remediation 

Develop silent install packages, detection methods, dependency handling, pre-flight checks, post-install validation, and user communication patterns 

Create phased deployment strategies using pilot groups, ring-based rollouts, maintenance windows, and controlled production releases 

Partner with application owners, security teams, and support teams to validate application readiness, compatibility, licensing, and deployment requirements 

Automate recurring packaging, testing, deployment, and reporting workflows to improve consistency, quality, and speed 

Troubleshoot packaging failures, deployment issues, application conflicts, and endpoint-specific installation challenges across platforms 

Define and track operational metrics related to deployment success, failure rates, user disruption, install duration, compliance, and remediation outcomes 

Maintain documentation, packaging standards, runbooks, and support guidance for packaged applications and deployment processes 

Contribute to roadmap planning by identifying opportunities to modernize application delivery, reduce manual effort, and improve the end user software experience 

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience 

6+ years in application packaging, endpoint engineering, endpoint management, client engineering, or related infrastructure roles 

Strong hands-on experience packaging and deploying applications in one or more enterprise platforms such as SCCM, Intune, JAMF, Landscape, Chef, or similar tools 

Experience designing and executing deployment campaigns for applications with varying update frequencies and business criticality 

Experience building application packages with reliable silent install behavior, detection logic, dependency handling, version control, and uninstall support 

Hands-on experience supporting application deployment across Windows, macOS, Linux, and/or VDI in a medium-to-large enterprise environment 

Strong understanding of deployment ring strategies, pilot validation, change control, rollback planning, and end user communication for software releases 

Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar technologies 

Experience troubleshooting installation failures, packaging defects, compatibility issues, and policy-driven deployment problems 

Demonstrated ability to balance deployment speed, user experience, operational stability, and supportability 

Excellent communication skills and comfort working across engineering, security, infrastructure, service operations, and business partners 

Solid background in: 

Application packaging standards and lifecycle management 

Enterprise software deployment and patching strategies 

Detection rules, supersedence, dependency management, and remediation logic 

Silent install and uninstall methodologies 

Phased rollout design and production change governance 

Packaging documentation, operational support, and service readiness practices 

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with modern application lifecycle and software distribution practices in large-scale enterprise environments 

Experience building reusable packaging frameworks, templates, or automation pipelines 

Experience with software catalog management, self-service application delivery, and policy-based app assignment 

Familiarity with application compatibility testing, code signing, licensing constraints, and vendor release management 

Experience with reporting and visualization tools used to monitor deployment health and operational performance 

Understanding of security and compliance requirements related to enterprise application deployment 

Familiarity with Zero Trust principles and how application delivery integrates with endpoint posture and access controls 

Experience supporting executive reporting, operational reviews, or service performance management 

What Success Looks Like

Applications are packaged consistently and deployed reliably across supported endpoint platforms 

Software updates reach the right users at the right time with minimal business disruption and limited support escalations 

Deployment campaigns are measurable, repeatable, and scalable across frequent and infrequent release cycles 

Engineering and support teams have clear standards, documentation, and reporting for application deployment health 

Packaging and deployment issues are identified early through testing, pilot validation, and operational monitoring 

The end user experience improves through predictable software delivery, fewer failed installs, and reduced manual intervention 

About GM

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