Job Description
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.
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
Package, test, and maintain enterprise applications for deployment across modern endpoint management platforms including SCCM, Intune, JAMF , and similar tooling
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
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
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 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 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
Familiarity with application compatibility testing, code signing, licensing constraints, and vendor release management





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