Application Packager

Application Packager - 6-month contract - £500-£600 per day (inside IR35) - Full-time, on-site in Reading (Occasional travel to secure customer and client sites may also be required) **All candidates must hold an active DV Clearance** The Application Integration Engineer role is responsible for integrating COTS and bespoke applications onto various Windows Desktop and Server platforms. The Engineer will work within the Managed Applications workstream, assessing and selecting appropriate design templates for moving applications onto fixed and deployed platforms, working in collaboration with the team's Customer Design Lead. As an Application Integration Engineer, you will technically analyse a variety of applications to understand the installation, configuration, functionality, interoperability and security aspects of software to produce technical and release management documents to support the deployment and subsequent support of the application. * The Engineer will be working with Desktop, Web applications, Client/Server applications (2/3 tier) and various database applications. This work is done alongside third-party software vendors and other workstreams to produce solution design documentation. These are submitted to the client for formal review and approval for migration on to appropriate customer environments. * Provide input into Solution Design documentation in accordance with the Workstream plans. * Report regularly to the Workstream Lead & Scrum Master on progress, highlighting schedule exceptions, issues, risks, blockers, and identifying recovery/mitigation actions. * Ensure compliance of all Solution Design work with the current baseline of Managed Applications workstream business processes defined by the workstream, together with the standards, processes and procedures defined in the current Quality Plan. * Raise all delivery/performance issues with the Workstream Lead in sufficient time for corrective action to be taken. * Liaise with Authority representatives in deriving the solution for complex cases. Required Competencies * Advanced application packaging/repackaging knowledge using best of breed toolsets. Ability to Integrate COTS, GOTS and Client/Server based applications within Windows and/or Linux based environments. Including advanced application configuration aspects such as creating Custom Actions, creating and tailoring Transforms and associated troubleshooting. * Good working knowledge of VMware (inc. using the latest application virtualisation products), familiar with using both historic and current Windows (Desktop and Server) and Linux systems (e.g. RHEL). * Ability to create and troubleshoot these systems including Group Policy, Registry manipulation and setting and managing permissions and auditing. * Practical knowledge of scripting tools (e.g. PowerShell, VBScript and Python). Technical ability to analyse application media, and identify installation processes and configuration. * Experience of working in a secure environment, including secure configuration of application software. * Ability to produce high quality technical documentation. Desired Competencies * Knowledge of Azure DevOps (inc. pipelines). * Comfortable with conveying technical aspects to an audience (e.g. product demos to the customer). * Working knowledge of using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). * ArcSight SIEM toolset, or open to cross-train into ArcSight SIEM toolset (ESM, SmartConnectors, Logger and ArcMC). Application Packager - 6-month contract - £500-£600 per day (inside IR35) - Full-time, on-site in Reading (Occasional travel to secure customer and client sites may also be required) Damia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found on our website. Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job. Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003. TPBN1_UKTJ