Specialist - Technology Services
MetLife
- Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for creating and testing Windows software installation packages for automated deployments in an Enterprise environment
- Experience in creating packaging for server operating system, mostly for Citric end user platform hosting on server platform.
- Initiates, plans, coordinates, designs, develops, and tests software distribution packages.
- Work with end customer to perform the UAT testing of the package before distribution of the package in production environment.
- End-to end support in packaging, testing , distributing in test and production rollout, help operations team in case of any failure in prod deployments
- Participates in project activities beyond technical tasks, to include collecting data, contributing to designs/decisions, and communicating with customers
- Research and recommend innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for anything related to software packaging and deployment
- Generate and maintain operational and other procedural documentation as needed
- Experience with multi-site, large environment with application package deployments using tools such System Center Configuration Manager, Intune, or equivalent technologies such as Chef Infra , Ansible
- Experience with producing complex software packages and software deployments
- Minimum of two years' experience in Config Management, SCCM, Intune or similar product for application packaging and distribution
- Expertise with Desktop Virtualization - VMWare Workstation, Hyper-V, Azure AVD, Citrix VDI, or equivalent technologies is preferred
- In-depth knowledge of operating systems (Windows Desktop OS 7/10/11, Windows Server 20XX Server). Ex. (DLL conflicts, Windows registry, environment variables, batch files, and client/ server operations/connectivity
- Strong knowledge in windows application package creation and installation using Windows installation components and third-party tools such as Admin Studio, InstallShield, Wise Studio, Orca
- Expertise in Windows automation scripting such as PowerShell, WMI, VBScript, PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit. PowerShell and App Deployment Kit strongly preferred
- Working knowledge in Microsoft‚ÄØIntune‚ÄØsoftware administration, software packaging and deployment
- Comprehensive knowledge and experience with Windows installer technologies such as MSI,‚ÄØMSIX, AppX, virtualization, and other installer technologies. Candidate should also have a strong understanding of the following areas as relates to application packaging:
- MSI patches and transforms
- MSIX packaging and App Attache
- MSI merge modules, macros, and custom actions
- Security modifications within MSI packages
- Installation impersonation (system, user etc.)
- Experience with DLL conflicts,
- Windows registry modifications
- Environment variables
- TCP/IP networks, Network Protocols
- Bachelor's degree (Any Stream) or diploma with a minimum of 15 years of education.
- Minimum Experience of 5 years with at least 3 years of relevant experience
- Expertise in windows Application packaging via Installadhiled,
- Experites in windows desktop and server operating systems
- Expertise in Citrix/Virtualization services
- Preferred experience in , Chef , Ivanti, Tanium and Ansible
- Good knowledge in PowerShell
- Application virtualization - Intermediate
- Citrix App Layering - Intermediate
- Microsoft Terminal services - Intermediate
- Good understanding on Citrix/virtualization Environment
- ITIL Framework knowledge
- Basic understanding of CRM tools (ServiceNow/Remedy)
- Should have experience in XenApp.