PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Application Packaging Engineer

Confidential, San Antonio, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise in design, engineering, implementation and troubleshooting of Confidential Windows Installer (MSI) application packages for Confidential .
• Package applications for Windows 10 in Confidential Windows Installer format using Admin Studio InstallShield.
• Sequence packages for Windows 10 using Confidential App - V.
• Create installation and configuration scripts using VBScript, PowerShell and Windows batch.
• Configure, publish, and distribute application packages with SCCM 2012.
• Coordinate application packaging activity, interfacing between the Customer teams and Offshore Packaging team.
• Ensure application package delivered by the Offshore Packaging Team adheres to packaging standards.
• Liaise with Offshore Packaging team to fix conflicts and of packages for deployment.
• Co-ordinate with Customer teams for user acceptance testing and feedback.

Senior Application Packaging Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise in design, engineering, implementation and troubleshooting of Confidential Windows Installer (MSI) application packages for the DOD Defense Confidential .
• Utilized SCCM 2007 and 2012 for packaging, integration, deployment and troubleshooting of applications.
• Package commercial applications for Windows in Confidential Windows Installer (MSI) format using InstallShield.
• Convert legacy Wise Script based packages to Confidential Windows Installer (MSI) packages using InstallShield.
• Create installation and configuration scripts using VBScript, PowerShell and Windows batch.
• Package applications for Windows 10 pilot deployment
• Perform Quality Assurance (QA) testing and peer review of other installation packages.
• Provide mentorship and expert level knowledge to other team members.

Senior Installer Engineer

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Expert with all phases of software integration, including application requests, initial packaging research, requirements gathering, application packaging, user acceptance testing, quality assurance, and deployment.
• Build application installation packages in Confidential Windows Installer (MSI) format for in-house developed applications using InstallShield and Windows Installer XML (WiX).
• Create custom actions for installation packages using C#.
• Package commercial applications for Windows in Confidential Windows Installer (MSI) format using InstallShield.
• Utilized SCCM 2007 and 2012 for packaging, integration, deployment and troubleshooting of applications.
• Leverage Team Foundation Server (TFS) for source control, build automation and work item tracking.
• Write Windows batch and PowerShell script for task automation.
• Convert legacy Wise Script based packages to Confidential Windows Installer (MSI) packages using InstallShield.
• Sequence packages for application virtualization using Confidential App-V.
• Perform Quality Assurance (QA) testing and peer review of other installation packages.

Senior Systems Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Expert with all phases of software integration, including application requests, initial packaging research, requirements gathering, application packaging, user acceptance testing, quality assurance, and deployment.
• Package applications for Windows in Confidential Windows Installer (MSI) format using InstallShield.
• Write batch and command scripts to customize applications installations and deployments.
• Document the installation, configuration, and custom actions for application packages.
• Perform Quality Assurance (QA) testing and peer review of other packages.
• Provide mentorship and expert level knowledge to other team members.

Senior Applications Packaging Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Expert with all phases of software integration, including application requests, initial packaging research, requirements gathering, application packaging, user acceptance testing, quality assurance, and deployment.
• Package applications for Windows XP and Windows 7 in Confidential Windows Installer (MSI) format for a highly secure desktop environment for the US Navy using InstallShield Admin Studio.
• Write batch and command scripts to customize applications installations and deployments.
• Configure, publish, and distribute application packages with HP Client Automation (Radia).
• Document the installation, configuration, custom scripts, and deployment configurations for application packages.
• Perform Quality Assurance (QA) testing and peer review of other packages.
• Develop, update, and document packaging standards, processes, and procedures.

Senior Applications Packager

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Expert with all phases of software integration, including application requests, initial packaging research, requirements gathering, application packaging, user acceptance testing, quality assurance, and deployment.
• Package applications for Windows XP and Windows 7 in Confidential Windows Installer (MSI) format using Wise Package Studio.
• Write WiseScript, AutoIt, and batch scripts to customize applications installations and deployments.
• Configure, publish, and distribute application packages with LANDesk.
• Document the installation, configuration, custom scripts, and deployment configurations for application packages.
• Perform Quality Assurance (QA) testing and peer review of other packages.
• Develop, update, and document packaging standards, processes, and procedures.

Senior Application Packaging Engineer

Confidential, The Woodlands, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Expert with all phases of software integration, including application requests, initial packaging research and discovery, requirements gathering, application packaging, user acceptance testing, quality assurance, and deployment.
• Package applications for Windows XP and Windows 7 in Confidential Windows Installer (MSI) format using InstallShield Admin Studio.
• Sequence packages for Windows 7 and Citrix application virtualization using Confidential SoftGrid / App-V.
• Write WiseScript, WinBatch, AutoIt, and batch scripts to customize applications installations and deployments.
• Configure, publish, and distribute application packages with BMC BladeLogic Client Automation (Marimba).
• Document the installation, configuration, custom scripts, and deployment configurations for application packages.
• Use Remedy and ITSM process for change management and release management.
• Develop, update, and document packaging standards, processes, and procedures.

Consultant

Austin, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Install, setup, configure, and troubleshoot Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
• Setup and configure PC hardware, software, peripherals, and networks.
• Install and upgrade processors, memory, hard drives, network cards, video cards, sound cards, and printers.
• Configure firewalls, security settings, anti-virus, and anti-spyware systems.
• Remove viruses, spyware, malware, and bloatware from systems.

Build and Test Engineer

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Automate and script the build, test, and installation process for an advanced computing research project using a combination of Windows batch and Linux shell scripts.
• Develop and implement detailed test plans and test cases based on functional specifications and requirements.
• Develop and implement test scripts for unit, integration, functional, and regression testing.
• Integrate unit tests into build and test process.
• Deploy and install software for Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit, and Windows Server 2003.
• Assemble the hardware and configure the software used for the test and build systems.
• Image and duplicate the test systems using Norton Ghost and hardware based disk duplicators.
• Document the build processes, test procedures, test results, and installation methods.

Senior Applications Packager

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Create new packages, repackage existing packages, and customize vendor packages using Wise Installation System, Wise for Windows Installer, and InstallShield Admin Studio for desktop, server and Citrix environments.
• Provide quality scripted packages ready for enterprise deployment while adhering to enterprise and departmental standards and guidelines.
• Perform technical discovery for packages determining the scope of the applications.
• Build Wise setup.exe packages, MSI packages and MST transforms according to the package requirements.
• Use WiseScript and VBScript for MSI custom actions to customize application installations.
• Document the application packages, custom actions, scripts, installation instructions, and testing information.
• Perform Quality Assurance (QA) testing for the Desktop Design Team.
• Principle packager for Unocal Integration; packaged approximately seventy-five percent of all packages.

Business Analyst

Confidential, The Woodlands, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Expert resource for the client team on the Calc Engine functionality, process flow, and calculation provisions.
• Convert the client's business rules for defined benefit calculations into Calc Engine Code including enhancements to the current system and newly created and customized system.
• Analyze plan requirements and other plan materials to identify the administrative requirements of the client’s defined benefits plans that are calculation based.
• Write Calc Engine code based on the analysis of the plan requirement documents.
• Develop Calc Engine specifications and documentation.
• Design the Calc Engine programming architecture for the given project following SDLC guidelines.
• Perform unit and integration testing of the coding logic.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Confidential Windows Vista/7/ bit and 64 bit, Confidential Windows XP, Confidential Windows 2012/2008/2003/2000/ NT workstations, servers, and domains, Confidential Windows 95/98/ME, MS-DOS

Software: Flexera Admin Studio, InstallShield, Windows Installer XML (WiX), Wise Package Studio, Wise Installation System, Confidential App-V, Orca, VMware Workstation, Confidential Hyper-V, Sysinternals Utilities, Confidential Visual Studio, Confidential Team Foundation Server (TFS)

Languages: C#, Windows batch scripting, PowerShell, VBScript, WiseScript, WiX