Senior Installation Package Development & Validation Engineer (Contract)
- Location Hyderabad, Telangana, India; India
- Experience 5+ yrs
- Job type Contract
- Posted 7 Oct 2026
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Job details
- Job ID
- 4434760009
Job description
Senior Installation Package Development & Validation Engineer (Contract role)
Focus Areas: MSI InstallShield (Windows) & Linux/Unix InstallAnywhere Automation
Role Type: Contractor – 6 months
Primary Focus: Installer Engineering, Packaging & Release Validation
InstallShield (MSI), InstallAnywhere, VBScript / Custom Actions, Java / JDBC, Gradle (Kotlin DSL), GitHub Actions, Active Directory / gMSA, Docker
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Installation Package Specialist to own, modernize, and automate the multi-platform installer ecosystem. In this critical role, you will be responsible for end-to-end packaging engineering from developing Windows InstallShield (.msi) and Linux/Unix InstallAnywhere (.iap_xml) installer payloads to orchestrating custom build tasks in Gradle, automating database provisioning via JDBC, and ensuring seamless enterprise upgrades across thousands of mission-critical customer environments.
You will collaborate closely with Core Engineering, Security, and Quality Engineering teams to eliminate installation roadblocks, enhance silent/unattended rollout capabilities, support modern enterprise security standards (gMSA, CyberArk PAM), and maintain zero-downtime upgrade integrity.
Key Responsibilities
- Dual-Platform Installer Development & Maintenance
- Windows Packaging (InstallShield MSI): Maintain and enhance InstallShield project files (.ism) for flagship Windows products.