Application Packaging Specialist

Making a difference and driving positive change is what we do every day at Rapid Circle. Our Cloud Pioneers help our clients in their digital transformation. Are you someone who goes for constant, positive change? Then this vacancy is for you!
As a Cloud Pioneer at Rapid Circle, you will work with our customers on different projects. For example, making impact in the healthcare sector, by making research data safely available. But also, awesome projects in the manufacturing or energy market make this job very challenging. At Rapid Circle we are curious and are constantly improving our expertise to help customers find their way in a rapidly changing world. We share our knowledge and discover new ways to learn.
Rapid Circle is growing rapidly and are therefore looking for the right person for the role. You will be given lots of freedom to develop personally. We also have a lot of in-house knowledge (MVPs) within the Netherlands, Australia, and India. By working closely with your (international) colleagues, you can continue to challenge yourself and create your own growth path. Freedom, entrepreneurship, and development are key at Rapid Circle, so also in the role of Application Packaging Specialist.
Key responsibilities End-to-end application delivery
- Own application delivery from intake and technical assessment through packaging, testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), release, deployment readiness and operational handover.
- Assess application requests for technical fit, dependencies, licensing considerations and target platform suitability.
- Produce clear packaging documentation, test evidence and handover notes for support and operations teams.
Packaging and standardisation
- Package and standardise applications for Microsoft Intune, Jamf Pro, MECM, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, App-V and Citrix environments.
- Develop and validate installation, uninstallation, upgrade, repair, detection, dependency, rollback and user/system context deployment logic.
- Apply consistent packaging standards, naming conventions and templates across all platforms.
Testing and troubleshooting
- Perform compatibility, functionality, security, regression and deployment testing.
- Diagnose and resolve complex packaging, installation and deployment issues, working from logs, installer behaviour and system changes.
- Coordinate UAT with application owners and business users, and track sign-off.
Application lifecycle management
- Drive application upgrades, vulnerability remediation and version standardisation.
- Manage end-of-support and end-of-life treatment, application retirement and application rationalisation activities.
- Keep the application catalogue accurate and aligned with security and compliance requirements.
Collaboration and stakeholder management
- Work with application owners, vendors, security, engineering, testing and deployment teams to mitigate risks and remove delivery obstacles.
- Follow IT service management, change and release management processes for every release.
- Communicate status, risks and timelines clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Automation and continuous improvement
- Improve operational efficiency and delivery quality through automation, reusable frameworks and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Build and maintain PowerShell-based tooling, templates and scripts that reduce manual effort and rework.
- Share knowledge and contribute to packaging standards, playbooks and team best practices.
Who you are
- You have 4 to 6 years of relevant experience in application packaging and deployment within complex enterprise environments.
- You are skilled in packaging tools such as AdminStudio, Advanced Installer, Orca, PSAppDeployToolkit, IntuneWinAppUtil and Jamf Composer.
- You are proficient in PowerShell and Bash scripting for automation, deployment logic, detection rules and remediation.
- You know Microsoft Intune, MECM, Jamf Pro, MSI/MSIX, Windows Installer, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365 and Citrix well.
- You have a strong understanding of registry management, services, file systems, permissions, dependencies, installation sequencing and user/system contexts.
- You bring excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across packaging, installation and deployment.
- You are familiar with IT service management, change management, release management, security controls, vulnerability management and application lifecycle management.
- You communicate clearly, document thoroughly and work well with vendors, application owners and cross-functional teams.
- You take ownership, stay organised across multiple parallel requests and look for ways to automate repetitive work.
Tools and technologies at a glance Area Technologies Deployment platforms Microsoft Intune, MECM, Jamf Pro Virtual and cloud desktops Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, Citrix, App-V Packaging tools AdminStudio, Advanced Installer, Orca, PSAppDeployToolkit, IntuneWinAppUtil, Jamf Composer Package formats MSI, MSIX, Windows Installer, App-V, macOS PKG Scripting PowerShell, Bash Processes ITSM, change management, release management, vulnerability management, application lifecycle management
Nice to have
- Microsoft certifications such as Endpoint Administrator Associate (MD-102) or Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (AZ-140).
- Jamf Certified Tech or Jamf Certified Admin.
- Experience with Win32 app supersedence, Intune dependencies and Windows Package Manager (winget).
- Exposure to Microsoft Graph or other APIs for automating application publishing and reporting.
- Experience in a managed services or multi-customer environment.
What success looks like
- Applications are delivered on time, pass UAT first time and deploy reliably at scale.
- Packages follow a consistent standard and are easy for operations teams to support.
- Vulnerable, outdated and end-of-life applications are remediated or retired promptly.
- Repetitive packaging work is increasingly automated through reusable scripts and frameworks.
- Stakeholders see you as a trusted, proactive partner who removes blockers early.