Software Packaging Engineer
SkyePoint Decisions · Washington
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Jul 23, 2026
Washington
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on packaging, testing, and deploying software across classified and unclassified government networks for a Department of State customer. Day-to-day work involves building silent installers, managing deployment via tools such as Intune and MCM, scripting with PowerShell and VBScript, and supporting Windows 11 OS deployment including image and task sequence creation. An active Top Secret clearance is required, with three days per week on-site near Washington, DC.
Senior level · 9+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role sits between software packaging/build engineering (15-1252) and systems/endpoint administration (15-1244); the primary day-to-day work — writing silent-install scripts, building deployment packages, and authoring task sequences — leans toward software development/engineering, so 15-1252 was chosen with 15-1244 as the runner-up.
Salary is listed as 'TBD'; no compensation figures were provided.
The degree requirement is Bachelor's with 9 years' experience, but the posting explicitly states experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree, so no minimum degree is flagged as a hard gate.
The posting states 'Must have an Active Top Secret clearance' — this is a hard gate. No TS/SCI or polygraph language appears, so the clearance is classified as Top Secret (not TS/SCI).
The 9-year overall experience figure comes from 'Bachelor's degree and 9 years' experience' — treated as the role-level minimum.
MCM the years demanded is set to 3 (the lower bound of the stated '3-5 years' range). Windows 11 packaging the years demanded is set to 1 (lower bound of '1-3 years').
WIM creation and Microsoft OSD (Task Sequences) appear under Preferred Qualifications, as does SQL — all marked preferred accordingly.
Silent-installation experience for Adobe, AutoCAD, and Microsoft products is a stated hard requirement but names product categories rather than distinct packaging tools; captured via the broader required skills rather than as separate skill entries.
Requires a Top Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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