# Senior Installation Package Development & Validation Engineer (Contract) at Redwood Software

- Company: Redwood Software
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India; India
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: Engineering
- Employment: Contract
- Posted: 2026-10-07
- Skills: InstallShield, InstallAnywhere, VBScript, Java, Gradle
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/redwoodsoftware/jobs/4434760009

## 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.
• Linux/Unix Packaging (InstallAnywhere): Develop and configure Revenera InstallAnywhere (.iap_xml) project files for Unix based repo installers.
• Custom Action E

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