freebsd jobs - Mar 2010 - Macintosh/BSD Systems Engineer opportunity at VeriSign!

The Architecture & Technology Services group is looking for a passionate
engineer with significant Macintosh and OS X experience to join the
Infrastructure Services team. Infrastructure Services develops and
supports standards and best practices for hardware, operating systems,
software tools, and other third-party applications. ATS enables
VeriSign's development, operations, and business groups to be successful
by providing the building blocks needed to build world-class services
that form the core of the Internet. This candidate will take a lead role
in developing and promoting Mac standards for VeriSign with the
opportunity to expand into FreeBSD standards for production use.

Responsibilities will include:

- Specification and testing of Macintosh hardware
- Definining configuration standards for OS X
- Development of tools and scripts to support the management of
Macintosh systems
- Writing detailed documentation on all standards and best practices
- Educating users on how to best use Macs
- Providing high level support to Corporate IT for Mac desktops

What's interesting about this job?

- Defining how Macs are used at VeriSign from the ground up
- Opportunity to develop and promote the use of FreeBSD in production
systems
- Working with the teams that keep the Internet running

Job Requirements:

- 8+ years of professional experience in systems engineering,
architecture and/or systems administration
- 4+ years of professional experience with Macintosh and OS X
- Experience with scripting, such as shell, Perl, and AppleScript
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including
presentation skills
- Planning and organizational skills
- Ability to come up with innovative solutions to problems

The ideal candidate also has:

- Experience developing automated build and test processes
- Experience centrally managing and updating systems
- Experience configuring, installing, and running FreeBSD systems
- Certifications in Mac, BSD, Linux or Solaris
 
If you have an interest in this opportunity, please apply at
http://www.verisign.com/careers/index.html , click on the "current
openings" tab
and search by req #00000686, and then click on the link to apply...
 
If there are specific questions, please email me at ehyman@verisign.com
thank you!!
Eliot
 
Eliot Hyman
VeriSign - Snr. Technical Recruiter

21355 Ridgetop Circle, Dulles, Va. 20166