Hi, Hope you are doing very well. I have the below mentioned position with one of our clients in San Bruno, CA. If you are interested and local to the bay area or can relocate (within US only), please send me your resume at anuj@apninc.com <mailto:anuj@apninc.com> Position: Sr. FreeBSD Consultant Location: San Bruno, CA Duration: 6 Months (Extension OR CTH, both options available) Job Description: The ideal candidate demonstrates deep understanding of Linux, FreeBSD, or unix Based operating systems, software infrastructure and application frameworks. Broad knowledge of and exposure to the Operating Systems, Open Source software and shared application infrastructure are essential for success in this role. Participate as a member of a project team of engineers involved in development of software for company's appliances. Requires use of a strong background in software systems design, documentation and implementation, on projects that may include any of the following responsibilities: Primary Responsibilities: *Participate as a member of the project team on the build of major software releases. * Design, code, test and deliver system software components, services, and frameworks, after specification of platform and component requirements. * Influences the design of interfaces between products to ensure interoperability. Resolve design issues. * Demonstrate originality and innovation in defining product and project level architecture. Required Skills: * Development experience in building components, services, and frameworks on Unix, FreeBSD, or Linux environments using C, C++, and Python. Ability to develop at middleware layer. Strong systems integration and debugging skills. * Experience analyzing, testing and developing support for OS and system level software for new hardware platforms. * Self starter and able to investigate issues to full root cause even into operating system kernel. Able to work around limitations such as no access to source code, design specs, or apis. * Full product life cycle experiences. * Demonstrated leadership experience on one more complex SW projects. Excellent communication skills, and ability to influence the technical direction of complex hardware and software systems. * Proven track record in analyzing competing architectures, designing software architectures to maximize the use of those architectures, and guiding/influencing the technical community in adopting these designs. * Typically requires MSEE/CS combined with 5-7 years of related experience, or BSEE/CS combined with 7-10+ yrs related experience. Desired Skills: * Experience with additional open source operating systems (FreeBSD, etc.) * Familiarity with Intel-based server hardware systems. * Virtualization technologies and products from VMWare, Citrix, Xen and HyperV. Knowledge of VMWare vSphere, vCenter, vMotion, storage vMotion. * Knowledge in setting up virtualized environments with LUN based storage and able to troubleshoot problems in virtualized environments. Thanks Anuj Garg APN Software Services, Inc anuj@apninc.com Phone: 510-623-5048 Fax 510-623-5055 "Certified Small and Minority Business" "Ranked Top 50 Organizations for Diversity" "Ranked Top 2011 Diversity Business" Networks | Healthcare IT | Wireless | Telecommunications | ERP & CRM | E Commerce | Web 2.0