Mac-oriented IT engineer

Location

Oakland, California and surrounding SF Bay area.

Company

Beezwax Datatools, Inc. is a boutique development agency based in Oakland, CA, with developers working around the greater San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. For more than 15 years we have designed custom web, database and desktop applications for organizations of all sizes, working in dialog with our clients to create powerful, elegant solutions using various technologies.

Beezwax is an extremely pro-developer firm, contributing tools and education to the wider developer community, while supporting all members of our team in leading fulfilling, creative lives. We support an amazing customer base, continually bringing in new projects as well as new clients that challenge our developers to use their full technical abilities and expand their skill sets.

Position

We are looking for someone with a heavily Mac-related IT background, adept at managing the network and IT infrastructure for a central office, co-located servers and remote team. Our team is almost exclusively Mac-based (with iPhones too, of course), though also do some work with Windows (for QuickBooks and testing, mostly) and Linux/*nix.

You should have:

  • solid knowledge of IT including networking, sysadmin, mailserver, security, database, etc.
  • familiarity with Windows and Linux/UNIX/Mac OS X
  • excellent communication skills
  • proven reliability
  • Hands-on experience with FileMaker Pro or Web development is a plus
  • Desire to learn FileMaker Pro or Web development is also a plus

The ideal applicant will be able to enthusiastically perform job functions with a minimum of structure and supervision, and be able to thrive in an informal, creative, entrepreneurial company.

You should be interested in working as part of a smaller firm, although experience freelancing or working at a larger corporation is valuable.

Compensation

Beezwax offers compensation at competitive market rates, depending on expertise and experience.

To apply

If you are interested and available, please follow these instructions to be considered.

Email jobs@beezwax.net with the following:

- Put “Mac-oriented IT engineer” in Subject line.

- In the email itself or on a cover letter, please rate yourself from 0 to 10 on the following skills (not all are required for the position):

  • Office and remote networking
  • Network security
  • Mac OS X sysadmin
  • *NIX sysadmin
  • Windows sysadmin
  • FileMaker Pro development
  • Web development (HTML, PHP, etc.)
  • formal computer science education
  • clear communication and good people skills
  • ability to manage your own tasks and time

- Attach your resume (text or PDF only, not to exceed 1MB).

- Answer the following questions (please be brief):

  • What interests you most about the prospect of working with Beezwax?
  • What’s your availability? (how many hours per week, starting when?)
  • What hourly rate / salary would you require?
  • What are some of the most interesting projects you have worked on?
  • Do you work better alone or in a team?
  • What is your strongest asset?
  • What do you do when you are having a difficult time solving a problem?
  • What are your long-term career goals?

Again, If you think you’re a good fit, please contact us with this information at jobs@beezwax.net, putting “Mac-oriented IT engineer” in the subject line of your email.

We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully getting a chance to work together.

No calls please.