Open Solutions :: Job Opportunities

Immediate requirements:

Open Solutions is a fast growing and dynamic company and we are always on the look out for people who appreciate a challenging and dynamic work environment.

What do all the above buzz words actually mean? It's easy - working for Open Solutions means you can hop between working for any number of customers using different technologies on a daily basis as well as engage is pressured fire-fighting for customers with immediate issues. You don't need to know everything but you need to be able to learn fast, be shown something once and pick it up, manage your time well and work hard.

It's not all bad - becuase of the variety of our work and our clients you will be exposed to a lot of technologies and paradigms. It can be very interesting and rewarding work and we always welcome new and innovative ideas.

Applications should be sent to using only RTF or PDF document formats.

We will consider applications from new college graduates right through to experienced and proven candidates. The typical area of skillsets we are interested in are (a candidate is not required to have all of these):

  • experience and an interest in Linux (a candidate should typically be running Linux as their own primary operating system;
  • experience and an interest in FreeBSD or other *ix's is a bonus;
  • experience and / or knowledge of typical services such as but not limited to: DNS, SMTP, POP3 / IMAP, HTTP (typically Apache), SSH, NFS, SNMP, etc;
  • experience with MySQL and an understanding of indexes, query optimisation, secure web <--> database integration;
  • experience with Asterisk and knowledge of VoIP protocols;
  • many of our interfaces and project work are based on web applications using the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) and so a good all rounder in this area is always desired;
  • following from the above, we also do a lot of scripting in PHP in general and as such PHP experience or the ability to pick it up fast is essential;
  • a good understanding of basic networking principals including, for example, typically HTTP, POP3, SMTP sessions for debugging; TCP, UDP and ICMP protocols; IP addressing and routing;
  • some candidates with advanced networking knowledge including BGP, OSPF, etc and experience with Cisco IOS, Juniper, Foundry, etc are often required.