Creative UNIX Specialist Wanted in Brussels

Ardendo is a division of Vizrt focusing on creating software for the broadcast industry.Our product range includes tools for simplifying the work at TV stations, which means digitizing material, managing the media, video editing, transcoding between different media formats and archiving.Broadcasters all around the world use our products behind the scenes, including some well-known customers such as VRT, SVT, CNN, and BBC.Ardendo is a dynamic company, with an open-minded and friendly atmosphere.It is important for us to keep the work challenging and fun at the same time!The low average age of the employees in combination with strong technical competence, leads to an open, non-hierarchical environment. Each employee has a large impact on the direction of their own personal development, depending on interest and skills.Ardendo is now expanding our current staff of 70 to meet the load from the constantly increasing number of customers.We are seeking a skilled UNIX specialist to join our young and creative team.This position is based in Brussels.To be eligible you should have a Master of Science degree in Computer Science, or equivalent, and have relevant experience of professional application development.You should be self-motivated as a person and skilled at transforming visions into working solutions.Because of our international market, a client oriented attitude and good communication skills in English and French are key factors to become a successful developer.Any additional language skills, for example in Arabic, Russian or Spanish, are considered merited.The work is done on world wide basis, and you will have great opportunities to travel and work abroad for a period of time.Skills required for this position: * Installation and maintenance of UNIX systems and storage systems.Primarily Linux and AIX, but also IRIX and Solaris.* Software development in a UNIX environment.Primarily automation and server software, mainly in Perl and C/C++.* Knowledge about technologies such as SQL, XML, SOAP, AJAX, Distributed systems, etc.* Master of Science in Computer Science, or equivalent.* Relevant experience of professional system administration.* Self motivated, and responsive to customer requirements.* Comfortable in technically complex environments.* Excellent communications skills.Fluent in English and French, both writing and speaking.* Interested in audio and video technology.Experience of AIX, IBM servers and storage systems, TSM, DB2 or Oracle are meriting.Additional languages are also meriting, as is knowledge about digital media Ardendo always practices probationary employment.Interested?Please include your CV, scanned copies of your degree and marks, and the abstract from your thesis, if applicable.NOTE!Use "UNIX Specialist" as subject in your mail.We look forward to hearing from you!