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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">That reminds me, I have a fully benefited long term contract position at JPL if anyone is interested (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">possibility</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> to transition to permanent).</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Feel free to contact me if with any questions.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A NAME=""><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Regards,</FONT></SPAN></A></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">James Magdaleno</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Technical Recruiter</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">P: (626) 795-3556 EXT 124</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">F: (626) 583-4448<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="mailto:jmagdaleno@columbuswest.com"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">jmagdaleno@columbuswest.com</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a division of the California Institute of Technology, is a lead research and development center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Laboratory is located on a 176-acre site in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, California.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">As NASA’s lead center for deep space robotic exploration, JPL is a professional home for people who enjoy playing a part in the discovery of the universe. If you share our passion, we invite you to do a little exploration of your own and find a career opportunity that will have you seated squarely at history’s table.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Unix</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/Linux</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Systems Administrator</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></B></P>
<P DIR=LTR><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jet Propulsion Laboratory</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P DIR=LTR><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Pasadena, CA</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Must have substantial knowledge and experience in installing, and maintaining UNIX systems (Solaris, Redhat LINUX), and workstation configuration. Requires Familiarity with basic diagnoses of system performance, installed and upgraded software. Have fundamental understanding of the maintenance of a Network System providing and maintaining highest System/network security. Requires very good understanding of NASA IT security standards and requirements. Should possess excellent communication skills and be able to work with others in a team environment. Must have good understanding of Unix/LINUX testing strategies, networking skills and adapt analysis. Should possess the ability to methodically exercise every option of a software package, identify failures and then document those failures.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Desire</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">: Computer Science or similar discipline with required years of work experience under the CP4 job level. Must have substantial system administration knowledge and experience working in environments with large deployments of Unix/LINUX operating systems and networked computing systems. Demonstrate the ability to define system implementation. Self-motivation and drive extremely desirable.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Will</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">: Support flight and non-flight Projects during their development Life Cycle and during Mission Operations. Support senior IT Engineers in the architecture of the infrastructure for flight hardware and software Testbed. Be accountable for ensuring project/users systems installation and configuration schedule requirements are met. Have the basic knowledge in order to write and modify Shell, Perl scripts and to address needs of the IT Engineers and users. Install, manage, troubleshoot, evaluate UNIX, LINUX systems and workstations configuration. Support the execution of Jumpstart and Kickstart. Add, modify and delete user accounts. Maintain network services.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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