Burmese American Science and Engineering Society (BASES)

Position Title : IT Help Desk Technician

Number of Positions: 3

Start Date: ASAP

Assignment End Date: November 30, 2010

Position End Date: November 30, 2010

Compensation:  $25 -$29 per hour with full time benefits.

Submission due date and time: August 6, 2010 @ 12:00 NOON

GSE Offers: Competitive pay with full benefit package. Gateway Science and Engineering is EOE.

Instructions for Resume Submittals:

• Candidate must review the Duty Statement and ensure that their resume fulfill the minimum requirements.

• Candidate must ensure resume includes a Summary of Experience.

· At a minimum, the candidate’s professional resume must include the following:

· List of all Educational Achievements

· List of all Professional Licenses or Certificates

· List of Awards Received

· Detailed Employment History with each company or government agency including

®   Name & Contact Information of the firm or agency

®   Start Date and End Date (Month & Year)

®   Positions Held

®   List of Projects/Programs Managed including project value, location of assignment, roles and responsibilities and contribution to each project

• Email electronic resumes to my attention to: scastro@gateway-sci-eng.com before August 6, 2010, NOON.

____________________________________________________Current Opportunities______________________________________________

IT HELP DESK TECHNICIAN

Duties:

· Perform user support duties for all technical desktop issues.

· Maintain inventory for hardware and software licenses

· Obtain quotes for purchases of new hardware or software

· Coordinate the technology purchasing process

· Manage network user accounts

· Maintain IT department documentation

· Input help desk tickets into Track-It! help desk system

· Perform software and hardware repair and maintenance.

· Train users on software and procedures.

· Inform users of any technical issues which will affect them.

· Install any critical software patches and updates.

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:

Three years experience in help desk support role, including the following:

a. Experience with dealing directly with users and their day to day support issues- this experience should include all level of user technical ability, from novice to expert.

b. Experience with installation and maintenance for Windows 2000/XP, Microsoft Office, Outlook, TCP/IP networking and desktop hardware.

c. Support experience in a Windows 2000/XP network environment.

d. Experience with providing tech support for large organizations.

e. Experienced in technology evaluation and purchasing.

f. Experienced in setting up new hires.

Education:

Graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent educational proficiency, preferably supplemented by courses in computer science.

Preferred Certificates:

· MCP/A+ certifications

· Familiarity with help desk and IT management software preferred

Please click here to see the web page for Science and Technology career opportunities with the US Intelligence Community.

Htamane Pwe Celebration

You and your family are cordially invited to the Htamane Pwe  sponsored by the families of some of the BASES members. The Htamane Pwe will be on Feb 15 (Sunday, 11am) at

Burmese Buddhist Monastery

710 Grand View Lane

La Puente, CA 91744

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (www.actfl.org), an organization dedicated to the teaching and learning of all languages in the United States since the 1960s, is currently recruiting linguists for several very interesting contract projects. Speakers of the following languages who meet certain requirements (below) are urged to apply:

Igbo, Cambodian (Khmer), Swahili, Hausa, Thai, Bengali, Burmese, Nepali, Pashto, Malayalam, Sindhi, Sinhalese, Turkmen, Lao, Somali, Tausug, Tagalog, Wu, Indonesian, Uighur, Amharic, Czech, Hungarian, Kurdish Kurmanji, Punjabi, Serbian Croatian, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Dari (Persian Afghan), Haitian Creole, Hebrew.

Basic Requirements: 

1. Must live and be allowed to work without restrictions in the United States.

2. Must have language translation, teaching and/or testing experience.

3. Must be a native speaker of the language and be fully fluent in English as well.

4. Must send a CV or Resume to: ilrworkshops@actfl.org.

5. Must read additional project requirements and apply on-line by copying and pasting the following links to a browser (do not click on them):