I'm retiring at the end of February and Human Resources has finally put out a request for my replacement. If you're a US citizen and want to work for the gummint, go to https://www.usajobs.gov and search for Pipelines, location Cleveland. The request doesn't bear much resemblance to my actual job. The first line asks for REXX and Pipelines; yep (also Java and PL/SQL; nope) (also no mention of JavaScript and HTML). Then it goes on and on about wanting Java and NetBeans and Subversion and Tomcat and HP Fortify and Unix and all kinds other post-dinosaurian crap (nope). Boilerplate, I imagine.
This makes a certain sense, since one of DoD's goals for the future is unified enterprise computing or some such catchphrase, and legacy systems are undesirable. Also the system I work on is scheduled to be eaten up piecemeal by a micro-based department-wide solution over the next 3-5 years, if said solution doesn't collapse under its own weight, so if they hire you as a permanent employee rather than a contractor (the latter may be possible), they'll want to be able to move you into the newfangled stuff. Still, what we (as opposed to HR) want is someone who can do this job, not the next job, so you might want to apply even if you're weak on the space-age software. Feel free to write if you have questions. -- Always carry a grapefruit, Treesong
