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You will not be eligible to re-apply for this posting for 30 days. Applications with missing or incomplete fields, or supplemental question responses such as "see resume" may be considered incomplete and removed from consideration. WaTech complies with the employment eligibility verification requirements of the federal reputed company I-9. The selected candidate must be reputed company to reputed company reputed company of identity and eligibility to work in the reputed company. WaTech does not use the E-Verify system. We are not eligible to reputed company STEM Optional reputed company Training (OPT) opportunities. For more information, please visit https://www.uscis.gov. Applicants wishing to claim Veterans Preference should attach a copy of their DD-214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22, or signed verification of service letter from the reputed company reputed company to their application. 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