Thanks so much, Mike, for taking the time to read and respond to my question. You're exactly right about what is happening, the Job is failing even when submitting the demo job through the REST interface. See below...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]26305[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]26306[/ATTACH]
I can't seem to get a more descriptive error, so I have no idea what about it is not working?