Airway Transportation Systems Specialist

Airway Transportion Systems Specialist (SS ATSS (STARS)) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion ATO,Technical Operions ESA, AJW-ET, Jacksonville District, (FL/GA/SC group), WET29-PNS Summary Serves as an Airway Transportion Systems Specialist who specializes in the Standard Terminal Automion Replacement System (STARS). Responsible for performing a variety of functions directly reled to the operion of the Nional Airspace System (NAS). Learn more about this agency Summary Serves as an Airway Transportion Systems Specialist who specializes in the Standard Terminal Automion Replacement System (STARS). Responsible for performing a variety of functions directly reled to the operion of the Nional Airspace System (NAS). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/30/2026 to 05/22/2026 Salary $90,547

• $140,335 per year The salary amount listed above includes locality pay of 17.06% for the Pensacola, FL area. Pay scale & grade FV I Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Pensacola, FL Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• The job may require up to 25% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• 2 years, may be termined anytime. Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential na Job family (Series) 2101 Transportion Specialist Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus Yes
• This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( http://www.

passnional.org ). Announcement number

AAC-ATO-26-WET29-98355

Control number 867142500 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to current permanent ATO Line of Business employees, AML, and AMA-400. Duties Help Performs a variety of functions directly reled to the operion of the NAS. Independently evalues the functional stus of assigned subsystems, systems and facilities. Plans, coordines, and resolves unique technical problems without managerial interventions, providing coordinion and suggesting solutions, making adjustments as necessary to deal with system outages and performance deteriorion. Recognized as a principal technical specialist on legacy and newly developed systems within a large facility or multiple facilities over a large geographical area. Performs work of broad scope and complexity with a high degree of independence. Responsibilities include integrion, restorion, testing, and evaluion of new advanced services or service components, hardware/software systems and processes. Applies comprehensive technical knowledge to protect the integrity of all components and systems to provide NAS service delivery. Inities action to install, repair, or restore systems and services. As a principal specialist or team leader for major projects and/or program areas, resolves unique technical problems without managerial intervention, providing coordinion and suggesting solutions. Carries out work in accordance with overall plans and objectives of the organizion, resolving problems as they arise and making adjustments as necessary to deal with unanticiped situions and organizional needs. This work includes responsibility for evaluing diagnostic da from multiple systems th are integred to support a network of services or service products. Evaluion of this da is used for correcting deficiencies in Contractor Acceptance Inspection/ Joint Acceptance Inspection, and timely resolution of equipment, systems or services with the NAS. Acts in a security and administrion role for STARS system. Conducts day to day monitoring and management of systems and user activity th affect STARS informion, security, performs the day to day hands on operional and security duties. Performs security administrion performance checks, reviews/manages user accounts, files, and directories, reviews and analyze audit logs, tends the STARS Systems Specialist course, installs and reconfigures approved software and adaptions, performs user account management, and follows all agency policy and guidance on the STARS systems. Review and evalues all automion tickets. Works with air traffic and other stakeholders to elimine erroneous tickets before forwarding to

OSF. ATSS

must possess expert knowledge, skill, or ability to perform the operion with the installion, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, flight check and certificion of Standard Terminal Automion Replacement System (STARS). This discipline is heavily engaged in operions and maintenance of industrial computer systems in the coopere environment, industrial systems to include both hardware and software applicions. In addition, this position maintains other electrical/mechanical equipment/systems necessary to ensure reliability of facilities on and off airports. Contacts are both internal and external. Often represents the organizion as the primary technical point of contact on projects, programs, and other work of activities to coordine and implement plans or to obtain informion and resolve problems. Meets and consults with representives of external organizions such as DOD, airport management, contractors, utility companies and foreign governments to resolve problems of concern. Develops White Papers for the recommendion of enhancing efficiency of the systems by modificion and applicion of existing or emerging technology. Focuses on the overall NAS systems performance and causes of system degradion. Collabores with system users, planners, engineers and contractor personnel in the installion and testing of new or modified systems in identifying needed improvements or enhancements. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment US Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents). Designed or Random Drug Testing required. Successful completion of security investigion may be required. Must possess a valid driver's license. The required SUPV Endorsement must be signed. Failure to provide a signed SUPV endorsement will result in loss of considerion. An endorsement is not required if ingrade or downgrade. Position NTE 2 years, may be termined any time. Will not be extended. Will not be made permanent. Qualificions There is no timeframe requirement the Level IV/FV-I to compete. Candides must show experience the level of difficulty and responsibility th is approprie to the position. Generally, experience the next lower level, FV-H/FG-12/Level III or equivalent meets the minimum qualificions for this position as long as the experience supports the Demonstred Abilities identified in the announcement.

SPECILIZED EXPERIENCE

includes experience: Experience th demonstres an extensive knowledge of, and experience in technical knowledge and experience with complex NAS systems, emerging technology, and legacy systems, in the Terminal GNAS environment; knowledge and experience with Terminal Automion (STARS, STARS ELITE, etc.) Terminal RADAR (ASR-8, BI-5, and BI-6), Computer/Networked Base Tower Display Systems and other legacy Terminal NAS Systems. ATSS must possess expert knowledge, skill or ability to perform the operion with the installion, maintenance, modificion, repair, troubleshooting, flight check and certificion of Standard Terminal Automion Replacement System (STARS). This discipline is heavily engaged in operions and maintenance of industrial computer systems in the corpore environment, industrial systems to include both hardware and software applicions. In addition, this position maintains other electrical/mechanical equipment/systems necessary to ensure reliability of facilities on and off airports with the network of the

NAS. DEMONSTRATED ABILITIES

You must provide a narrive stement for each Demonstred Ability. The narrives should be clear and concise, providing a description of your educion, training and experience th would describe the degree to which you possess each Demonstred Ability. Candides must show experience the level of difficulty and responsibility approprie to the position.

Notice:

Answer all questions to the best of your ability.

DO NOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE YOU HOLD, OR HAVE HELD THIS POSITION, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE FOUND ELIGIBLE.

You may be asked to provide evidence or documention th you have this type of experience a ler stage in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verificion through job interviews, or any other informion obtained during the applicion process. Any exaggerion of your experience or any tempt to conceal informion can result in disqualificion. Failure to submit Demonstred Ability stements will prevent you from receiving further considerion.

SUPERVISORY ENDORSEMENT

If your selection for this position would be considered a promotion then a supervisory stement endorsing your candidacy (Career Level III to Career Level IV) is required by the closing de of this announcement. The endorsement must include the announcement number. The required SUPV Endorsement must be signed. Failure to provide a signed SUPV endorsement will result in loss of considerion. You may upload your document with your applicion . Supervisory Endorsement is not required for ingrade/downgrade candides. Preview job questionnaire Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire. Additional informion We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigion. A one-year probionary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements This position is covered by the Department of Transportion's Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. Any applicant tentively selected for this position subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a "testing designed position (TDP)" subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing. FAA employees, their spouses and minor children may not hold stock or any other securities interest in an airline, aircraft manufacturing company, or in a supplier of components of parts to an aircraft manufacturing company. This prohibition is effective on the de of your appointment. If selected, your acceptance of the agency's final offer means you agree to comply with this prohibition. Questions may be directed to an agency ethics official 9-faa-agc-ethics-office@faa.gov .

NOTES:

1. Applicants must apply on-line to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed, or emailed applicions cannot be 2. Interviews conducted

IAW PASS-ATO

Collective Bargaining Unit Agreement. "This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ()." http://www.passnional.org3. 4. Equal or lower pay band/level applicions accepted. 5. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job. 6. Position is covered by the FAA Core Compension plan. Additional informion about core compension is available on the following website: https://www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/benefits 7. Please upload supporting documents into USAJOBS or 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov and reference the announcement number. To confirm receipt of documents, please contact Holli Malaske (405) 954-0166. Links to

Important Informion:

Locality Pay , COLA Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IMPORTANT

Applicants may be red on the extent and quality of experience, educion, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantied. Ensure th your applicion package/resume supports your responses. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Narrives for Demonstred Abilities identified under Qualificions are mandory. Failure to submit Demonstred Abilities stements will prevent you from receiving further considerion. Notificion of Personnel Actions ( SF-50) is required, Supplemental documention, e.g. supervisory endorsement, accepted in combinion with your on-line applicion. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov Supervisory Endorsement (Career Level III to Career Level IV) is required. The endorsement must include the announcement number. The required SUPV Endorsement must be signed. Failure to submit the signed supervisory endorsement will result in loss of considerion. Supervisory Endorsement is not required for ingrade/downgrade candides. Only supplemental documention (Supervisory Endorsement, SF-50) accepted in combinion with your on-line applicion. These documents must be uploaded to your applicion on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies.

Amendment De:

05/07/2026

Amendment Note:

This announcement has been extended. This announcement has been extended. Agency contact informion Holli Malaske Phone 1 (405) 954-0166 Holli.

B.Malaske@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AAC Regional HR Services Branch 6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155 AHF-S210 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important

• If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it.

If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Narrives for Demonstred Abilities identified under Qualificions are mandory. Failure to submit Demonstred Abilities stements will prevent you from receiving further considerion. Notificion of Personnel Actions ( SF-50) is required, Supplemental documention, e.g. supervisory endorsement, accepted in combinion with your on-line applicion. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov Supervisory Endorsement (Career Level III to Career Level IV) is required. The endorsement must include the announcement number. The required SUPV Endorsement must be signed. Failure to submit the signed supervisory endorsement will result in loss of considerion. Supervisory Endorsement is not required for ingrade/downgrade candides. Only supplemental documention (Supervisory Endorsement, SF-50) accepted in combinion with your on-line applicion. These documents must be uploaded to your applicion on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies.

Amendment De:

05/07/2026

Amendment Note:

This announcement has been extended. This announcement has been extended. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Holli Malaske Phone 1 (405) 954-0166 Holli.

B.Malaske@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AAC Regional HR Services Branch 6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155 AHF-S210 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important

• If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it.

If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/30/2026 to 05/22/2026 Salary $90,547

• $140,335 per year The salary amount listed above includes locality pay of 17.06% for the Pensacola, FL area. Pay scale & grade FV I Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Pensacola, FL Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• The job may require up to 25% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• 2 years, may be termined anytime. Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential na Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus
• This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( ).

Announcement number

AAC-ATO-26-WET29-98355

Control number 867142500