Airway Transportion Systems Specialist (STARS) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion ATO, Technical Operions Services, AJW-E, Atlanta District, TRI-Cities

SSC, WEV45-TRI

Summary The Airway Transportion System Specialist (ATSS) this level is recognized as the subject mter expert in their field. All duties of an ATSS are tied to maintaining safe and efficient opering capacity of the vast and complex network of electronics systems required for the world's largest air traffic control and navigion system. ATSS personnel install, evalue, maintain, modify and certify facilities, services and equipment th support the Nional Airspace System (NAS). Learn more about this agency Summary The Airway Transportion System Specialist (ATSS) this level is recognized as the subject mter expert in their field. All duties of an ATSS are tied to maintaining safe and efficient opering capacity of the vast and complex network of electronics systems required for the world's largest air traffic control and navigion system. ATSS personnel install, evalue, maintain, modify and certify facilities, services and equipment th support the Nional Airspace System (NAS). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Blountville, TN No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $90,547 - $140,335 per year The salary amount listed above includes locality pay of 17.06% Pay scale & grade FV I Promotion potential na Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Appointment type Temporary - 2 years Occupions and job series 2101 Transportion Specialist Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( http://www.passnional.org ). Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Announcement number

ASO-ATO-26-A323-100633

Control number 885756200 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 employees - ATO Wide 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

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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. Incumbent must possess a valid driver's license. Qualificions There is no timeframe requirement the Level IV/FV-I to compete. To qualify for this position you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess 52 weeks specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level of FV-H/Level III or the equivalent

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Specialized experience is: Demonstring an extensive knowledge of the operion associed 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 ystems 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. Generally, experience the next lower level, Pay Band H/level III or equivalent, meets the minimum qualificions for this position as long as the experience supports the Demonstred Abilities identified in this announcement. You must apply online to receive considerion for this position. We will not accept faxed or emailed resumes. Narrives for Demonstred Abilities identified under qualificions are mandory. 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. For your assistance in responding to each of the demonstred abilities "things to consider"/instructions have been provided for each demonstred ability. Failure to submit a narrive for each demonstred ability will prevent you from receiving further considerion. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evalued on the Demonstred Abilities listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluion, applicants placed in one of the following cegories: score order, cegory grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for considerion. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the initial applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrive response in the text box listed below each Demonstred Ability, in your work history, please include informion th provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each Demonstred Ability. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your Demonstred Ability answers evalued further to valide whether the level th you selected is approprie based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as approprie. Supervisor Endorsement . If your selection for this position would be considered a promotion then a supervisory stement endorsing your candidacy is required by the closing de of this announcement. The endorsement must include the announcement number. You may upload your document with your applicion or fax by the closing de of the announcement to (404) 305-5401.

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For ingrade/downgrade candides, a supervisor's endorsement is not required. To obtain the supervisory endorsement form or memo, please contact your manager. 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 . This is a temporary position not-to-exceed 2 years; it may NOT be extended or made permanent but can be termined any time. Interviews conducted

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Collective Bargaining Unit Agreement. This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists http://www.passnional.org3. Equal or lower pay band/level applicions accepted. Successful completion of security investigion may be required. If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. 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 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.

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

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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.

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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. 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. Agency contact informion Anthony Cherry Phone 1 (404) 305-5376 Fax 1 (404) 305-5401 anthony.g.cherry@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ASO Regional HR Services Branch 1701 Columbia Avenue

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College Park, GA 30337 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. 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. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Anthony Cherry Phone 1 (404) 305-5376 Fax 1 (404) 305-5401 anthony.g.cherry@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ASO Regional HR Services Branch 1701 Columbia Avenue

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College Park, GA 30337 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Blountville, TN No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $90,547 - $140,335 per year The salary amount listed above includes locality pay of 17.06% Pay scale & grade FV I Promotion potential na Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Appointment type Temporary - 2 years Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( ). Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Announcement number

ASO-ATO-26-A323-100633

Control number 885756200