Airway Transportation System Specialist
Federal Aviation Administration
Memphis, TN (In Person)
$142,535 Salary, Full-Time
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Summary The Airway Transportion Systems Specialist (ATSS) this level is recognized as the principal expert in their field. Learn more about this agency Summary The Airway Transportion Systems Specialist (ATSS) this level is recognized as the principal expert in their field. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/01/2026 to 05/22/2026 Salary $111,779 - $173,292 per year The salary amount listed above includes locality pay of 17.06% for the Memphis, TN area. Pay scale & grade FV J Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Memphis, TN Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. 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. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent 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 numberAAC-ATO-26-WEU11-98347
Control number 867355600 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 The incumbent is recognized as the principal technical expert for development of workable solutions for any unanticiped situions adversely affecting operionally critical systems of the NAS. Serves as senior project manager or team leader for large, challenging and complex work activities. Represents the FAA as a senior technical authority for major Agency activities, emerging technologies and customer concerns. Responsible for establishing and managing program goals and objectives and formuling project plans; develops, interprets, recommends changes, and has broad discretion to insure compliance with organizional objectives and policies; identifies, procures, distributes, and tracks resources needed to accomplish large work activities. Works with customers high internal and external organizion levels to the FAA to resolve complex issues to insure the integrity of the NAS. Coordines with multiple air traffic entities to shut down and restore facilities, systems, and services to prevent activities from disrupting air traffic operions. Quickly resolves restorion problems with minimal impact to the NAS. Performs work providing Agency-wide leadership for highly complex and challenging technical activities. This may be accomplished using innovive concepts and approaches for problems th have resisted earlier efforts resolution. Maintains authority to commit the necessary resources to accomplish the agency's mission. Develops innovive approaches to tain Organizional objectives and optimize the use of resources. Works independently, monitors and evalues trend da on a nionwide basis to develop workable solutions for sustaining the NAS. Keeps abreast of changes in technology and the new systems coming on-line. Provides recommendions to senior level managers for enhancement of systems and air traffic operions. Formules Standard Operion Procedures (SOP) for local use, dealing with Emergency and Safety situions assigned facilities. Incumbent has the authoritive responsibility for timely upward reporting of NAS informion th could have an impact to operions for purposes of Situion Awareness (i.e.NOTAM, SAL
Paging function). Understands the current ste and dynamics of local operions and being able to anticipe future changes and developments. Integres Operional Risk Management (ORM) into restorion, schedule maintenance activities, and all planned projects, ensuring th all customers and users of services are included and involved in ORM implemention and planning. Incumbent is management's representive during non-administrive hours. Formules and recommends Organizional positions on major Agency activities to senior managers. Technical decisions are considered authoritive in his/her area of expertise. Is considered a technical expert within the FAA for an assigned system or specialty area. Work directly supports the objectives of the agency and the safe and continual operion of the NAS. Contacts are both internal and external. Formules and recommends organizional positions on major agency assignments to senior managers. Represents the FAA as a senior technical authority for major projects and programs. Works independently. Has broad discretion to ensure alignment with organizional objectives and policies. Develops innovive approaches to tain organizional objectives and optimizes the use of resources. Identifies the resources needed to accomplish large works activities. Provides exert guidance and instruction to address diverse, complex issues th often cross multiple projects, programs, or functional areas. Develops plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticiped problems and issues. Work is typically reviews for success in achieving desired results. 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. A Valid Driver's License is Required The required SUPV Endorsement must be signed. Failure to provide a signed SUPV endorsement will result in loss of considerion. Supervisory Endorsement is not required for ingrade/downgrade candides. Qualificions There is no timeframe requirement the Level V/FV-J to compete. Candides must show experience the level of difficulty and responsibility th is approprie to the position. Experience th demonstres an extensive knowledge of, and experience in, technology system interrelionships within the Nional Airspace System (NAS), management of civilian or military automed aviion, navigion, or other electronics systems. Generally, experience the next lower level of I/Level IV or equivalent, meets the minimum qualificions for this position as long as the experience provides the demonstred abilities identified below: Qualificions must be met by the closing de of this announcement. 1.DEMONSTRATED ABILITIES
: You MUST provide aNARRATIVE
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 th applicion process. Any exaggerion of your experience or any tempt to conceal informion can result in disqualificion. Failure to submit demonstred abilities stements will prevent you from receiving further considerion. 2.SUPERVISORY ENDORSEMENT
. If your selection for this position would be considered a promotion then a supervisory stement endorsing your candidacy (Career Level IV to Career Level V) 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.NOTES:
1. Applicants must apply on-line to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed, or emailed applicions cannot be 2. Interviews conductedIAW PASS-ATO
Collective Bargaining Unit Agreement. 3. Equal or lower pay band/level applicions accepted. 4. 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. 5. 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 6. 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 toImportant 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 Notificion of Personnel Actions ( SF-50 ) is required , Supplemental documention, e.g. transcripts, etc. accepted in combinion with your on-line applicion. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. Supervisory Endorsement (Career Level IV to Career Level V) 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. 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:
05/07/2026Amendment Note:
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 Notificion of Personnel Actions ( SF-50 ) is required , Supplemental documention, e.g. transcripts, etc. accepted in combinion with your on-line applicion. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. Supervisory Endorsement (Career Level IV to Career Level V) 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. 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:
05/07/2026Amendment Note:
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 05/01/2026 to 05/22/2026 Salary $111,779 - $173,292 per year The salary amount listed above includes locality pay of 17.06% for the Memphis, TN area. Pay scale & grade FV J Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Memphis, TN Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. 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. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent 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 numberAAC-ATO-26-WEU11-98347
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