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Airway Transportation Systems Specialist

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Federal Aviation Administration

Ashburn, VA (In Person)

$132,087 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 1 week ago (Updated 18 hours ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/15/2026

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Airway Transportion Systems Specialist (TSOG NAV TID) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion ATO, Eastern Technical Operions Services, ESA Technical Services, AJW-E22D Summary Airway Transportion Systems Specialists (ATSS) this level are 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. Learn more about this agency Summary Airway Transportion Systems Specialists (ATSS) this level are 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. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/08/2026 to 05/28/2026 Salary $103,604 - $160,571 per year The salary listed above includes locality pay of 33.94%. Pay scale & grade FV I Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Ashburn, VA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 50% or less - The job may require up to 50% travel. 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 number
AEA-ATO-26-SAG-98514
Control number 868279100 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
ATO WIDE + AML & AMA-400
Duties Help Serves as an ATSS with the Technical Support Operions Group. Performs a variety of functions directly reled to the operion of the NAS. 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. Has broad automed systems and networking responsibilities and is recognized as a principal technical specialist on legacy and newly developed systems within a large facility or multiple facilities over a large geographical area. The work performed this level requires technical expertise on complex systems and/or emerging technology, systems interrelionships and management of the NAS. Performs work of broad scope and complexity with a high degree of independence. Provides the highest organizional level of technical support associed with analyzing, designing, developing, installing, repairing, fabricing, maintaining, modifying, or evaluing the most complex systems for which the FAA is responsible. As a principal specialist/expert for major projects and/or program areas resolves unique technical problems without managerial intervention, providing coordinion and suggesting solutions. Plans, coordines, and performs work with a high degree of independence, keeping the supervisor advised of only the most critical issues. Can be called upon to assist with repair and/or restore service or systems, providing guidance on the availability of back-up systems, recommending reconfigurion to minimize service interruptions to ensure the safe and efficient operion of the NAS. Carries out work in accordance with overall plans and objectives of the organizion, resolving problems as they arise and making adjustments as necessary to handle 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 on Contractor Acceptance Inspection/Joint Acceptance Inspection, and timely resolution of equipment, systems or services with the NAS. 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. Must possess a valid driver's license. Interviews conducted IAW Agency Policy and/or applicable Collective Bargaining Unit Agreement.
SUPERVISORY ENDORSEMENT REQUIRED
(See Required Documents section) Qualificions To qualify for this position, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess an extensive knowledge of and experience in technology system interrelionships, and management of civilian or military automed aviion, navigion and electronic systems. Generally, experience the next lower level, Pay Band H/level III or FG/GS-12 or equivalent, meets the minimum qualificions for this position as long as the experience supports the Demonstred Abilities and other factors identified below. Please list systems you presently have expertise on including 2nd Gen
VORTAC, MARK 1F ILS, MARK 20
ILS, RCAG, RTR, TVS, PC-based RVR, NRACS, Mobile
ATCT, SELEX 2110
ILS and Thales 420 ILS. Qualificions must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. 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. 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. 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.
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 You must apply online to receive considerion for this position. Faxed or emailed applicions will not be
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. Supervisory Endorsement to Career Level IV must be received by the closing de of the vacancy announcement. Failure to submit the supervisory endorsement, will remove the applicant from receiving further considerion. For ingrade/downgrade candides, a Supervisory Endorsement is not required. 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 Susan Garnes Phone 1 (718) 553-3112 Fax 1 (718) 995-5688 Susan.

A.Garnes@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AEA Regional HR Services Branch 1 Aviion Plaza, Room 207 AHF-N610 Jamaica, NY 11434 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 You must apply online to receive considerion for this position. Faxed or emailed applicions will not be
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. Supervisory Endorsement to Career Level IV must be received by the closing de of the vacancy announcement. Failure to submit the supervisory endorsement, will remove the applicant from receiving further considerion. For ingrade/downgrade candides, a Supervisory Endorsement is not required. 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 Susan Garnes Phone 1 (718) 553-3112 Fax 1 (718) 995-5688 Susan.

A.Garnes@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AEA Regional HR Services Branch 1 Aviion Plaza, Room 207 AHF-N610 Jamaica, NY 11434 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 05/08/2026 to 05/28/2026 Salary $103,604 - $160,571 per year The salary listed above includes locality pay of 33.94%. Pay scale & grade FV I Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Ashburn, VA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 50% or less - The job may require up to 50% travel. 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 number
AEA-ATO-26-SAG-98514
Control number 868279100

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