Airway Transportation Systems Specialist (SOC NOM)

About the role

The Airway Transportation Systems Specialists (ATSS) at this level is recognized as the principal expert in their field. All duties of an ATSS are tied to maintaining safe and efficient operating capacity of the vast and complex network of electronics systems required for the world's largest air traffic control and navigation system.

ATSS personnel install, evaluate, maintain, modify and certify facilities, services and equipment that support the National Airspace System (NAS).

What you will do

• As an ATSS (SOC NOM), the incumbent is recognized as the principal technical expert for development of workable solutions for any unanticipated situations adversely affecting operationally 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 formulating project plans; develops, interprets, recommends changes, and has broad discretion to insure compliance with organizational objectives and policies; identifies, procures, distributes, and tracks resources needed to accomplish large work activities.
• Works with customers at high internal and external organization levels to the FAA to resolve complex issues to insure the integrity of the NAS.
• Coordinates with multiple air traffic entities to shut down and restore facilities, systems, and services to prevent activities from disrupting air traffic operations.
• Quickly resolves restoration 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 innovative concepts and approaches for problems that have resisted earlier efforts at resolution.
• Maintains authority to commit the necessary resources to accomplish the agency's mission.
• Develops innovative approaches to attain organizational objectives and optimize the use of resources.
• Works independently, monitors and evaluates trend data on a nationwide basis to develop workable solutions for sustaining the NAS.
• Keeps abreast of changes in technology and the new systems coming on-line.
• Provides recommendations to senior level managers for enhancement of systems and air traffic operations.
• Formulates Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) for local use, dealing with Emergency and Safety situations at assigned facilities.
• Incumbent has the authoritative responsibility for timely upward reporting of NAS information that could have an impact to operations for purposes of Situation Awareness (i.e. NOT AM, SAL Paging function).
• Understands the current state and dynamics of local operations and being able to anticipate future changes and developments.
• Integrates Operational Risk Management (ORM) into restoration, schedule maintenance activities, and all planned projects, ensuring that all customers and users of services are included and involved in ORM implementation and planning.
• Incumbent is management's representative during non-administrative hours.
• Formulates and recommends organizational positions on major agency activities to senior managers.
• Technical decisions are considered authoritative 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 operation of the NAS.
• Contacts are both internal and external.
• Formulates and recommends organizational positions on major agency activities to senior managers.
• Represents the FAA as a senior technical authority for major projects and programs.
• Has broad discretion to ensure alignment with organizational objectives and policies.
• Develops innovative approaches to attain organizational objectives and optimize the use of resources.
• Identifies and justifies the resources needed to accomplish large work activities.
• Provides expert guidance and instruction to address diverse, complex issues that often cross multiple projects, programs, or functional areas.
• Develops plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticipated problems and issues.
• Work is typically reviewed for success in achieving desired results.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Incumbent must possess a valid driver's license.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

Education may not be substituted for experience.

How you will be evaluated

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Documents you must provide

• If your selection for this position would be considered a PROMOTION, then a Supervisory Endorsement is REQUIRED by the closing date of this announcement.
• The endorsement must be signed (wet/ink or digital signature), dated, and must include the vacancy announcement number.
• To obtain the Supervisory Endorsement form or memo, please contact your manager.
• NOTE: For in grade/downgrade candidates, a supervisor's endorsement is not required.
• If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement.
• You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application.
• 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 ***

What to expect next

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide. Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request.

Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty.

FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. *** This position is covered by the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Program.

Any applicant tentatively selected for this position will be subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a "testing designated position (TDP)" will be subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing.

You MUST provide a NARRATIVE statement for each Demonstrated Ability and Quality Ranking Factor.

The narratives should be clear and concise, providing a description of your education, training and experience that would describe the degree to which you possess each Demonstrated Ability.

Candidates must show experience at the level of difficulty and responsibility appropriate to the position.

Narratives for Demonstrated Abilities identified are Mandatory.

Failure to submit demonstrated abilities statements will prevent you from receiving further consideration.

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements.

Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA.

Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Current FAA employee: You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, or equivalent document that verifies tenure (block 24, code 1 or 2).

Failure to provide the required documentation by the closing date of this announcement will result in non-consideration for this position.

Interviews: If one applicant is interviewed, all applicants must be interviewed. Security Requirements: Moderate Risk (5): This position requires completion & favorable adjudication of a National Agency Check with Inquiry (NACI) background investigation prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained.

Failure to submit all required documents by the closing date of the announcement will result in in loss of consideration.

Equal or lower pay band/level applications will be accepted. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA