Airway Transportation Systems Specialist

Summary

Serves as the Remote Monitoring and Logging System (RMLS) System Administrator for the Technical Operations Services organizations at the Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) and the Potomac Consolidated TRACON (PCT), to include the National Operations Group (NOG), National Operations Control Center (NOCC), NAS Cyber Operations (NCO), Wide Area Augmentation System (WASS) East, PCT Service Operations Center (SOC).

Duties

• Serves as the Operational Lead for the Operational Control Center (OCC) RMLS System Administrators. Applies experience and expert technical knowledge of new concepts and systems that are applicable to conduct functional activities for projects/programs, to identify and resolve complex issues that often cross-organizational boundaries and for NAS modernization initiatives, to identify, procures, distribute and track resources needed to accomplish projects and/or mitigate NAS operational issues, such as shutting down or restoring services, systems, or facilities. Formulates requests for budget and other resources; conducts product research and solicits vendor quotations for hardware, software, supplies, and equipment necessary to maintain the NOCC RMLS node and other IT resources necessary to support Technical Operations activities at the ATCSCC. Updates the NOCC related databases in RMLS and Peabody. Collaborates with NOCC on improvements/enhancements to RMLS NOCC EM. Reviews suggested changes to the NOCC Event Manager applications. Generates, submits, tracks, and implements technical requirements documents, National Change Proposals (NCP), and Safety Risk Management Decision Memorandums (SRMDM). Works with AJW-175 Remote Maintenance Systems Engineering Team (RMSET) to review, evaluate, and test new software changes to RMLS. Provides maintenance support on the RMLS equipment nationwide. Works with the NOCC Manager to develop and administer NAS Operations Manager (NOM) verifications tests. Administrator for various Operational Reference Pages. Coordinates the interface of National Remote Maintenance Monitoring Network (NRN) data to NASEO Situational Awareness Tools (SAT). Establishes and manages program goals and objectives; formulates project plans and presents them to upper management. Serves as a senior project manager or team leader for large, challenging, and complex work activities. Technical decisions are considered authoritative in his/her area of expertise. Develops, interprets, recommends changes, and has broad discretion to ensure compliance with organizational objectives and policies. Coordinates with multiple air traffic entitles 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 NAS. Work activities typically impact, directly on the objectives of one or more organizational units, major subdivision, and/or LOBs/SOs and often impact on the objectives of the FAA. The work of this position may affect internal and external customers. Work typically is reviewed only at completion for success in achieving planned results. Has broad discretion to ensure the alignment of organizational goals and policies and the requirements of the projects and/or other work activities. Establishes and manages program goals and objectives; formulates project plans and presents them to upper management. Serves as a senior project manager or team leader for large, challenging, and complex work activities. Technical decisions are considered authoritative in his/her area of expertise. Develops, interprets, recommends changes, and has broad discretion to ensure compliance with organizational objectives and policies. Coordinates with multiple air traffic entitles 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 NAS.

Qualifications

There is no timeframe requirement at the Level IV/FV-I to compete. Candidates must show experience at the level of difficulty and responsibility that is appropriate to the position. Experience that demonstrates an extensive knowledge of and experience in technology system interrelationships, and management of civilian or military automated aviation, navigation, and electronics systems. Generally, experience at the next lower level Pay Band I/ Level IV or GS/GS-13 or equivalent, meets the minimum qualifications for this position as long as the experience supports the demonstrated abilities identified below. Specialized Experience is: Experience using Remote Monitoring and Logging System (RMLS) hardware, software, and databases; Experience applying knowledge of Remote Monitoring and Logging System (RMLS) network, its interconnectivity, and system interfaces; Experience using Remote Monitoring and Logging System (RMLS) automated tools and resources (i.e., Event Manager, SAL, Peabody, etc). Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. You MUST provide a NARRATIVE statement for each Demonstrated Ability. 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. NOTE: 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 documentation that you have this type of experience at a later stage in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verification through job interviews, or any other information obtained during that application process. Any exaggeration of your experience or any attempt to conceal information can result in disqualification. Failure to submit demonstrated abilities statements will prevent you from receiving further consideration. Supervisor Endorsement: If your selection for this position would be considered a promotion then a supervisory statement endorsing your candidacy (Career Level III to Career Level IV) is required by the closing date of this announcement. The endorsement must include the announcement number and be signed by the Supervisor. You may upload your document with your application or fax to (609) 485-8995. Supervisor Endorsement to Career Level V must be received by closing date of the vacancy announcement. Failure to submit the supervisor endorsement will remove the applicant from receiving further consideration. For ingrade/downgrade candidates, a Supervisor Endorsement is not required. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements may be further evaluated on the Demonstrated Abilities listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration. If the agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list.

Requirements

We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.

How to apply

Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position. You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated 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 information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week. Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information 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 information again when applying for future vacancies.