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Air Traffic Control Specialist
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 26 days ago
Hybrid Warrenton, VA $128K – $198K Apply by Jun 24, 2026 Air Traffic Control ESTJINTJISTJISTP Operations
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This position is located in the Air Traffic Organization (ATO), System Operations Services (AJR), System Operations Security (AJR-2), Strategic Operations Security Group (AJR-22).
What You'll Do
- →Performs complex, specialized air traffic control assignments.
- →Plans, coordinates, and participates in the performance of complex air traffic management (ATM) security and emergency operations related incident management functions.
- →Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of air traffic control (ATC) procedures and operations, overall National Airspace System (NAS) operations, and the FAA¿s operational and regulatory authorities, responsibilities, and programs.
- →Formulates, establishes, and sustains plans and procedures enabling unified ATO responses to significant incidents (e.g., hurricanes) utilizing the Joint Air Traffic Operations Command (JATOC) Crisis Action Team (J-CAT).
- →This work broadly ranges from emergency operations-related directives (e.g., FAA Orders) to J-CAT job aids.
- →Analyzes operational, technical, and programmatic data to aid in the development of training materials and reports.
- →Possesses comprehensive knowledge of staff programs (e.g., procedures, traffic management, quality assurance, training, automation) to carry out regional or national programs.
- →Responds to broad policies and objectives by developing and implementing work plans.
- →Often represents AJR-2, as the senior point of contact, in discussions with diverse external stakeholders pertaining to projects, programs, research, and acquisition.
- →As an authority on ATC, he/she acts as a liaison, and/or trusted agent in significant incident management discussions with other offices within ATO and in the rest of the FAA, as well as with Federal and State inter-agency partners.
- →Uses comprehensive knowledge of ATC procedures and NAS operations to analyze and integrate disparate information into a holistic picture of the NAS and response activities, while responding to fast-paced information sharing demands from FAA senior leadership and coordinating with multiple actors outside of the J-CAT, ranging from ATO district managers to Federal and State inter-agency partners.
- →Deploys as an operations liaison under a Joint Forward Operations Response Team (J-FORT) activation to forward incident management locations such as State Emergency Operations Centers (SEOC) and Federal Joint Field Offices (JFO).
- →In this capacity, represent the FAA on ANS-related issues with external partners to mitigate safety and efficiency impacts on the NAS while facilitating Air Navigation Services (ANS) related support for inter-agency response and recovery activities.
- →Uses ATC experience to balance NAS and response needs in designing Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) and other contingency ATM measures, sustaining a detailed awareness of response air missions, and sharing actionable information on NAS status.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓Education cannot be substituted for experience.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 27d4dbf7-1328-43af-9532-a5672e339aa0
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