Description
Data Systems Engineer Officers act as the subject matter experts in the analysis, design, deployment, and management of services in support of command and control. The position encompasses both the theoretical and practical engineering aspects of specifying, designing, implementing, and managing enterprise-level classified and unclassified data systems and applications. Typical duties include mission planning, procurement, quality control, and advanced technical analysis during the planning, installation, operation, maintenance, and secure integration of data systems to include active directory management, cloud services, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, database management, scripting, hardware/software management, virtualization, and messaging in support of deployed and garrison systems and services. They provide technical direction to the subsets of system administration, application development, and unified communication administration in conjunction with the overall communications control effort relating to the security, installation and performance of services within MAGTF, joint, coalition, garrison, and tactical network environments. Marines in this MOS may be assigned to a BIC (within their occupational field) that has been coded with one or more DoD cyber workforce framework work role codes. Please reference DoDI 8140.10, DoDM 8140.10, and the MOS roadmap for additional training and certification requirements associated with these work role code.
Core Skills
- enterprise systems architecture and design
- requirements analysis and systems engineering
- network and data center design
- systems integration and interoperability
- IT project and program management
- lifecycle management and configuration control
- cybersecurity and risk management integration
- cloud and virtualization planning
- capacity planning and performance analysis
- vendor and contract management
- technical leadership and mentoring
- policy and standards development
- disaster recovery and continuity planning
Common Certifications
- CompTIA Security+
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP Enterprise)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
- ITIL 4 Foundation
Civilian Career Paths
- SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
- NETWORK ENGINEERING
- IT MANAGEMENT
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- CLOUD ENGINEERING
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