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2651 Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems Engineer

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Overview

An Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Systems Engineer designs and implements the integration and management of ISR platforms, intelligence datasets, and intelligence networks. The engineer integrates sensors, maintains data flow and standardization, supports communications and enterprise services, and manages network redundancy, data redundancy, and disaster recovery.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Minimum ASVAB: CL 110 or EL 110 or GT 100

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: navmc-1200-1l-fy26 (source date 2025-03). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Sensor integration and intelligence system dataflow
  • Data standardization across intelligence systems
  • Network redundancy and disaster recovery
  • Sensitive Compartmented Information communications

Civilian Career Paths

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Network and Computer Systems Administrators

Managing intelligence networks, enterprise services, data redundancy, and disaster recovery directly overlaps with civilian network and systems administration.

How to prepare: Build a Linux lab with networked services, then document a backup, simulated failure, and successful restoration.

What the civilian work involves
  • Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
  • Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
  • Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Bash
  • Microsoft Active Directory

Computer Network Architects

Designing and implementing intelligence network integration, intersystem dataflow, and redundancy provides directly transferable experience for network design and recovery planning.

How to prepare: Create a civilian network design portfolio using a fictional organization, showing dataflow, redundant connections, and a tested disaster recovery plan.

What the civilian work involves
  • Develop disaster recovery plans.
  • Develop and implement solutions for network problems.
  • Coordinate network operations, maintenance, repairs, or upgrades.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Ansible software
  • Border Gateway Protocol BGP
  • IBM Terraform

Training & Development

Choose credentials for your target role. COOL funding markers describe program listings, not a guarantee of eligibility or funding.

Getting Started

  • CompTIA Network+ · Funded

    Validate vendor-neutral networking and network resilience knowledge for the systems administration path.

    For: Network and Computer Systems Administrators

  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) · Funded

    Validate network access, IP connectivity, IP services, security fundamentals, and automation knowledge as a foundation for administration or network design.

    Eligibility and preparation: No prerequisites; earning the credential requires passing the 200-301 CCNA exam.

    For: Network and Computer Systems Administrators, Computer Network Architects

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1M (FY27, in force): MOS 2651

    [1] MOS 2651 section "a. Summary"; cached text lines 35525-35539; NAVMC 1200.1M replaced 1200.1L on 2026-10-01; the MOS 2651 summary is identical in both editions except bracket styling

    Supports: Sensor integration and intelligence system dataflow, Data standardization across intelligence systems, Network redundancy and disaster recovery, Sensitive Compartmented Information communications, Network and Computer Systems Administrators (O*NET 15-1244.00), Computer Network Architects (O*NET 15-1241.00)

  2. O*NET: Network and Computer Systems Administrators

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Network and Computer Systems Administrators (O*NET 15-1244.00)

  3. O*NET: Computer Network Architects

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Computer Network Architects (O*NET 15-1241.00)

  4. COOL credential mapping: CompTIA Network+

    [4] 2651 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: CompTIA Network+

    [5]CompTIA: Network+ (Plus) certification exam details · Exam details; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: CompTIA Network+

  5. COOL credential mapping: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

    [6] 2651 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

    [7]Cisco: CCNA certification · How to earn your CCNA, Core exam 200-301 CCNA; updated 31 August 2026, retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

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