Marine Corps MOS · IT & Cyber

7216 Command and Control Interface Control Officer

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Overview

Command and Control Interface Control Officers analyze, plan, design, execute, and manage Marine Corps common tactical pictures and integrate them with a joint task force commander's common operational picture. They coordinate multi tactical data link operations, optimize interfaces for required information exchange, and apply expertise in tactical data link architecture, Link 16 network design, and common operational picture systems.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

Link 16 network architecture planning
Joint tactical and operational picture integration
End-to-end information exchange optimization
Coalition tactical data link interoperability

Civilian Career Paths

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Computer Systems Engineers/Architects

Planning multi-link architectures, integrating tactical pictures, and optimizing interfaces for end-to-end information exchange transfer directly to systems requirements and integration work.

How to prepare: Build a systems-integration portfolio case study using public or synthetic information, mapping information-exchange requirements to an architecture diagram, component choices, and interface validation tests.

What the civilian work involves

Communicate with staff or clients to understand specific system requirements.
Investigate system component suitability for specified purposes, and make recommendations regarding component use.
Direct the analysis, development, and operation of complete computer systems.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Atlassian JIRA
Git

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 7216
[1] MOS 7216 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 17366; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01
Supports: Link 16 network architecture planning, Joint tactical and operational picture integration, End-to-end information exchange optimization, Coalition tactical data link interoperability, Computer Systems Engineers/Architects (O*NET 15-1299.08)
O*NET: Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Computer Systems Engineers/Architects (O*NET 15-1299.08)

Defense contractor jobs for 7216

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