AISR Support Lead
About this role
Job Title: AISR Support Lead
Location: Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, NC
This position is pending contract award.
Job Responsibilities
Trace Systems is seeking an experienced AISR Support Operations Lead to oversee mission support, system readiness, and operational coordination for airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (AISR) capabilities within the C2ISR enterprise. The ideal candidate has a strong background in ISR operations, multi‑domain mission support, and collaboration across technical, operational, and programmatic teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate AISR support operations, ensuring C2ISR Network missions stay online.
- Serve as the primary interface between operations, engineering, logistics, program management, and external stakeholders.
- Oversee planning, coordination, and tracking of C2ISR readiness, configuration baselines, sustainment tasks, and system availability.
- Monitor performance of C2ISR network operations; identify risks and recommend improvements to mission effectiveness.
- Support integration of new capabilities, including sensor upgrades, software releases, data‑link enhancements, and workflow optimizations.
- Manage operational reporting, status updates, and documentation for leadership and cross-functional teams.
- Facilitate technical and operational collaboration across C2ISR disciplines.
- Ensure compliance with DoD standards, security requirements, configuration management processes, and mission support guidelines.
- Mentor junior network technicians and operators; contribute to training, best practices, and process improvement initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications
- Active, in-scope US Government issued Secret clearance.
- Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, US Citizenship is required.
- Candidates must meet the qualification requirements of DoDM 8140.03 for the DCWF 441 – Network Operations Specialist (Intermediate) work role through an approved qualification pathway (Education, DoD Military/Training, Certification, or a combination thereof), as defined by the applicable contract. Qualification Pathways (One or More May Apply).
- Education (OR)
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Data Science, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or Software Engineering.
- DoD/Military Training (OR)
- Certification (OR)
- DoD-approved 8140-aligned certification for DCWF 441 (Intermediate), such as: CompTIA Security+ CE, CompTIA CySA+, SSCP, GSEC, CEH.
- Experience supporting airborne ISR operations, mission planning, PED workflows, or C2ISR systems.
- Strong understanding of ISR collection processes, sensor integration, and data handling.
- Familiarity with system sustainment, configuration management practices, or lifecycle management principles.
- Ability to travel worldwide, including to remote or austere locations. Individual trips may extend up to two months, with the possibility of multiple trips per year.
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex network issues within routed and switched infrastructures.
- Hands-on experience with Cisco networking technologies and enterprise network management tools.
- Working knowledge of BGP, OSPF, multicast routing, VLANs, VPNs, and network performance monitoring solutions.
- Experience performing packet analysis, log analysis, fault isolation, and root-cause investigations.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical personnel.
Desired Qualification
- Experience with multi‑platform or distributed AISR systems.
- Understanding of systems engineering or technical integration processes.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage operational priorities.
- Prior experience in a leadership or senior analyst role within C2ISR or ISR.
- Experience supporting SOCOM, CENTCOM, AFRICOM, TRANSCOM, Space Force, or other Combatant Command environments.
- Experience supporting OCONUS operations and remote-site sustainment activities.
- Prior military service or experience supporting DOD customers.
Trace Systems
Trace Systems Inc. was founded to support and defend our nation's security interests at home and abroad–– whenever and wherever. We provide enterprise IT, engineering, full life-cycle communications, cybersecurity, cloud and virtualization services and solutions to the United States Department of Defense and other federal agencies.
To Apply: We invite you to put your talents to work by joining a growing team of dynamic professionals here at Trace Systems! Be part of a culture at our leading-edge company where you can achieve great things while fostering a satisfying and rewarding career progression. To learn more about our current openings, text ‘tracejobs’ to 97211 or apply directly through our website at: www.tracesystems.com. #jointracesystems
Trace Systems is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
Company at a glance
Trace Systems Inc. is an industry leader in digital transformation, assured communications, distributed edge architecture, cloud-based cross domain solutions, and global defense services. With expertise in global operations, Trace has established strong geographic footprints across North and South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Indo-Pacific regions.
Since our founding, Trace has supported mission critical requirements for the Department of Defense (DoD) in nearly every corner of the globe:
We live and work alongside many of our military customers in austere, hazardous, and tactical ‘down-range’ contingency environments such as Iraq and Afghanistan. We understand and are extensively experienced in how to operate and support our customers in these challenging environments.
We support coalition customers globally in CENTCOM, AFRICOM, EUCOM, INDOPACOM, SOUTHCOM, and NORTHCOM. Based on our extensive experience in theater, we know how to navigate the complexities of living and working in challenging or hazardous environments.
We support combatant commands with solutions and services that require rapid response to requirements on a moment’s notice. We have a long history of supporting immediate reaction and response teams as well as short-notice deployments of highly-specialized teams to address cyber security, networking, systems, command center and communications systems and services requirements.
Trace Systems is an Equal Opportunity employer.
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