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17SX Cyberspace Effects Operations Officer

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Overview

A Cyberspace Effects Operations Officer commands a crew, manages cyberspace weapons systems, assesses intelligence, and plans and executes missions. They monitor cyber channels, advise commanders, and keep personnel and equipment ready to support systems such as combat communications, missile guidance, power grids, and rocket launches.

Minimum clearance: Top Secret

Core Skills

Operation of cyberspace weapons systems
Crew command for cyberspace missions

Civilian Career Paths

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Cybersecurity Operations Supervisor

Operating cyberspace weapons systems and commanding mission crews provides a foundation for supervising cybersecurity operations within a matching technical scope.

How to prepare: Compare a cybersecurity operations supervisor posting with your documented systems and crew-command experience, and target openings where that experience matches the team's technical responsibilities.

What the civilian work involves

Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

DAFOCD, 30 Apr 26: CYBERSPACE EFFECTS OPERATIONS (17SX)
[1] Specialty Summary section "CYBERSPACE EFFECTS OPERATIONS"; normalized cached text lines 3851-3872; family-level section (17S4, 17S3, 17S1)
Supports: Operation of cyberspace weapons systems, Crew command for cyberspace missions, Cybersecurity Operations Supervisor (O*NET 11-3021.00)
O*NET: Computer and Information Systems Managers
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Cybersecurity Operations Supervisor (O*NET 11-3021.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 17SX

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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