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17A Cyber Warfare Officer

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Overview

A Cyber Warfare Officer leads, plans, and directs defensive and offensive cyberspace operations to protect friendly systems and target adversary activities and capabilities. The officer commands cyber maneuver forces and coordinates their employment with other actions across joint, Army, and coalition commands.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • Coordinated offensive and defensive cyber planning
  • Network attack detection and response direction
  • Cyber effects integration with combat operations
  • Joint and coalition cyber force coordination

Civilian Career Paths

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Computer Network Support Specialists

Planning and directing network defense through attack detection, identification, and response provides a foundation for civilian network breach analysis and security support.

How to prepare: Build a practice network with access controls, then investigate a simulated security breach and document the diagnosis and corrective actions to demonstrate hands-on support skills.

What the civilian work involves
  • Configure security settings or access permissions for groups or individuals.
  • Analyze and report computer network security breaches or attempted breaches.
  • Identify the causes of networking problems, using diagnostic testing software and equipment.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Active Directory
  • Microsoft Windows Server

Training & Development

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

Getting Started

  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) · Funded

    Develop network fundamentals, connectivity, access, and security knowledge for hands-on network support.

    Eligibility and preparation: No certification exam prerequisites.

    For: Computer Network Support Specialists

  • CompTIA Security+ · Funded

    Validate core cybersecurity knowledge for the security-focused responsibilities of network support.

    For: Computer Network Support Specialists

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 17A Cyber Warfare Officer

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 17A (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Coordinated offensive and defensive cyber planning, Network attack detection and response direction, Cyber effects integration with combat operations, Joint and coalition cyber force coordination, Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00)

  2. O*NET: Computer Network Support Specialists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00)

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

    [3] 17A cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

    [4]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)

  4. COOL credential mapping: CompTIA Security+

    [5] 17A cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: CompTIA Security+

  5. CompTIA Security+ exam details

    [6] Exam details, recommended experience

    Supports: CompTIA Security+

Defense contractor jobs for 17A

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