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17Z Cyberspace and Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) Senior Sergeant (CEMA Sr SGT)

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Overview

A CEMA Senior Sergeant provides senior technical and tactical advice to commands and staffs on offensive and defensive cyberspace and electronic warfare operations. This senior sergeant mentors personnel, synchronizes joint CEMA functions, coordinates assets and operations, maintains liaison with military and partner organizations, and develops strategic guidance for subordinate commands.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • Joint cyber and electronic warfare synchronization
  • Cyber mission prioritization and resource allocation
  • Interagency and coalition cyber operations liaison
  • Strategic cyber and electronic warfare guidance

Civilian Career Paths

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Information Security Analysts

Advising commanders on defensive cyberspace operations and developing strategic cyber guidance transfers to planning information protection and communicating security priorities.

How to prepare: Build a sample security plan for a small lab network, documenting risks, proposed safeguards, and tests of those safeguards.

What the civilian work involves
  • Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs.
  • Perform risk assessments and execute tests of data processing system to ensure functioning of data processing activities and security measures.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Excel

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • CompTIA Security+ · Funded · Promotion points

    Validate foundational civilian IT security skills supporting the move from military cyber planning into information security analysis.

    For: Information Security Analysts

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 17Z Cyberspace and Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) Senior Sergeant (CEMA Sr SGT)

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

    Supports: Joint cyber and electronic warfare synchronization, Cyber mission prioritization and resource allocation, Interagency and coalition cyber operations liaison, Strategic cyber and electronic warfare guidance, Information Security Analysts (O*NET 15-1212.00)

  2. O*NET: Information Security Analysts

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Information Security Analysts (O*NET 15-1212.00)

  3. COOL credential mapping: CompTIA Security+

    [3] 17Z cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: CompTIA Security+

  4. CompTIA Security+ exam details

    [4] Exam details, recommended experience

    Supports: CompTIA Security+

Defense contractor jobs for 17Z

Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 17Z. Each history page explains the change.

17C6Cyber Operations Specialist17E6Electronic Warfare Specialist

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