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785C Special Operations Forces Expeditionary Cyberspace Operator (SOF ECO)

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

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Overview

A Special Operations Forces Expeditionary Cyberspace Operator conducts assigned local and close access expeditionary cyberspace operations in support of Special Operations Forces mission sets. When augmented to a Joint Task Force, the operator uses cyber capabilities from maritime, air, and ground domains.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • Local and close-access cyberspace operations
  • Cross-domain cyber capability employment when augmented to JTFs

Civilian Career Paths

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Penetration Testers

Local and close-access cyberspace operations provide an operational foundation for hands-on civilian security testing.

How to prepare: Complete an authorized lab network security audit and produce a report documenting scope, testing criteria, findings, and recommended mitigations.

What the civilian work involves
  • Conduct network and security system audits, using established criteria.
  • Assess the physical security of servers, systems, or network devices to identify vulnerability to temperature, vandalism, or natural disasters.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Bash
  • Linux

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 785C

    [1] NEC entry "785C - Special Operations Forces Expeditionary Cyberspace Operator (SOF ECO)"; cached text line 18894; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Local and close-access cyberspace operations, Cross-domain cyber capability employment when augmented to JTFs, Penetration Testers (O*NET 15-1299.04)

  2. O*NET: Penetration Testers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Penetration Testers (O*NET 15-1299.04)

Defense contractor jobs for 785C

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