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H11C Master Digital Network Exploitation Analyst

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

Overview

A Master Digital Network Exploitation Analyst leads basic and senior analysts and provides operational guidance to senior leaders based on analysis of collected metadata and content. The analyst uses specialized tools and data to recommend target network vectors, identify relevant cyber terrain, set collection priorities, analyze vulnerabilities, and recommend authorized actions for follow-on cyberspace operations.

Core Skills

Target network reconstruction from collected data
Cyber terrain and collection priority assessment
Communications vulnerability analysis for target prioritization
Operational recommendations from metadata and content

Civilian Career Paths

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Penetration Testers

Target network reconstruction and analysis of communications and digital network vulnerabilities transfer to assessing network weaknesses and recommending security improvements.

How to prepare: Complete a network security audit in a lab you control and produce a report documenting vulnerabilities, validation steps, and proposed mitigations.

What the civilian work involves

Conduct network and security system audits, using established criteria.
Design security solutions to address known device vulnerabilities.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Bash
Linux

Digital Forensics Analysts

Analysis of collected metadata and content and reconstruction of target networks transfer to examining digital records during network intrusion investigations.

How to prepare: Complete a practice investigation using sample network logs and a disk image, documenting evidence preservation, handling procedures, and an intrusion timeline.

What the civilian work involves

Adhere to legal policies and procedures related to handling digital media.
Analyze log files or other digital information to identify the perpetrators of network intrusions.
Create system images or capture network settings from information technology environments to preserve as evidence.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Linux
Python
Splunk Enterprise

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)

NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC H11C
[1] NEC entry "H11C - Master Digital Network Exploitation Analyst"; cached text line 6060; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition
Supports: Target network reconstruction from collected data, Cyber terrain and collection priority assessment, Communications vulnerability analysis for target prioritization, Operational recommendations from metadata and content, Penetration Testers (O*NET 15-1299.04), Digital Forensics Analysts (O*NET 15-1299.06)
O*NET: Penetration Testers
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Penetration Testers (O*NET 15-1299.04)
O*NET: Digital Forensics Analysts
[3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Digital Forensics Analysts (O*NET 15-1299.06)

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