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N71Z CVN Propulsion Plant Local Area Network (PPLAN) Administrator

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Overview

A CVN Propulsion Plant Local Area Network Administrator administers and maintains the shipboard propulsion plant network and internal site networks. The administrator manages Active Directory, servers, clients, databases, and backups while conducting first level troubleshooting and corrective actions for network software and hardware.

Core Skills

  • Active Directory management for shipboard networks
  • Server and database backup administration
  • Server and client system administration
  • First-level network hardware and software troubleshooting

Civilian Career Paths

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Network and Computer Systems Administrators

Shipboard LAN administration, Active Directory management, server and client administration, and backup duties directly overlap with civilian systems administration.

How to prepare: Build a small server-and-client lab and document an Active Directory configuration plus a successful backup-and-restore test.

What the civilian work involves
  • Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
  • Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
  • Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Active Directory

Computer Network Support Specialists

First-level network software and hardware troubleshooting, corrective actions, and internal network maintenance transfer directly to network support work.

How to prepare: Practice diagnosing a connectivity fault in a test network and write a support record showing diagnostic results, corrective action, and verification.

What the civilian work involves
  • Back up network data.
  • Identify the causes of networking problems, using diagnostic testing software and equipment.
  • Document network support activities.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Active Directory
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Windows Server

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC N71Z

    [1] NEC entry "N71Z - CVN Propulsion Plant Local Area Network (PPLAN) Administrator"; cached text line 8948; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Active Directory management for shipboard networks, Server and database backup administration, Server and client system administration, First-level network hardware and software troubleshooting, Network and Computer Systems Administrators (O*NET 15-1244.00), Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00)

  2. O*NET: Network and Computer Systems Administrators

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Network and Computer Systems Administrators (O*NET 15-1244.00)

  3. O*NET: Computer Network Support Specialists

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

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