17C Cyber Operations Specialist

National Guard; Cheyenne, Northern (WY, KY); Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Army National Guard seeks a Cyber Operations Specialist to detect, identify, and respond to cyberattacks across military domains, safeguarding data and networks. The role includes both offensive cyberspace operations and defending net-centric capabilities, with emphasis on rapid decision-making under pressure.

Initial training comprises Basic Training, followed by two phases of Advanced Individual Training at Corry Station, Florida, and Fort Gordon, Georgia, preparing you for complex cyber

Responsibilities

• Provide crucial intelligence and network support that safeguards the cyber domain
• Collect, analyze, and report digital data
• Maintain network defense tools such as routers and firewalls
• Evaluate network defense operations
• Respond to incidents in cyberspace
• Surveillance and reconnaissance actions on specified systems and networks
• Conduct network terrain audits, penetration testing, basic digital forensics, and software threat analysis

Skills

Self-discipline

Confidence

Intelligence

Quick decisions

Job description

Join the frontlines of cyber warfare as a Cyber Operations Specialist in the Army National Guard. In this role, your primary responsibility will be to detect, identify, and respond to cyberattacks to ensure safety across military domains.

Your duties will include: conducting integrated and synchronized offensive cyberspace operations by targeting enemy and hostile adversary activities; conduct defense operations to protect data, networks, net-centric capabilities, and other systems; and detect, identify, and respond to attacks against friendly networks with lethal and nonlethal actions that enable commanders to gain advantages in cyberspace.

Job Duties

• Provide crucial intelligence and network support that safeguards the cyber domain
• Collect, analyze, and report digital data
• Maintain network defense tools such as routers and firewalls
• Evaluate network defense operations
• Respond to incidents in cyberspace
• Surveillance and reconnaissance actions on specified systems and networks
• Conduct network terrain audits, penetration testing, basic digital forensics, and software threat analysis

Helpful Skills

• Self-discipline, confidence, and intelligence
• Physical and mental fitness to perform under pressure
• Ability to make decisions quickly
• Capability to bear numerous responsibilities

Earn While You Learn

Instead of paying to learn these skills, get paid to learn. In the Army National Guard, you will learn these valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance.

Job training for a Cyber Operations Specialist consists of 10 weeks of Basic Training, where you’ll learn basic Soldiering skills, and two phases of Advanced Individual Training (AIT). Phase one includes 25 weeks of training in Corry Station, Florida. Phase two lasts 20 weeks, and takes place in Fort Gordon, Georgia.