Direct Commission Program

Engineers

The Corps of Engineers is a Combat Arms branch with vital combat support and service support functions. Its missions encompass a broad range of military operations and civil engineering projects, from initial planning through to execution and development. As an Engineer Officer, you will lead Soldiers in diverse and complex operations. Your core responsibilities will include leading troops in combat engineering, general engineering, and geospatial engineering, as well as providing mobility, enhanced protection, enabling logistics and building partner capacity and developing infrastructure. Regardless of the discipline, all engineers must be prepared to conduct missions in close combat.

Description

An Engineer Officer is an analytical, innovative, and detail-focused leader. They are expert problem-solvers, skilled at developing solutions to complex challenges, whether by applying proven best practices or by creating entirely new approaches. On the battlefield, Engineer forces shape the physical terrain to provide friendly forces a decisive tactical advantage. This is achieved by breaching obstacles, building bridges and constructing base camps, emplacing defensive obstacles, improving infrastructure, restoring damaged areas, and developing battle positions for maneuver units. Modern Engineer leaders are expected to be multi-functional and capable of operating effectively in any environment to deter aggression and, should deterrence fail, ensure a decisive victory.

Desired Qualifications

Your civilian experience is your greatest asset. The following qualifications outline specific, high-demand technical roles within the Corps of Engineers. As a direct commission applicant, your background should align with one or more of these areas. Please review the list carefully to identify where your unique expertise can best serve the needs of the Army. See DA Pam 611-21 Chapter 4 for more details on the below desired qualifications:

W1: Facilities Planner: Seeking applicants with experience in planning and managing construction projects, particularly for temporary or expeditionary facilities. Ideal candidates can develop project plans from the ground up and oversee site development.

W2: Geospatial Leader: This role is for professionals with a strong background in Geospatial Information Systems (GIS). Applicants should have proven experience in the generation, management, analysis, and dissemination of geospatial data.

W3: Licensed Engineer Officer: Requires a current Professional Engineer (P.E.) license. This role is for engineers who have held responsibility for providing final approval on designs, making senior engineering determinations, and interpreting construction contracts.

W4: Degreed Engineer Officer: Applicants must possess an accredited engineering degree (e.g., ABET). This qualification is for individuals who use core engineering principles to plan, design, and oversee the construction of structures and facilities.

W5: Construction Project Manager: Ideal for experienced Construction Project Managers, particularly those with a PMP certification. We seek professionals skilled in managing project scope, schedule, budget, and quality while leading a delivery team.

W6: Construction Quality Assurance Officer: Seeking applicants with a background in Construction Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC). You should have experience developing and managing procedures to ensure construction projects meet all technical and contractual standards.

W7: Energy and Environmental Officer: This role is for environmental engineers or sustainability professionals. We need experts who apply scientific and engineering principles to ensure environmental compliance and reduce the resource footprint of facilities and operations.

W8: Facilities Engineer: Seeking experienced Facilities Engineers. This role focuses on the entire lifecycle of infrastructure, including the design, construction, and long-term maintenance of installations, civil works projects, airfields, and roadways.

W9: Structural Discipline Engineer: This role requires a background as a Structural Engineer. We are looking for applicants experienced in the design, analysis, and assessment of building and non-building structural systems.

X1: Electrical Discipline Engineer: This role requires a background as an Electrical Engineer. We seek applicants experienced in the design, analysis, and assessment of electrical power generation and distribution systems.

Military Education Requirements

To ensure all Direct Commission Officers are prepared for their roles, the following Professional military education is required. The training pipeline and total time commitment for initial training varies by rank:

Lieutenant (24 weeks):

• Direct Commissioning Course (DCC): A 5-week initial leadership course you may be required to attend depending on prior military training.
• Engineer Basic Officer Leader Course (EBOLC): A 19-week branch-specific course at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, providing foundational technical and tactical skills.

Captain (30 weeks):

• Includes the 24 weeks listed above.
• Engineer Captains Career Course (ECCC-RC): A 6-week, multi-phased course, with resident training at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, and Distant Learning. Phases of this course maybe waived on a case-by-case basis, depending on an evaluation of your civilian career, qualifications, and experience.

Major (30+ weeks):

• Includes the 30 weeks listed above.
• Intermediate Level Education (ILE): Many options and course designs are available to attend this training. Course duration will vary based on the selected course.

The Army Reserve is seeking to fill gaps in ranks up to Major for qualified individuals who desire to serve as Army engineers and use a variety of their skills to support large scale combat operations.

The Cyber Branch plans, integrates, synchronizes, and executes cyberspace and electromagnetic warfare operations. Cyberspace Operations (CO) are the employment of cyberspace capabilities where the primary purpose is to achieve objectives in or through cyberspace. The interrelated missions of CO are defensive cyberspace operations (DCO), offensive cyberspace operations (OCO), and Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN) operations. Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) operations are military actions involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) to support the commander’s intent and concept of operations. EW divisions include electromagnetic attack, electromagnetic protection, and electromagnetic support. Cyber Officers conduct cyberspace and EW operations, with both lethal and nonlethal ends, to enable the commander’s ability to mass effects and gain advantages in or through the cyberspace domain and EMS battlespace, and across other domains during multidomain operations (MDO) in support of unified land operations (ULO) objectives. Cyber Officers also design, develop, and deliver relevant, timely, and effective software and hardware solutions to enable and enhance CO and EW effects at all echelons. Cyber is the only branch specifically designed to engage adversaries directly within the cyberspace domain and the EMS battlespace through the employment of precision effects to deny, degrade, disrupt, destroy, or manipulate adversary capabilities while simultaneously ensuring the commander’s freedom of maneuver across all domains.

Cyber Branch Skill Requirements

Candidates may qualify for direct commissioning with experience in specific technical leadership and hands-on roles. Possession of skills associated with one of the following duty positions is required but does not guarantee direct commissioning approval.

Data Scientist- 17A

Qualifications include but are not limited to a bachelor’s degree or higher in data science, statistics, mathematics, or computer science; master’s degree highly preferred. At least two years of experience with large scale datasets stored on a distributed or cloud platform. Possesses a high degree of familiarity with basic networking protocols and both Linux and Windows OS and associated native logging systems. Demonstrated proficiency with industry standard, high level programming languages, including Python, Scala, or R; familiarity with C or C++ preferred. Must be able to develop programmatic solutions for anomaly detection within network traffic or endpoint logs and/or match statistical models with time-series security logs for environment characterization. This position is in the Cyber Protection Brigade at Fort Gordon, GA.

Access Cyber Capability Developer- 17D

Qualifications include but are not limited to a bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or computer engineering; master’s degree preferred. No less than three years of experience in vulnerability research/discovery; five years of experience preferred. Proven track record of analyzing programs, finding bugs, and writing exploits for those bugs. Requires a broad understanding of state-of-the-art techniques in reverse, static, and dynamic program analysis, as well as in-depth understanding of vulnerability classes, exploitation techniques, and shellcode writing. This position is in the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) at either Fort George G. Meade, MD, or Fort Gordon, GA.

DevSecOps Cyber Capability Developer- 17D

Qualifications include but are not limited to a bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or data science; relevant certificates from John’s Hopkins, Duke, or Harvard desired but not required. At least three years of experience in a dedicated DevSecOps role, including experience with container orchestration services, cloud computing services, Windows and Linux architecture, scripting environments, computer networking, and distributed architecture. Possess in-depth understanding of computer networking and distributed architecture. Proficient in web application maintenance and development; administering and deploying development CI/CD tools; virtualization and containerization tools; and network, asynchronous, and system-level programming. This position is in the Cyber Protection Brigade at Fort Gordon, GA.

Embedded Cyber Capability Developer- 17D

Qualifications include but are not limited to a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, robotics, and/or industrial control systems; master’s or doctoral degree preferred. No less than five years’ experience with microcomputers, FPGA, SoC, PCB, ICS, embedded computing systems, “edge” computing, and/or operational technology, including research, development, and engineering. Possess theoretical background in electrical or computer engineering and scientific principles with a knowledge of HDL, C, and Python; Bash or PowerShell scripting preferred. This position is in the 11th Cyber Battalion at Fort Gordon, GA.

Infrastructure Cyber Capability Developer- 17D

Qualifications include but are not limited to a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or software engineering; master’s or doctoral degree preferred. No less than five years of experience with containerized software, software container orchestration, computer networking, and/or cloud computing; ten years of experience preferred. Proven track record of direct hands-on engineering work with related technology; AWS experience preferred. Possess technical experience establishing, maintaining, and troubleshooting production-grade Kubernetes clusters. Skill with Linux, Bash script automation, YAML based image specification and pipeline configuration, Cluster ingress configuration and security, and other relevant capabilities.

Persistence Cyber Capability Developer- 17D

Qualifications include but are not limited to a bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or computer engineering; master’s degree preferred. No less than three years of experience in low-level software development on Unix, Linux, or Windows platforms; five years of experience preferred. Proven track record of building sophisticated software systems. Extensive proficiency in C and Python programming, as well as proven ability to craft remote access tools, loaders, and callback infrastructure. Possess in-depth understanding of computer and programming platforms with the ability to write robust, resilient, high quality software. Requires programming experience in both user space and the kernel. This position is in the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) at either Fort George G. Meade, MD, or Fort Gordon, GA.

Radio Frequency Cyber Capability Developer- 17D

Qualifications include but are not limited to a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, software engineering, mathematics, or physics; master’s or doctoral degree preferred. No less than five years of experience in EMS related research, development, or engineering; ten years of experience preferred. Proven track record of hands-on engineering work with radios, antennas, EMS data analysis, spectrum analyzers and generators, or wireless technologies. Possess skill with software defined radios and bench-level troubleshooting using analog and digital test equipment. Background in EMS science, RF and antenna theory, modulation and modem capabilities, and other relevant capabilities. This position is in the 11th Cyber Battalion at Fort Gordon, GA.

Branch 25A

Branch 25 (Signal Corps) installs, operates, maintains, secures, and defends the Army’s portion of the Department of War Information Networks (DOWIN-A) and Communication Security (COMSEC), consisting of communications, computer networks, information services, and spectrum management operations (SMO) worldwide in support of the United States and multinational forces at all levels of command. The Signal Corps is an operational support branch which enables multi-domain operations (MDO) by providing unique data-centric capabilities at every level, from sustaining military bases to global strategic communication facilities to forward-deployed fighting forces. The Signal Corps delivers seamless, secure, continuous, dynamic communications and data networks that enable command and control (C2) of Army, joint, and coalition forces in support of Joint All Domain Operations (JADO). Signal also supports defense support of civil authorities (DSCA) during homeland disaster relief and other events.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and secure the DoWIN by providing communications, information systems, and networks to support national and DOW operations, while implementing security policies and proactive measures to prevent and recover from cyber intrusions.

• Install, operate, maintain, secure, and defend information networks while integrating user and unit-owned systems into networks.

• Review and implement Command and Control systems requirements, manage IT projects, plan budgets, and oversee system integration, architecture, and project milestones from inception to completion.

• Integrate tactical, strategic, and sustaining communications systems into the DOWIN, perform risk management activities, and protect networks, data, and systems from unauthorized activity.

• Provide tactical voice and data systems for battlefield elements, ensure cybersecurity compliance, and integrate safeguards into IT resources to protect against malicious activity.

• Secure DOWIN-A through configuration control, patching, and firewall operations to maintain cyberspace Security Posture.

• Administer Communications Security (COMSEC) duties including cryptographic material accountability, COMSEC training, inspections, and incident reporting.

Education

4-Year STEM Degree

General Experience Must have

• Cybersecurity Experience (Sec + or familiar with information security protocols)

• Technical Supervisory management experiences (20+ people)

• Service Management Experience of Computing Environment (Remedy Army Enterprise Service Desk (AESD))

• Perform Communications Security (COMSEC management)

• Communications / network planner

• Must possess or able to achieve a TS/SCI security clearance

General Experience (must meet 7 of 9)

• Executing signal operations during FTX (Bn, BDE, CORP, Theatre, etc.)

• Communicate technical terms to a non-technical audience (verbal / written)

• Interpret non-technical guidance and relate it to technical individuals (verbal / written)

• Innovative Problem Solver

• Management of multi-channel satellite systems

• Experience with communication systems and computer networks

• Data literacy / data management

• Familiar with integration of tactical voice and data systems

• Spectrum management operations (frequency coordination and management)

Military Police provide professional policing, investigations, corrections, and security support across the full range of military operations to the United States Army and the Joint Force in order to enable maneuver, protect the force, preserve readiness, and shape the security environment. Through the competencies of Soldiering, Policing, Investigations, and Corrections, MPs execute three disciplines: police operations, detention operations, and security and mobility support operations. Police operations encompass the associated law enforcement activities to control and protect populations and resources to facilitate the existence of a lawful and orderly environment and uphold the rule of law. Detention involves the detention of a population or group that pose some level of threat to military operations. Security and mobility support is conducted to protect the force, noncombatants, and enable the commanders’ freedom of action and freedom of maneuver.

Work Experience Examples:

Police Officer, Corrections Officer, Security Specialist, Criminal Investigator, Emergency Management Specialist

Police Lieutenant, Corrections Supervisor, Security Manager, Lead Criminal Investigator, Anti-Terrorism Specialist

Certification Examples

Certified Protection Professional (CPP)

Physical Security Professional (PSP)

Professional Certified Investigator (PCI)

Certified Jail Manager (CJM)

Physical Security Certification (PSC)

Provides commanders with all-source and single discipline intelligence assessments and estimates at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels dealing with enemy capabilities, intentions, vulnerabilities and the effects of terrain and weather on operations. Provide predictive analysis of enemy courses of action; directs tasking of intelligence collection assets at all echelons; produces threat estimates to support doctrine, training and combat developments; ensures proper dissemination of intelligence; manages Geospatial Imagery Intelligence (GEOINT) operations; manage Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations; manage Counterintelligence (CI) operations; manage Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) operations; participates in planning and conduct of Information Operations (IO).

Desired Work Experience:

Analytic Methodologies

Computer Engineering

Computer Scientist

Criminology / Criminal Justice

Cryptography / Crypto-Mathematics

Data Science and Analysis

Foreign Language / Linguistics

Foreign Military Intelligence Service

Forensic Analysis

GEOINT Analysis

Homeland Security

Intelligence Analysis

Intelligence Collection

Machine Learning Engineer

National / Strategic Analysis

Security Engineer

Statistics

System and Network Exploitation

Desired Industry Certification:

DIA - Certified Defense All-Source Analysis Level 1 (CDASA-1)

DIA - Certified Defense All-Source Analysis Level 2 (CDASA-2)

DIA - Certified Collection Management Professional – Fundamentals (CCMP-F)

NGA - GEOINT Professional Certification (GPC)

USDI - Joint Intelligence Planner Proficiency Level 1 (JIP-1)

Encompasses leader and staff positions concerned with the financial management operations for organizations and headquarters at all levels. Commands various sized FM units. Develops performance factors, analyzes capabilities based on resources available, and objectively measures output to provide advice and guidance concerning financial management and resources to commanders and activity chiefs. Prepares, consolidates, and analyzes financial data and management information systems reports at all command levels in support of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process. Provides cash operations, both U.S. and foreign, to support multi-force and multi-national missions across the globe. Directs disbursement, receipt, and deposit of public funds as an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department. Interprets financial laws and Comptroller General Decisions. Trains military, and civilian personnel in all areas of financial management. Financial managers must exhibit the highest standards of discretion, judgment, conduct, and professional ethics per applicable statutes and regulations.

Desired Work Experience:

Data Scientist

Certified Public Accountant

Business Intelligence Developer

Financial Manager / Analyst

Data Architect

Banking

Data Analyst

Data Engineer

Desired Industry Certifications:

Certified Analytics Professional

Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM)

Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM)

EMC Proven Professional Data Scientist Associate

Certified Public Accountant

Lean Six Sigma

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Data management and Analytics

Data Science Council of America (DSCA) Associate Big Data Engineer Certification

Oracle Business Intelligence Certification

Encompasses positions that plan, develop, interpret, coordinate, integrate and implement the Department of Defense (DoD)and Army’s human resources (HR) programs and policies for the military, civilian, retirees, their families and contractor work force at all echelons. In addition to common staff responsibilities and duties, some HR programs include military personnel manning and readiness management; personnel accountability and strength reporting (PASR); officer and enlisted distribution and assignment; military essential personnel services; R5 (reception, replacement, return to duty, rest and recuperation, Redeployment), managing automated military personnel systems; casualty management and operations; band support; postal operations management, equal opportunity; morale, welfare and recreation (MWR), Unit Status Reporting, operational and tactical personnel planning, equal opportunity, retention management, deployment and Soldier readiness processing and mobilization execution.

Desired Work Experience:

Human Resources Generalist

Human Resources Specialist

Human Resources Associate

Human Resources Recruiter

Human Resources Representative

Equal Opportunity Specialist

Data Analyst

Data Engineer

Data Scientist

Human Resources Manager

Human Resources Director

Human Resources Supervisor

Director of Talent Management

Director of Compensation

Human Resources Strategy Manager

USPS Human Resources Supervisor

Senior Human Resources Manager

Director, Diversity and Inclusion

Data Analyst (Supervisory Position)

Data Engineer (Supervisory Position)

Data Scientist (Supervisory Position)

Director, Data Analytics and Database Administration

Senior Manager of Advanced Analytics and Data Science

Senior Analyst, Advanced Analytics

Desired Certifications:

PMP

Oracle PeopleSoft

Lean Six Sigma

Microsoft Office Specialist

Certified Analytics Professional

Data Science Council of America Associate Big Data Engineer

DELL Data Science Specialist

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Data Management and Analytics

PHR

SPHR

The branch provides the Army with a highly trained Corps of tactically and technically proficient Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) experts that:

(1) Command, direct, and control the activities of CBRN Corps units.

(2) Plan, employ, and coordinate CBRN systems in support of Unified Action Partners, as part of unified land operations.

(3) Plan, coordinate, and execute force protection, CBRN consequence management, and defense support to civil authorities.

(4) Perform functions related to the life cycle management of chemical munitions and materiel, to include storage and demilitarization.

(5) Prepare response plans for chemical accident or incident response and assistance (CAIRA) operations and biological accident or incident response and assistance (BAIRA) operations and nuclear accident or incident response and assistance (NAIRA) operations.

(6) Provide commanders (battalion through combatant command) with recommendations on the full range of CBRN operations, threats and hazards.

(7) Plan, recommend, and evaluate CBRN training activities.

(8) Plan, recommend, and evaluate the maintenance of CBRN equipment.

(9) Prepare plans and policies pertaining to the organization, training, operations, and equipment of CBRN units and personnel.

(10) Direct training, operations, administration, supply, maintenance, and security activities of CBRN units.

Plans, integrates, and directs sustainment activities that enable Army forces to integrate and sustain unified land operations. Integrates the functions of field services, force health protection, maintenance, ammunition, supply, and transportation. Exploits the various aspects of an agile logistics force when planning and executing operations. Know sustainment unit capabilities and employment methods. Provide relevant sustainment information to the commander in clear terms, enabling the commander to rapidly visualize, describe, and direct operations. Translate information on status and location of resources into the impact on combat effectiveness in the present and near future using current and emerging information technology. This branch is not an accession branch.

Functional Analyst- 90A

As a Functional Analyst for the Logistics Corps the individual must be able to relate large amounts of data and analytics to operational requirements and processes, they must be able to apply real-world logistics contexts. The functional analyst must be adept at communicating to senior-level commanders and executives, providing input for future operational plans and programs. They should be able to use their knowledge of logistics and data analytical skills to identify inefficiencies and develop process improvement plans in order to streamline operations and maximize efficiencies in both fiscal and time-constrained scenarios. Applicants should be an expert in information systems/data analytics and logistics.

• Partner with contractors to develop and analyze business intelligence, data & analytics needs
• Acts as the subject matter expert on reporting tools and data analysis, make recommendations on process changes
• Provides data analysis and reporting solutions support for assigned departments
• Participates and leads the planning process including inception, design, build, test, and deploy of business intelligence data & analysts solutions
• Interpret business requirements, and determines optimum business intelligence solutions to meet needs
• Explores data and discovers patterns, meaningful relationships, anomalies, and trends.
• Analyze testing results to ensure the solution meets the needs of the Army.
• Designs and delivers end-user training and training materials for business intelligence and analytics solutions
• Research business problems and creates models that help analyze these business problems
• Verifies collected data is with required quality and provides input to the development of information quality metrics/standards

Experience

A minimum of 5 years of experience in SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), SAP Business Reporting Tools, data warehousing principals/best practice solutions, SAP BEx Analyzer, cross-functional knowledge and manipulation experience of SAP Modules, and proven track record of architecting complete SAP Business Warehousing (BW) / Business Intelligence (BI) solutions to include at least one project is highly desired but not required

Previous military experience preferred but not required

Education

A Master’s degree or higher in the following fields are preferred, a minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required:

• Business with a focus on Information Technology or Computer Science.
• Science, Technology, Engineering, or a Mathematics Field (STEM)
• Information Systems Management
• Computer Science
• Data Analytics or Business Analytics
• Operations Research
• Supply Chain Management

Rail and Port Operations Officer

Desired Work Experience:

Safety Orientation for Rail Operations

Rail Operations Safety Rules and Investigations

Phase III Conductor Training (Operating Rules)

Rail Engineering Basics

Mechanical Basics

Locomotive Engineer Training

Transportation Basics

Logistics Management Manager

Basic Supervisory Skills & Writing Advantage

Transportation and Supply Chain Supervisor/Executive

Professional Development Program / Six Sigma

Operations Manager (in field of requirement)

Petroleum Operations Officer

Desired Work Experience:

Order, Shipping and Receiving Specialist

Storage and Distribution Manager

Cost Accounting Specialist

Procurement and Contracting

Production Operations

Reservoir Engineer

Global Distribution Software / Manifest Systems

Direct Organizational Operation Supervisor

Talent Management

Quality and Inventory Control Management

Production Planning and Control Management

Natural Resource Technician

Hazardous Material Technician

Transport Planner

Desired Industry Certification:

Certified Professional in Supply Management

Certified Professional Logistician

Transportation and Distribution Logistics

Supply Chain Management Certificate

Biofuels Production Manager

Environmental Management

The essential and enduring mission of CA is to engage and leverage the civil component of the Operational Environment (OE) while enhancing, enabling, or providing governance. CA forces execute their core competencies (transitional governance, civil network development and engagement, civil knowledge integration, and civil-military integration) across the range of military operations. Unique functions performed by the CA branch provide commanders a capability to find, disrupt, and defeat threats to, and within, the civil component of the OE. Threats in the civil component could be ineffective government, infrastructure degradation, criminal threats, asymmetric threats, and other factors that lead to unstable environments. CA forces also enable mission command, increase situational understanding, preserve combat power, and consolidate gains in support of the strategic objective of establishing a secure and stable OE that is consistent with U.S. interests. CA forces are specifically organized, trained, and resourced to address the civil environment and to integrate civil knowledge, resources, and considerations into decision making during activities that span the competition continuum.

Functional Area 26

Data Network Engineering (FA 26) is a functional area (FA) of the Signal Regiment with the mission to install, operate, maintain, secure, and defend the Army portion of the Department of War (DOW) Information Networks (DOWIN-A) and services in a single end-to-end network from the strategic core to the tactical edge. Data network engineers provide the Army with a professional corps of skilled officers leading highly technical Soldiers, warrant officers, and civilians. They design, manage, and protect complex information technology projects in support of multi-domain operations (MDO) in joint and coalition environments enabling Command and Control (C2) and providing consistent enterprise systems and services to all users.

General Experience Must Have Experience

• Cybersecurity- (familiar with Accreditation & Authorization and Risk management Framework)

• Technical Supervisory / Management (20+)

• Service Management Experience

• Cloud Engineer (FA26B)

• Data Engineer (FA26B)

• Systems Engineer (FA26A)

• Network Engineer (FA 26A)

• Must possess or be able to achieve a TS/SCI security clearance

General Experience (must meet 9 of 12)

• Executing FA26 operations during FTX (BN, BDE, CORP, Theatre, etc.)

• Communicate technical terms to a non-technical audience (verbal / written)

• Interpret non-technical guidance and relate it to technical individuals (verbal / written)

• Knowledge of emerging technologies

• Experience with communication systems and computer networks

• Machine Learning (ML) Engineer

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer

• Zero Trust Methodology

• Innovative problem solver

• 5G solutions engineer

• Army Acquisition Process

• Structure Query Language

Education

• 4-year Stem Degree (See Attached List)

Certifications (Preferred but not required)

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) or CompTIA Security+

• CCNA

• Cloud

• Data

Additional Requirements

• Must meet Army Physical Fitness standards

• Willing to undergo background checks and security clearance processes

Information operations (IO) is the integrated employment, during military operations, of information-related capabilities (IRC) in concert with other lines of operation to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision making of adversaries and potential adversaries while protecting our own. Army IO supports the commander’s ability to optimize the information element of combat power. An Information Operations (30A) officer may also be called upon to fulfill the role of a joint IO officer in a joint environment. IO Officers synchronize, coordinate and deconflict the use of all information-related capabilities available to them in order to affect the information environment to operational advantage and request the support of external information-related capabilities and units, when necessary to meet the commander’s intent and concept of operations.

FA 34

FA 40, space operations, is a functional area within the Operations Support functional category. The Army’s cadre of trained Space Operations Officers provides in-depth expertise and experience to leverage space assets for the Service. This functional area provides two distinct career paths: Space Operations Officer (FA40A) and Astronaut (FA40C). FA40A officers serve in shaping or operational positions supporting the Army and Joint, Inter-agency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) organizations that focus on developing and integrating space capabilities as well as operationally supporting the warfighter with space-base capabilities. As the Army continues to identify requirements for the “space-empowered” Future Force, FA40A officers are integrated into positions in which they can shape, research and develop, and acquire space-related capabilities or in operations and planning positions at all organizational levels within the Army or JIIM environments. FA40C provides the opportunity for officers specially selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to serve as astronauts for human exploration of space. The goal of the Functional Area is to normalize space throughout the Army’s operations and activities.

Public Affairs (PA) is an occupational specialty within the Information Operations Career Field in which trained and experienced general PA officers (AOC 46A) respond to 21st Century information requirements. Public affairs officers are personal staff officers or staff principals and supervise PA staff sections or attached PA units. They serve as the principal PA officer or on the PA staff at division level and higher. Public Affairs officers can also serve as a Secretary of the General Staff (SGS) at the grade of MAJ and LTC. They serve as instructors at the Defense Information School (DINFOS), Fort Meade, Maryland, and other institutions. They provide PA coordination at all levels of command and lead PA units and organizations.

Desired Work Experience:

News Analyst, Reporter, or Journalist

Public Relations Specialist

Editor (Copy Desk Chief)

Communication specialist or communication assistant (corporate or nonprofit)

Media Relations Assistant

Multimedia Specialist

Social Media Manager

Assistant Producer or Assistant Director (Film, Movie, Newscast, Radio, or Television)

Public Relations Assistant

Marketing Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

Media Relations Officer

Multimedia Producer

Community Relations Coordinator

Producer or Director (Film, Movie, Newscast, Radio, or Television)

Communication Director

Government Public Information Officer

Crisis Communication Lead

Army Foreign Area Officers (FAOs) are the U.S. Army’s premier regional and country experts, and they are Soldiers grounded in the profession of Arms; deliberately accessed, trained, educated, and developed to provide leadership and expertise in diverse organizations in the Army and Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) environments. FAOs are routinely forward deployed acting in an “economy of force” capacity on behalf of the Army and Joint Force, often the only Army and/or DOD representative in foreign countries. FAOs serve in positions which require the application of foreign area expertise, political-military awareness, foreign language proficiency, and professional military knowledge and experience with military activities having an economic, social, cultural, or political impact. FAOs key advisors to senior-level commanders, Chiefs of Mission, and other senior civilians; serve as attachés; security assistance officers; political-military operations, plans, and policy officers; political-military intelligence staff officers; liaison officers to foreign military organizations and the U.S. interagency; and service school instructors.

Desired Work Experience:

Department of State (DoS) Foreign Service Officer (FSO)

National Security Council Staff

Interagency Employee at a U.S. Embassy

Congressional Staff (Personal or Professional)

Army Service Component Command (ASCC), Combatant Command (CCMD), Joint, Army, or Sister Service Staff, DSCA, OSD Regional/Country Military Affairs Specialist

Security Cooperation (Foreign Military Sales, Foreign Military Financing, Building Partner Capacity, and/or International Military Education & Training)

Regional Strategic Analyst (ASCC, CCMD, DIA, OSD, Sister Service, and/or other members of the Intelligence Community)

The Operations Research/Systems Analysis (ORSA) functional area encompasses diverse disciplines that include personnel management, doctrine and force development, training management, system testing, system acquisition, decision analysis and resource management, as well as tactical, operational and strategic planning from division through combatant command, and from Army Command (ACOM) through the highest levels of the DOD. ORSA officers use analytic methods and mathematically-based procedures to enable leadership decisions in a constantly changing global environment. The ORSAs introduce quantitative analysis to the military decision-making processes by developing and applying probability models, statistical inference, simulations, optimization and economics models.

Specifically, ORSA officers:

(1) Formulate solutions to complex problems and design research and study approaches whose conclusions affect positive change.

(2) Apply technical analytic skills to military issues.

(3) Infer casual relationships from observed events.

(4) Conduct and supervise quantitative and qualitative analyses.

(5) Communicate complex ideas, analysis, and recommendations to decision-makers at all levels in terms appropriate to the audience.

(6) Organize workload, assign tasks, and lead and mentor civilian and military subordinates.

(7) Conduct research to acquire sufficient knowledge of new or unfamiliar processes or systems requiring assessment.

(8) Develop tools and processes that focus on planning, executing, and assessing military operations for the effects produced to achieve objectives.

(9) Assist staff and commands at all levels in the development of metrics and in conducting assessments to ensure they are “effectiveness” and “performance” based.

Functional Area 50 supports both the operational and institutional forces by combining the functions of force development and force integration to manage the force. The Force Management FA develops officers who are primarily integrators for requirements determination, combat development, organizational development and documentation, program development and funding, materiel solutions development and fielding at operational and strategic levels of the Army and Joint forces.

Manages the activities of the Material Developer and supports the missions of the Combat Developer organizations involved in the conception, research, development, engineering, test and evaluation, contract management and acquisition of material and automated information systems for the Army, from requirements formulation through the disposal of obsolete systems. Participates in all aspects of the systems acquisition from the review of the Mission Area Analysis, Battlefield Development Plan, and the Army Modernization Memorandum, resulting in a material solution, through all Life Cycle System Management Model phases outlined in DoD Directive 5000.1, Defense Acquisition.

FA 52 officers are the primary advisors to maneuver commanders on the effects of nuclear weapons. These officers integrate with Geographic Combatant Commander (GCC) and Army Service Component Commander (ASCC) planning staffs. FA 52 officers also work in the joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational (JIIM) environment on nuclear operations, stockpile management, and policy, plans, and treaties related to nuclear and WMD issues. CWMD operations encompass all efforts actors of concern to curtail the conceptualization, development, possession, proliferation, use, and effects of WMD, related expertise, materials, technologies, and means of delivery. FA 52 officers use their knowledge and experience to inform planning and execution at the strategic and operational levels of war. CWMD operations cross all six warfighting functions with the CWMD activities and tasks.

Functional Area (FA) 57 provides officers that are experts in the integration of Battle Command Systems and Simulations making a seamless environment for Commanders to conduct operations, mission planning, and mission rehearsals. The FA 57 officers are trainers who develop, plan, coordinate and execute exercises at all levels of command: battalion, brigade, division, combatant command, interagency and multi-national. This functional area operates in all the doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities (DOTMLPF) domains.

The Marketing functional area provides the Army with expertise in the field of marketing by providing highly trained officers with industry-specific knowledge. FA58 marketing officers are both creative and analytical thinkers who synthesize market signals and data to develop branding and marketing strategies in support of the Army accessions enterprise. Their prior career as basic branch officers, combined with marketing knowledge and experience, helps them translate strategic concepts into effective messaging that communicates and burnishes the Army brand and the value proposition of Army service. Marketing officers imagine solutions extending beyond conventional ways of thinking. Marketing officers must be discerning in their judgment and ability to operate with little or no supervision as trusted custodians of the Army brand across all commands, the media, and society.

Specifically, Marketing officers:

(1) Manage the brand of the Army through strategic marketing.

(2) Create marketing campaigns and content that resonates with current and future soldiers.

(3) Deliver content through effective mediums that are relevant to local markets.

(4) Analyze marketing effectiveness and returns to investment through data collection and marketing analytics.

(5) Provide expert marketing implementation and guidance to senior Army leaders and accession commanders.

(6) Lead the Army marketing enterprise.

Supports the responsibilities of the Department of the Army and the Secretary of Defense concerning the strategic direction of the Department of Defense. Provides the capability for strategic analysis and policy development performed by departmental, joint and multinational staffs as well as interagency working groups and task forces in support of the formulation and implementation of national security strategy and national military strategy.