Conduct information warfare, signals intelligence, and cyber operations. Lead cryptologic and cyber warfare teams in support of fleet operations.
Officer - College Degree Required, Security Clearance
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Cryptologic Warfare Officers lead the sailors who work in signals intelligence, electronic warfare and cyber operations. A tour might put you on a windowless watch floor ashore, embarked advising a captain on the electromagnetic picture, or at a joint command. Watch rotations run through nights and weekends because the mission keeps no business hours, and much of the work is compartmented and quiet. At sea you also carry a division: qualifications, evaluations, equipment accounts and the training plan that keeps your team certified. Shore tours are longer and steadier, which makes this community friendlier to family life than most sea-going designators.
You learn how signals are collected, processed and turned into reporting a commander can act on inside a useful timeline. Electronic warfare adds the physics of emitters, jamming and deception, while cyber tours bring network operations and target development. Handling compartmented information builds a discipline about classification and need-to-know that stays with you permanently. A bachelor's degree with a commission through the Naval Academy, NROTC or Officer Candidate School is required, and technical majors are well represented here. You also learn to brief difficult material simply, to run a watch floor and to write evaluations that reflect performance honestly.
Working in a compartmented world builds a discretion that colleagues come to rely on without ever discussing it. You grow analytically careful, because reporting something you cannot support will eventually cost somebody a decision that mattered. Rotating watches teach you to manage your own energy and stay accurate at three in the morning. The job also builds comfort with ambiguity, since intelligence problems rarely resolve into anything clean or final. Officers from this field are usually measured, curious people who ask a second question before offering an answer.
The clearance is the durable asset here, and a current high-level clearance with polygraph history is a hiring advantage that lasts years. Cleared intelligence and cybersecurity work with government agencies and defense contractors is a large, stable and well-paid market. Commercial security operations centers, threat intelligence teams and telecommunications security groups also recruit out of this community. The leadership and program experience converts into technical program management, which is where many officers land within a job or two. Graduate study in cyber policy, data science or business is common, and the service record supports competitive admission.
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Related field: information warfare — signals collection perspective. Source occupation: Navy CTR.
This is the third installment of 'Information Warfare,' a series about ratings in the IW community and the vital role each rating plays. In this video you will learn more about what it means to be a Navy Cryptologic Technician Collection (CTR) Sailor. You will also learn a little about the training Sailors will receive at Information Warfare Training Command Corry Station. CTRs are the Navy’s experts analyzing, reporting and exploiting communication signals to determine threats to national security. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lindsay Lair) Graphics templates and music credits used with permission under limited license.
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$77,814–$144,392
2026 basic pay only; the same grade and service time pay the same across jobs. Promotions are assumed, not promised. Excludes allowances, bonuses and special pays.
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Conduct information warfare, signals intelligence, and cyber operations. Lead cryptologic and cyber warfare teams in support of fleet operations.
Cryptologic Warfare Officers lead the sailors who work in signals intelligence, electronic warfare and cyber operations. A tour might put you on a windowless watch floor ashore, embarked advising a captain on the electromagnetic picture, or at a joint command. Watch rotations run through nights and weekends because the mission keeps no business hours, and much of the work is compartmented and quiet. At sea you also carry a division: qualifications, evaluations, equipment accounts and the training plan that keeps your team certified. Shore tours are longer and steadier, which makes this community friendlier to family life than most sea-going designators.
You learn how signals are collected, processed and turned into reporting a commander can act on inside a useful timeline. Electronic warfare adds the physics of emitters, jamming and deception, while cyber tours bring network operations and target development. Handling compartmented information builds a discipline about classification and need-to-know that stays with you permanently. A bachelor's degree with a commission through the Naval Academy, NROTC or Officer Candidate School is required, and technical majors are well represented here. You also learn to brief difficult material simply, to run a watch floor and to write evaluations that reflect performance honestly.
The clearance is the durable asset here, and a current high-level clearance with polygraph history is a hiring advantage that lasts years. Cleared intelligence and cybersecurity work with government agencies and defense contractors is a large, stable and well-paid market. Commercial security operations centers, threat intelligence teams and telecommunications security groups also recruit out of this community. The leadership and program experience converts into technical program management, which is where many officers land within a job or two. Graduate study in cyber policy, data science or business is common, and the service record supports competitive admission.
Officer - College Degree Required, Security Clearance. This is the catalog's listed requirement, not an individual eligibility decision. Confirm the current standard and any exceptions with the service.
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Advertised — Navy, as of 2026-09-28Deployment likelihood: Moderate*
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