Specialty Summary. Supports joint and service communications and information (C&I) requirements to conduct operations across the air, space, and cyberspace domains. Implements and conducts C&I unit operations. Conducts information operations and network operations. Manages communications related plans, acquisitions, architectures, information resources, postal operations, and C&I engineering efforts. Supports force employment planning, execution, and combat assessment. Conducts deployed communications operations. Manages AF spectrum management-related matters, policy, and procedures. Plans, develops, engineers, and maintains C&I architectures and standards. Develops programs to perform Air Force, joint, and allied missions. Related DoD Occupational Group: 240300.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides information operations capabilities and delivers the global information grid. Supports commanders and Joint Task Forces (JTF) with command and control communications, computer support, information resources management, postal operations, and air traffic systems maintenance. Operates, administers and controls networks throughout the AF enterprise. Plans, engineers, installs, and maintains capability to collect, process, disseminate, and use information. Assures timeliness, accuracy, reliability, non-reputability, verifiability, and security of information while denying the adversary’s ability to do the same. Provides military commanders an integrated and interactive picture of mission areas.

Conducts strategic planning. Develops and writes Air Force, joint service, and combined C&I plans, programs, and policies. Coordinates plans to ensure coherent planning efforts. Provides input to the planning, programming, and budgeting system. Programs facility, equipment, funding, material, and manpower resources.

Responsible for systems and communications architectures supporting operational needs. Translates system operational concepts, requirements, architectures, and designs into detailed engineering specifications and criteria. Designs, builds, manages, and maintains distributed networking and computing systems.

Plans and organizes C&I acquisition life cycle management activities. Manages cost, schedules, performance, and support of procurement programs.

Directs information life cycle management. Develops and implements policy and standards to manage information throughout its life cycle. Applies data administration concepts for efficient and economical use of accurate, timely, and sharable information. Analyzes mission requirements. Uses business process reengineering methodologies (e.g. process, data, and activity modeling; activity-based costing; and functional economic analysis) to assess capabilities, establish priorities, and formulate plans for C&I processes.

Performs engineering functions in-garrison and in deployed environments. Develops and engineers architectures for C&I systems. Provides engineering support to develop detailed hardware, software, and firmware design. Coordinates systems matters with research and development, logistics, civil engineering, and other support agencies during definition, procurement, and acceptance of systems facilities and equipment.

Develops and implements information technology (IT) capital planning investment and control program strategies. Acts as functional consultant for the integration of operational, systems, and technical architectures. Provides and interprets federal, DoD, Air Force, and MAJCOM guidance on procedures, policies, and standards. Supervises information engineering analysts in developing, implementing, and overseeing corporate enterprise architectures. _

Specialty Qualifications:

Knowledge. The following knowledge is mandatory for award of the AFSC indicated:

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Fundamentals of network systems operations; information resources management; operational systems architecture; telecommunications; command and control; data links; spectrum management; flight-line systems maintenance; postal operations; and techniques of C&I planning, programming, project management, procurement, contracting, operations, and maintenance for Air Force, Joint, and allied operations.



33S3A. Communications systems and standards, distributed network engineering principles and practices, and software engineering principles and practices; Air Force systems engineering process, including development, test, and engineering policies, procedures, and management practices; communications systems architectures; and detailed hardware, software, and firmware design.

Education. The following education is required for entry into the AFSC as indicated:

33S Undergraduate academic degrees in at least one of the following disciplines; computer science, cyberspace studies, information systems management, information resources management, mathematics, engineering, physics, or business disciplines with information management, or computer science specialization. Officers not meeting academic degree requirements can have a minimum of 24 credit hours of Information Technology related courses; to include but not limited to courses in telecommunications, computer science, upper-level mathematics (200-level equivalent or higher), engineering, physics, information systems management and information resources management. Graduate academic degrees in the above disciplines will also be considered.



33S1A. Undergraduate degree in electrical, computer or systems engineering is mandatory.