184X Cyber Warfare Engineer

184X is the designator for a Cyber Warfare Engineer in the United States Navy.

Cyber Warfare Engineers (CWE) use computer science and engineering principles to: Perform vulnerability analysis Reverse engineer Develop software Research, design, test, and evaluate software and firmware

CWE’s support: Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) Cyberspace defense Cyberspace exploitation Cyberspace attack

To become a CWE, you must: Attend Officer Development School (ODS) in Newport, Rhode Island Have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering from one of the more than 150 National Security Agency (NSA) Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE)

After completing ODS, CWE Officers are initially assigned to a Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) at Fort Meade, MD or Suitland, MD.