Technical Consultant
Use technical expertise to deliver high impact changes to organisations.
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- What's it like to be a Technical Consultant?
- How to become a Technical Consultant
- Latest Technical Consultant jobs
- Top skills and experience for Technical Consultants
- Is Technical Consultant the right role for you?
- Technical Consultant role reviews
What's it like to be a Technical Consultant?
Technical Consultants work with organisations to improve their use of technology and achieve business goals. They are experts in technical fields such as Computer Science and are hired by organisations to provide advice, solve organisational problems and drive increased efficiency.
Tasks and duties
- Liaising with clients and stakeholders to determine project requirements.
- Determining project parameters, timelines and deliverables.
- Building and maintaining an expert knowledge of technology solutions.
- Designing and testing a range of software and technical solutions.
- Driving the rapid adoption of new technologies, ideas and processes.
- Creating user and training documentation and overseeing training sessions.
- Using data modelling and analysis to inform and illustrate solutions.
- Developing functional specifications for developers to implement.
- Creating testing and deployment processes and plans, and overseeing deployments.
- Being first point of contact and providing guidance and advice for the duration of a project.
How to become a Technical Consultant
While it’s possible to work as a Technical Consultant without formal qualifications, a relevant degree is recommended and often required.
- Complete a relevant bachelor degree, such as a Bachelor of Computer Science or Bachelor of Information Technology. This usually takes three years of full-time study.
- Gain industry experience. You could undertake an internship while studying to work alongside experienced IT professionals.
- Consider advancing your skills with a postgraduate degree, such as a Master of Information Technology. You could also seek an IT certification through an industry body such as the Australian Computer Society (ACS).
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Technical Consultant employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Power Platform
Pre Sales
Solutions Design
Microsoft Power Automate
Microsoft PowerApps
Deployment
Technical Aptitude
JavaScript Programming
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Latest Technical Consultant reviews
May 2021
Technical Consulting has its challenges but can be rewarding for the right person
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Information Technology
Experience5 – 9 years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationHealth IT
The good thingsThe good things about being a Technical Consultant is that you do not usually have to code day in day out. You get to do a variety of things that include coding/scripting, SQL (for reporting at times...
The challengesChallenges to being a Technical Consultant can be lonely at times especially if you are onsite by yourself. Traveling can be a positive or negative thing - depends on where you work and your own life...
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Aug 2019
Technical Consulting: Not your average Technical Role
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Information Technology
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationHealth
The good thingsTechnical Consultant is a diverse role. It usually requires a person that has a jack of all trades expertise and ability to learn new technologies. If you are beginning your career it is good to hon...
The challengesChallenges in a Technical Consultant role can be that roles can be very specialised to the Company process and product. It can be hard to move from one role to the next without some overlap in experi...
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