What is a consulting engineer/technician and how to become one

Key steps to become a consulting engineer/technician

1. Explore consulting engineer/technician education requirements

   Most common consulting engineer/technician degrees

   Bachelor's

   61.2 %

   Master's

   16.9 %

   Associate

   11.8 %

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2. Start to develop specific consulting engineer/technician skills

   Skills	Percentages
   Technical Support	16.15%
   Linux	8.05%
   Cloud	7.57%
   Customer Support	6.12%
   Architecture	5.66%

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3. Complete relevant consulting engineer/technician training and internships

   Accountants spend an average of 3-6 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New consulting engineers/technician learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a consulting engineer/technician based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real consulting engineer/technician resumes.

4. Research consulting engineer/technician duties and responsibilities

   • Deploy and manage Citrix environments utilizing publish desktops and publish applications to make available to users both internally and externally.
   • Adapt architecture and disaster recovery strategy during SAN and backup infrastructure migrations.
   • Evaluate replacement infrastructure, prepare transition plans, design IPv6 address scheme, routing protocols architecture, configurations.
   • Complete research in cloud storage reporting, billing, metering and alerting.

5. Prepare your consulting engineer/technician resume

   When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your consulting engineer/technician resume.

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6. Apply for consulting engineer/technician jobs

   Now it's time to start searching for a consulting engineer/technician job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

   1. Browse job boards for relevant postings
   2. Consult your professional network
   3. Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
   4. Watch out for job scams