The advent of technology is storming into every walk of life. Digitization is gradually replacing hard work. After all, the mechanism of automation is in the upfront. It validates that looking for a career prospect in the technology world is what brainy people prefer. It’s an outcome of futuristic vision.

 

The best tech jobs for the future are here. They are the highest paying jobs. But, they are vulnerable to only smart thinkers. Even, government sectors have also reserved IT jobs for the eligible electrical and IT engineers. For example- India encourages job opportunities in its government sector, as in PSUs, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT) to look into R&D in IT, Electronics and associated areas; CDAC & NIC, providing State of Art Solutions for Information Management and Decision Support in Government and Corporate Sector.

 

 

Like many private and government job opportunities in India, Australia also offers lucrative packages to the IT engineers, graduated from the related discipline.

Do you want to know which profiles in the information technology will be the want of the future?

Its answer underlies the types of IT jobs that are listed below.

 

List of information technology jobs and descriptions:

 

1.       Hardware  engineer:

 

What does he do?

·         Configure hardware of a computer.

·         Update systems by improving components, layout and design of computers.

·         Consistently maintain the speed and function of the computer.

·         Analyse existing systems to scan flaws and inefficiencies.

·         Develop new designs in the existing components, like microchips and circuit boards.

·         Inspect modified systems.

·         Assess customer’s need.

·         Provides technical support

 

What education should he possess?

·         Must have at least a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering computer science or, electrical engineering or, the related diploma. 

 

How much can he earn?

·         The median annual salary of the hardware engineer is AU$70,290 per year in Australia. The world’s a few epic employers offer these pay scales:

Employers	Pay Scale (in $)
Apple Computer Inc	126, 707
Intel Corporation	90,604
Qualcomm Inc	100, 342
Cisco Systems Inc	89,671
Google, Inc	125, 489
IBM Corp.	93,500

 

2.       Network administrator:

What does he do?

·         Look into delivery, physical setup, installation, troubleshooting and repair of all hardware and software.

·         Secure & optimize new systems.

·         Take training on software applications, systems, AV, and telecom systems.

·         Maintain telecom system, including telecom, handsets, and company PDA's.

·         Maintain IT inventories updating schedules as needed and properly disposing of equipment.

 

What education should he possess?

·         A bachelor’s degree in network administration, computer science, systems engineering, or a related field.

·         A master’s degree

·         Network certifications, such as Cisco’s CCNA, or CompTIA’s Network+

 

How much can he earn?

The national average salary of a network administrator in Australia is AU$69,000

Employers	Pay Scale (in $)
General Dynamics Information Technology Inc.	77,628
General Dynamics Corp.	58,462
Caci International Inc.	67,000
AT & T Inc.	52,000
Science Applications International Corporation	50,000

 

3.       Network architect

What does he do?

·         Evaluate new technologies, analyze, explain the cost and plan for network updates.

·         Work as a primary contact for troubleshooting problems and developing innovative solutions related to network architect designing, building and implement computer as well as data networks in a diverse array of settings.

·         Maintain and improve IT infrastructure based on requirements of research and development personnel.

·         Design network systems in web centric data center.

·         Work in LAN, WAN or intranets.

·         Perform disaster management for perceiving malicious cyber scams.

 

What education should he possess?

·         A bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or a related field.

·         A master’s degree as well, in a technical field, or in an area of business study, such as an MBA.

 

How much can he earn?

On an average, the network architect earns AU$134, 721 per year

 

 

4.       Computer technical support specialist:

What does he do?

·         May involve field work, besides working with corporations.

·         Identify problems with information technology system operations and provide potential workarounds.

·         Raise information, bug and feature requests to the development team or senior support specialists.

·         Provide technical support to information systems for routine customer issues.

·         Draw a general knowledge of specific products to resolve technical issues

 

What education should he possess?

·         A bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, information technology, or a related field

·         A master’s degree in the same domain

 

How much can he earn?

The experienced technical support specialist can draw AU$64,000 per year in Australia.

 

5.       Site reliability engineer

What does he do?

·         Ensure smooth and seamless working of the company’s server so that the websites can run efficiently.

·         Maintain, update and troubleshoot websites to make sure the smooth functionality of websites sans interruptions.

·         Utilize diverse web designing & programming languages, like HTML, JS, and CSS.

·         Work closely with the web development and designing team.

 

What education should he possess?

·         A bachelor’s degree in computer science, programming, information technology, or a related field.

·         A master’s degree (optional)

 

How much can he earn?

The site reliability engineer receives AU$141,250 per year in Australia. 

 

6.       Computer systems analyst:

What does he do?

·         Monitor network and systems for scanning performance, security, and other issues to maximize ROI.

·         Recommend, install, configure, maintain, and upgrade all computer and networking software and hardware for the client/company.

·         Install, configure, maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot file, email, and authentication servers.

·         Install and authenticate access to the internet and other networked services.

·         Administer users’ request regarding software, hardware, and connectivity issues.

·         Translate requirements into new information technology project specifications.

·         Schedule computer system updates and oversee the development team.

 

What education should he possess?

·         A bachelor’s degree in computer systems analysis, computer information systems, computer science, business intelligence, information systems, information technology, or a similar field

·          A Master of Business Administration (MBA), preferably with a technical focus

 

How much can he earn?

The computer systems analyst draws AU$ 90,000 per year on an average.

 

7.       Software engineer

What does he do?

·         Develop, design and test web applications and websites while keeping compliance with cross-platforms, business applications, network control systems, video gaming and social network.

·         Debug software for client applications.

·         Use source debugger and visual development environment.

·         Specialize in particular software, database and networks of the company.

·         Closely tie with other peers and administrators.

 

What education should he possess?

·         A bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer programming, computer engineering, or a relevant field.

·         A master’s degree (optional)

 

How much can he earn?

The software engineer earns AU$76,000 per year on an average. Besides, there are some big shots that offer lucrative packages, like these:

Employers	Pay Scale (in $)
Microsoft Corp.	113, 436
Google Inc.	115, 999
IBM Corp.	87, 386
Northrop Grumman Corporation	78, 546
Intel Corporation	93, 688
Cisco Systems Inc.	103, 670

 

8.       UI designer

What does he do?

·         Follow user interface design standards for applications to maintain an integrated and consistent look and feel.

·         Create storyboards, proof-of-concept mock-ups, demos and prototypes of requested features.

·         Conduct ongoing research of web-based user interface development best practices.

 

What education should he possess?

·         A bachelor’s degree in computer science, software programming, information technology, or another relevant field.

·         A master’s degree (optional)

 

How much can he earn?

Australian continent has great career opportunity to earn AU$69,000 per year.

 

 9.       Cloud solutions architect

What does he do?

·         Data migration from on-premises IT infrastructure to a cloud storage solutions.

·         Evaluate data loss prospects.

·         Syncing the pan working structure, software and tools with the cloud infrastructure.

·         Well versed with managing private and public cloud interface.

·         Possess basic understanding of enterprise infrastructure.

·         Master of configuring information technology assets around the needs of the company.

·         Knowledge of service-oriented architecture (SOA).

·         Test documents                                                                        

 

What education should he possess?

·         A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or information systems

·         A master’s degree

·         Certification in an array of the cloud networking areas.

 

How much can he earn?

These are a few examples of pay scales that a solutions architect is provided with in Australia. However, somewhere around AU$133,000 is an average emolument of these experts in Australia.

Employers	Pay Scale (in $)
Telstra Corporation Ltd.	180,000
Ericsson Inc.	130,000
Commonwealth Bank of Australia	175, 000
NBC Co.	160, 000

 

10.   Applications architect:

What does he do?

·         Develop software project, following the organization’s application development methodology and parameters.

·         Make the software compliant with company’s IT infrastructure and business strategy.

·         Integrate numerous new application development projects with diverse sets of existing applications.

 

What education should he possess?

·         A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or information systems

·         A master’s degree

 

How much can he earn?

Some employers don’t mind to pay AU$ 130, 488 per year. The IBM Corps, for example, pay $104, 000.

 

11.   Web developer:

What does he do?

·         Test, wireframe and document software for web sites.

·         Cooperate and collate with designers and content producers.

·         Modify, codify and debug software for web sites.

·         Codify CMS, forms, web pages, access databases and business logic servers.

·         Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JS and other web designing and server-side programming languages.

 

What education should he possess?

·         A bachelor’s degree in an area such as computer science, computer programming, information systems, or a related field

·         Knowledge of web designing

·         A master’s degree

 

How much can he earn?

On an average, a web developer earns AU$ 60,615 per year in Australia.

Employers	Pay Scale (in $)
Adage Technologies	69, 404
Amazon.com Inc.	96, 472
Microsoft Corp.	80, 000
Wells Fargo Bank	82, 020

 

12.   Mobile applications developer

What does he do?

·         Develop and test mobile application software and coding

·         Work with developers and content developers.

·         Codify application for Android or iOS, using languages, such as Objective C, HTML, JavaScript, XML, PHP, MS/SQL, Adobe, Flash and cloud storage etc.

·         Optimize mobile version of existing applications, designing game apps or functional lifestyle apps.

 

What education should he possess?

·         A bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, mobile application development, mobile computing, or a related field of study

 

How much can he earn?

Generally, a mobile application developer mints AU$67,000 per year in Australia.