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As of Jul 28, 2026, the average hourly pay for remote consulting in the United States is $27.67, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $21.63 and $33.17 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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To thrive as a Remote Consultant, you need expertise in your consulting field, strong analytical skills, and relevant educational or professional qualifications. Familiarity with virtual collaboration tools such as Zoom, Slack, project management platforms, and sometimes industry-specific certifications is important. Excellent communication, self-motivation, and time management are crucial soft skills for building client trust and working independently. These skills ensure effective client solutions, seamless remote collaboration, and successful project delivery in a virtual environment.

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Remote consultants often work with clients and teams located in various regions, which requires strong communication and organizational skills. They typically use a mix of collaboration tools such as video conferencing, project management platforms, and instant messaging to stay connected. Proactively setting clear expectations around availability, scheduling regular check-ins, and documenting project updates are essential practices. Flexibility and adaptability help remote consultants successfully navigate time zone differences while maintaining productive client relationships.

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Remote Consulting involves providing expert advice and strategic solutions to clients, often requiring specialized credentials and independent work. In contrast, Remote Customer Support focuses on assisting customers with products or services, typically within a team environment and with customer service training. Both roles are remote but serve different functions within organizations.

What is remote consulting?

Remote consulting refers to providing expert advice or professional services to clients from a distance, typically using digital communication tools such as video calls, phone, email, or specialized software. This approach allows consultants to work with clients across different locations without the need for in-person meetings. Remote consulting can be applied across a wide range of industries, including IT, business management, marketing, finance, and healthcare. The flexibility of remote consulting offers both consultants and clients greater convenience, cost savings, and access to a broader pool of expertise.
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Remote Consulting Engineer

Remote Consulting Engineer

Anomalix

Chicago, IL • Remote

Full-time

Posted 28 days ago

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Company Description

Anomalix is a Chicago based cybersecurity solutions and services organization. Our Advisory, Implementation, and Managed Services simplify security, compliance and business challenges. Security begins with visibility. Our Gartner recognized Identity and Access Management services enable cross-industry organizations to improve security and compliance, while enabling digital business transformation.

Job Description

Position: Remote Consulting Engineer

Company: Anomalix Inc.

Location: Remote - Work from home - 75% travel to client site

Status: Contract; Contract-to-hire; Full time

The Consulting Engineer works with clients to provide engineering advice and technical solutions on different projects. Skills include enterprise software installation/configuration, scripting, macro/query writing, software troubleshooting/debugging, business analysis, and project management. The Consulting Engineer also serves as the technical interface between our client and their customer, and is critical in assisting customer assigned administrators with knowledge transfer and overall product knowledge. This job involves a range of tasks, including coordinating teams, preparing documentation, and developing project plans.

Responsibilities: 

  • Team with Solutions Delivery Consultants and other Services Consultants to provide solutions addressing the customer's technical environment and requirements
  • Development of custom solutions using a variety of protocols and technologies to integrate products with client s target systems and applications
  • Install and configure Core Security software products at a customer location or by remote access
  • Document on-site work and train customers on how to support the solution going forward
  • Create repeatable implementation and support tools, processes and general best practices
  • Provide support to existing customers
  • Troubleshoot customer systems and work with software engineering staff to resolve problems

Engineering skills required:

  • Identity Management experience in any combination of the following platforms: Core Security, RSA Governance & Lifecycle (Aveksa)
  • Intermediate to expert level skills (2-5 years) with SQL Server Data Tools to create SSIS packages is required
  • Intermediate to expert level skills (2-5 years) in scripting languages especially VBScript and PowerShell (a plus)
  • Experience with Active Directory, or LDAP
  • Exposure to XML, XSLT, and JSON is an advantage
Qualifications
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with Identity Management, Data Governance, or other enterprise security products
  • Identity Management experience in any combination of the following platforms: SailPoint, Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Analytics, CA Identity Manager
  • Hands-on development and integration experience
  • Strong troubleshooting and customer interaction skills
  • Innovative problem solving and analytical skills
  • Ability to independently research solutions to complex problems
  • Ability to work in a dynamic environment with multiple time constraints
  • Experience working in an agile environment a plus
Additional Information

To be considered for the position, please submit a resume in response to this posting. While we sincerely appreciate all applications, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. Please note the selected candidate will be required to submit to full pre-employment background screenings.

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