I have experience in Cloud Ops + ETL engineer but would like to introduce some travelling into work. I know consultants tend to work on a lot of different projects so they travel a lot. What other choices do I have? Is there any non-tech industry that I should reach out to?
By saying travelling I mostly mean out of city travelling (e.g. Toronto<->Edmonton).
You could also try e.g. BCG or McKinsey (quantum black) but the same will apply. The challenge is, it may be hard to turn it off and on, like you'll get assigned to fly to Minneapolis every week for 6 months, not just the occasional client visit. With the fancier (McKinsey) type firms you're more likely to get variety, but you'll travel every week
You could also consider looking at solutions architect type jobs. Especially at startups there may be some that let you go to client sites and do software work, but it will focus more on configuring for the client (at a startup that may still mean fresh coding). Some may be closer to just pre-sales, you'll have to ask a lot of questions in the interview
Worst case, you'll end up being asked to draw the Seven Red Lines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg