Baton Rouge, LA Full-time and Contactor Positions with Progent

One of America's premiere IT consultant firms for small business networks, Progent manages a large staff of talented service experts who concentrate on core IT areas including:

• Microsoft technology
• Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, plus Voice over IP and Virtual Private Network solutions
• Enterprise security consulting
• Sophisticated system architecture
• Off-site troubleshooting and system management

Our Experts Group, which includes independent experts qualified and managed by Progent, provides exceptionally refined skills in a wide range of vital business applications and network solutions such as:

• Macintosh networking and programs
• Consulting for Linux, UNIX-based, and Sun environments
• MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM expertise
• Strategic and specialized program help
• CIO, management information analyst, and project logistics services
• Custom program development and deployment
• Web site, eCommerce, EDI, and client portal design and integration
• Database management and performance help
• Management information expertise
• Telecommunications systems consulting

Innovative models for attracting customers, providing support, nurturing an efficient company culture, and offering generous profit sharing have allowed us to become one of the most rapidly expanding and best recognized Microsoft Gold Partners consulting firms in the U.S. and to establish an international organization for providing remote IT service. If you are a certified computer technician or information technology consultant with a drive for a customer service and strong people skills, you will find in Progent a chance for increasing your professional knowledge, developing a more rewarding lifestyle, and attaining economic security.

Learn More Details About Jobs at Progent
Follow these links to learn more information concerning our work openings, company philosophy, work environment, compensation model, and benefits:

Full-time Work at Progent
We are hiring a variety of full-time workers including solutions-driven Microsoft MCSE and MCP network consultants; connectivity experts with CCIE certification; and consultants for advanced network design with experience in mobile access, wireless networking, high-availability environments, disaster recovery planning, data protection, and server virtualization. Progent is also seeking desktop support experts, remote troubleshooting professionals, and CISSP or CISA certified security engineers. Progent is also hiring experienced managers able to operate efficiently in Progent's high-growth, virtual office model. Find out more details about full-time professional services positions at Progent by going to Full-time Careers at Progent.

Freelance Work with Progent
Progent contracts independent consultants with specialized knowledge and field background in crucial information technology areas beyond our primary service focus. Our Experts Group hires contractors who can provide advice and development services for strategic solutions that include MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM; possess deep knowledge of non-Microsoft operating systems such as Linux derivatives, Apple OS, or Solaris, or can provide expert skills in areas such as telecom, web design, Electronic Data Interchange, eCommerce, or database management. Freelance consultants qualified by us coordinate with our in-house engineers to deliver comprehensive solutions for small business networks. In order to find out more details about contracting opportunities with Progent's Experts Team, go to Freelance Work with Progent.

Reasons That Progent Is Unique
We have managed to attract the top professional experts by being different. With a powerful blend of enterprising spirit, dedication to client success, utilization of advanced technical tools, plus an independent business structure that accommodates life-style options for our consulting team, Progent offers a dynamic environment for select individuals who posses a desire for quickly enhancing their professional abilities to create concrete benefits for a range of organizations and technical environments. Find out additional details about reasons Progent is different by referring to Ways That Progent Is Unique.

Our Virtual Office Work Environment
Progent's virtual office model uses state-of-the-art technologies that support off-site support, wireless communication, easy access to our knowledge bases, and instant collaboration with talented colleagues to help you to solve challenging network issues. Progent's virtual office network allows consultants to concentrate on providing IT solutions instead of dealing with traffic and lets you build successful client relationships by permitting you to come up with quick, viable, and cost-effective solutions. In order to find out more information concerning Progent's virtual office business model, see Progent virtual Office Network.

Compensation and Benefit Packages
Our compensation is based on revenue sharing. What you make is wholly determined by the revenue you contribute. You have the option of focusing on quality of life and choosing to work at an easy pace, using Progent's flexible schedule to make time for individual enthusiasms, or you can take advantage of the chance to earn significant money by hard effort and lots of hours. Progent also provides full family health care insurance as well as many other benefits. Learn more information about our compensation and benefit programs by referring to Progent Compensation Model and Benefit Packages.

Consulting at Progent Questions and Answers
For answers to frequent questions concerning becoming employed by Progent, refer to Consulting at Progent Q&A.

Below is a description of our present job openings:

Code		Job Description
A09		Operations Administrator Position Progent is seeking a talented individual for the home-office role of Operations Administrator to help the Director of Operations with the daily management of financial information, currently using QuickBooks, in handling expense and asset management responsibilities for a small, rapidly expanding company. More information about Operations Administrator Job
A10		IT Hiring Manager Position Progent is looking for an experienced administrator responsible for hiring IT experts to join Progent's group of support engineers who offer information technology outsourcing and technical consulting assistance to customers globally. Specifics on IT Recruitment Manager Job
A014		Resume Screener Position Progent is looking for a a detail-oriented person to help manage background summaries sent to Progent by job applicants. The Job Application Screener will work from home and take resumes sent via email and import the resumes into a specialized application tracking program. The Job Application Screener will organize all documents submitted by job applicants, verify that all required data is correctly transferred into Progent's database, check that industry credentials are current, and pre-qualify job applicants by assigning each applicant a preliminary ranking. Specifics on Job Application Screener Job
S20		Business Development Representative Positions The Business Development Representative is a top level sales manager responsible for selling Progent's wide array of IT outsourcing and consulting offerings and acting as the primary customer interface. The Business Development Representative is a key part of the executive group, working closely with the President and Directors and Managers to ensure that corporate goals are accomplished and that quality services are delivered to Progent's clients. Details on Market Development Manager Job
P014		Senior Network Consultant, MCSE Positions Progent is looking for a proven, MCSE support professional to join Progent's core team of network professionals. Applicant must have communication skills plus network expertise and must be success driven. More information about Senior IT Consultant, MCSE Positions
P016		Desktop Support Expert Job Progent is looking for a Desktop Engineer to help Progent customers to provide service to all users of desktop and notebook PCs based on MS Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP technology. Work cooperatively with client's management or IT group or under the direction of a Progent Senior Engineer to help the customer's employees. Details about Desktop Engineer Positions
P018		Senior Remote Support Expert Job Progent is seeking a Senior Remote Support Engineer to assist a range of small business clients to manage and service information systems off-site, using sophisticated technology such as MS Windows 2000/2003 and the MS .NET platform. Specifics on Senior Remote Support Expert Jobs
P018aus		Senior Online Technical Support Expert Job in Australia Progent is looking for a Senior Remote Support Expert in Australia to help a variety of Progent's international customers to maintain and repair computer systems by telephone or remote access. Details about Senior Remote Support Engineer Jobs in Australia
P021		Senior Cisco Consultant Jobs Progent is looking for a Certified Cisco Engineer with CCIE or CCNA credentials to work with Progent's staff of professionals to assist customers to plan, implement, manage, and troubleshoot small business networks based on Cisco technology. Details about Certified Cisco Engineer Jobs
P022		Senior Security Consultant Positions Progent is looking for a Certified Security Engineer with CISSP, CISM, or CISA or equivalent security credentials to join Progent's staff of professionals to provide clients a full range of security consulting including network security analysis, security testing, security planning, remote monitoring, security modeling, access management solutions expertise, operations security, and business continuity planning. Details about Senior Security Engineer Jobs
P023		Senior Citrix Consultant Positions Progent is seeking a Certified Citrix Consultant to work together with Progent's group of network consulting professionals to help customers to design, install, manage, and repair IT environments that incorporate Citrix products. Details about Senior Citrix Consultant Positions

If you would like to ask about any opening shown above, please e-mail your background information to jobs@progent.com. Please copy the job codes of the jobs that interest you.

More Information Concerning Jobs at Progent

Staff Work for Network Engineers, Desktop Service Technicians,
Security Consultants, and Remote Help Technicians
Progent is seeking to find fulltime, solutions-driven Microsoft certified consultants with Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer credentials; Cisco accredited system engineers with Cisco CCIE, CCNP, or CCNA credentials; security professionals who have CISSP or equivalent security credentials; and high-end system architecture consultants with a background in mobile access, wireless connectivity, high uptime, business continuity, information protection, and VMware. Progent also seeks professionals who can work on our team of helpdesk service technicians and off-site troubleshooting experts. In addition, Progent is hiring experienced administrators able to perform effectively in our high-growth, virtual office culture.

By supporting a staff of talented and dedicated professionals, providing world-class customer services, and offering a competitive value-based fee model, We have managed to increase our client base dramatically while providing consulting support to numerous businesses in the San Francisco area and across the U.S. A sophisticated virtual office network, a common knowledge database, and a group strategy for problem solving have helped Progent to maintain a talented staff and a loyal customer base.

If you are a network professional with troubleshooting expertise, teaming with Progent or helping Progent's clients can enhance your knowledge via cooperation with our group of mutually team-oriented, talented engineers. Progent's commitment to delivering information technology expertise and technical help to small organizations will give you the opportunity to work closely with key players and contribute appreciably to the success of dynamic companies.

We are hiring consultants who can show verifiable certification related to their special focus. For example, if you are a Microsoft consultant, you must have your Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer credential. For Cisco experts, have your Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or CCNP certificate. For network security, you should have earned you CISSP, CISA, Certified Information Security Manager, or one of the other leading security certifications. Naturally, Progent is aware of "paper experts". Notwithstanding, simply because a certificate can not guarantee excellence is no excuse for not owning one. If you know your stuff, then most of those tests should pose no great difficulty. The bottom line is that if you call yourself a professional, then customers deserve to see credentials. Progent will broadcast your skills, but you should provide basic credentials for us to market. In case you stand strongly opposed to the concept of credentials, Progent can sympathize with and honor your opinion, but you are likely not a good candidate.

Contract Work for Qualified Application Specialists for
Windows, Mac, Linux, and Sun Technology
For over two decades, our information technology engineers have provided affordable and successful computer support expertise for businesses in Northern California and throughout the United States. An advanced virtual office environment, a shared support knowledge base, and a team philosophy for problem resolution have helped us to retain a talented in-house team and dramatically expand a loyal customer base.

The Experts Team is Progent's way to provide clients the services of expert information technology support engineers who have advanced knowledge and field experience in important areas beyond Progent's core concentration in network support and security. Experts Team members are typically freelance engineers and occasionally "moonlighters" who have been thoroughly certified by Progent to collaborate with Progent's staff consultants to provide end-to-end, world-class information technology services to small and midsize businesses. Progent is always expanding the Experts Team in order to address the special needs of our customer base.

Our Experts Team now provides support in these areas:

Telecom architecture consulting

Advantages of becoming a member of Our Experts Group include:

• By associating with Progent, you get to benefit from the impact of Progent's dramatic growth and excellent recognition in the marketplace. By having a team of talented and committed consultants, providing attentive client care, and practicing a strong, ROI-focused pricing structure, we have quadrupled our clientele during the last several years and Progent currently provides professoinal support to hundreds of companies in Northern California and across the United States.
• Our veteran marketing team handles all aspects of promoting your skills and areas of expertise into our rapidly expanding client base, so you spend less time signing up clients and more time generating revenue.
• Progent will assist in communications between you and our key group of expert Microsoft and Cisco certified consultants who act as the gateway to the influential managers among Progent's customers.
• Our selling and operations groups will manage the complete sales and engagement process, from lead generation, project approval, client needs definition, capabilities matching, job analysis proposal generation, contract negotiation and execution. Your exclusive focus stays with delivering high-level consulting expertise.
• We will provide you connections to our advanced virtual office environment, including convenient meeting/work sites throughout the San Francisco area, plus data and voice connectivity anywhere in the United States.
• You will have access to Progent's extensive database, best practices processes, library of professional documents, and the aggregate expertise from one of the country's largest pool of expert information technology engineers.
• We will pass on special benefits from leading vendors including Microsoft and Cisco, including free ordiscounted educational seminars, web connections to special vendor troubleshooting utilities and product maintenance resources, and on-line in-house use programs for training or sales purposes.
• You will have the security of backup coverage from Progent's staff consultants and other Expert Team members in the event you are unavailable to respond to client demands due to work schedule conflicts, vacation, sickness, or training.
• As a 1099 subcontractor to Progent, you get simplified, risk-free invoicing and consistent payment schedules. In addition, Progent is responsible for receivables collection

There is not any charge to become a member of our Experts Team, but we do have these requirements for membership:

• You must have a strong track record as a consulting professional operating independently in your area of specialization, including a minimum two year record of successful contracting jobs and/or have your own active client base for which you now provide continuing support services.
• You must show that you are an expert in your area of specialization, including having a long work-related record and excellent references, and possess current vendor or industry professional certifications.
• You have to be able to carry yourself in a professional way and be self driven and confident in your abilities. You should have excellent inter-personal skills and know how to operate efficiently by yourself or as part of a team.
• You have to be able to explain realistic goals to customers and other Progent team members and you have to be able evaluate projects, create task plans, and estimate reasonable time lines.

Enhance Your Abilities with the Best Technology and
Joining a Great Group of Network Engineers
Progent's business climate will allow you to become a better professional by enhancing your technical skills and increasing the satisfaction of your clients. Progent makes good on this promise by attracting the best consulting experts for you to operate with, offering an advanced system architecture, running custom software utilities to enable the maximum quality of support, and by streamlining proven business structures for attracting and retaining clients.

The decisive factor that differentiates Progent from ordinary network support companies is the high quality of our consultants. Out of the scores of consultants who have teamed with Progent, we have assembled the best expertise covering a wide array of technologies. Be it Microsoft servers, Cisco switches, corporate security, Apple, Linux, server virtualization, or other vital areas, we deploy experts who can enable you to be effective on major jobs by combining the aggregate experience of our group of professionals.

To promote the success of Progent's team, we invest significantly in providing the most powerful tools to perform the work efficiently. We will leverage technology to an extraordinary extent and our advanced virtual office infrastructure enables seamless communications, cooperation, and knowledge exchange with other Progent team members — all from home-based or on-the-road offices. Consultants don’t waste time or forfeit income because of daily drives to a conventional office building, and any travel you do for in-person customer work is determined by your schedule, not ours. The most attractive part is that most of our consulting work can be done remotely, offering 100% efficiency for billable hours. In fact, some Progent team members do remote consulting exclusively.

Our operations are set up for reacting quickly and effectively to customer needs via information sharing and collaborative problem resolution. Even though our engineers work with a great deal of independence, dispatching is unified, customer problems and solutions are carefully tracked, recorded, and archived for convenient retrieval, up-to-date engineer schedules are published to facilitate group projects and simplify problem escalation, and client approval is always monitored. We strengthen the feeling of connection via monthly workgroup conferences and regular corporate events.

The majority of Progent's consultants are located throughout California, however we are building a quickly growing group of consulting professionals from across America. Progent's virtual office environment eliminates geographic obstacles that restrict the efficiency of conventional company structures. We enhance the package by offering a full employee care program to ensure the health and financial security of our employees and their relations.

Just as we have awesome consulting professionals, our marketing and administration teams live up to the excellence that characterizes Progent. These top-notch factors behind Progent’s growth are enabling us to target and sign up the scores of new clients we are currently acquiring each month. Progent lately celebrated the providing of support to our 1,000th client. Try typing “Cisco consultants” or “Microsoft consultants” into Google to see for yourself why we are also a strong sales organization.

Possessing a commitment to technical excellence is a key for growth with Progent. A career in consulting will drive you to learn more than is possible in any other job in network technology. Being confronted by a steady stream of network challenges is what makes consulting exciting. Clients rely on consulting firms to perform the toughest jobs. Innovative tasks, advanced implementations, vexing or chronic issues, and tricky upgrades are the foundation for our services daily. With us, you will not stall or be pigeonholed, as is all too common for computer professionals in ordinary corporate jobs. You will wake up every day enthusiastic about the opportunities to come.

Along the way, you will work with some great folks, both by establishing strong customer relationships and by working in conjunction with other Progent consultants, where you will learn from and add to their success. Of course, technology is important, but we are a relationship-oriented organization heart and soul. If you don’t offer strong people skills or like cooperating with a diverse group of people, then Progent is in all likelihood a poor match.

If all this sounds right for you, we urge you to contact us about our view of the future of network consulting.

Get Quality of Life Benefits and Technical Success with
Progent's Advanced Virtual Office Environment
Progent is convinced that a carefully architected and implemented information system is a crucial piece for accelerating any firm's success, and we follow this credo in our corporate system environment. Progent has built a fault-tolerant virtual office infrastructure that enables our staff engineers and authorized contractors to deliver rapid and efficient service, cooperate closely on sophisticated projects, and experience professional and personal growth from being part of an exciting company ethos of personal drive and freedom.

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