Full-time and Contract Work with Progent Jobs for Talented Network Consultants, Helpdesk Support Specialists, Systems Security Consultants, and Application Developers
Among America's premiere computer consulting firms for small and midsize business networks, Progent maintains a full-time team of talented support professionals who concentrate on mainstream IT areas including:
Microsoft technology
Cisco routers, Catalyst switches, PIX firewalls, plus VoIP and Virtual Private Network solutions
System security analysis
Advanced network architecture
Off-site troubleshooting and system management
Our Experts Team, which contracts freelance experts qualified and coordinated by Progent, provides exceptionally specialized skills in a wide variety of vital software applications and network technologies that include:
Apple OS networking and programs
Expertise for Linux-powered, UNIX-based, and Sun Solaris environments
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management customization
Strategic and vertical program help
Chief Information Officer, business analyst, and project logistics services
Custom program development and deployment
Web, eCommerce, EDI, and customer information portal development and integration
DBM support and efficiency consulting
Business intelligence expertise
Telecom architecture consulting
Innovative structures for finding customers, delivering support, establishing an efficient company culture, and providing generous compensation and benefits have allowed us to be among the most rapidly growing and most well recognized Microsoft Gold Partners consultant companies in the United States and to establish an international presence for delivering online IT expertise. If you are a certified IT technician or network consultant with an orientation towards a client service and strong communication skills, consultants will find in Progent a chance for enhancing your professional skills, living a more independent career, and attaining financial security.
Learn Additional Information Concerning Working at Progent
Check out these links to learn additional information about our job openings, business culture, operational environment, profit sharing structure, and benefits packages:
Full-time Work at Progent
Progent is looking for a variety of on-staff workers such as motivated Microsoft MCSE, MCSA, and MCP network consultants; network consultants with Cisco CCIE or CCNP certification; and consultants for fault-tolerant system design with backgrounds in mobile connectivity, wireless networking, non-stop environments, business continuity solutions, data protection, and server virtualization. We are also looking for workstation support technicians, off-site service specialists, and CISSP, CISM, or CISA accredited security professionals. Progent is also seeking veteran managers who can perform effectively in Progent's dynamic, virtual office environment. Learn more information about staff consulting jobs at Progent by going to Full-time Positions at Progent.
Freelance Jobs with Progent
Progent works with freelance consultants who have specialized knowledge and hands-on background in important information technology topics beyond Progent's main service focus. Our Experts Team hires contractors who offer advice and programming support for mission-critical applications such as MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management; have in-depth knowledge of non-Microsoft platforms such as Linux, Macintosh, or Sun, or can provide world-class skills in technologies such as telecommunications, web site design, Electronic Data Interchange, web commerce, or dbm programming. Independent consultants qualified by Progent cooperate with Progent's in-house consultants to deliver end-to-end IT services for small company networks. If you want to learn more details concerning freelance work with our Experts Consulting Group, see Freelance Jobs with Progent.
Ways That Progent Is Exceptional
We have managed to recruit the best professional experts by being unique. Providing a powerful mix of entrepreneurial drive, insistence on client success, utilization of state-of-the-art technical tools, and an independent business structure that allows for life-style choices for our team members, Progent creates a stimulating culture for select consultants who have a drive for quickly improving their technical abilities to deliver real-world solutions for a range of organizations and network environments. Find out additional details concerning reasons we are unique by referring to Reasons That We Are Different.
Progent's Virtual Office Work Environment
Our virtual office network uses sophisticated technologies that enable remote access, wireless connectivity, easy availability of our support databases, and close cooperation with talented colleagues to allow you to deal with business-critical IT issues. Our virtual office model frees you to focus on providing service rather than dealing with commutes and lets you build successful customer relationships by enabling you to come up with quick, effective, and cost-effective solutions. In order to learn more information about Progent's virtual office business model, see Progent virtual Office Business Model.
Compensation Model and Benefit Packages
Progent's compensation model is determined by revenue sharing. The money you earn is entirely tied to what you contribute. Consultants have the option of focusing on quality of life and electing to work at an easy pace, utilizing our versatile schedule to make time for personal pursuits, or you can choose to earn significant income through hard effort and lots of hours. Progent also offers comprehensive family health insurance as well as many additional benefits. Find out additional details concerning our compensation model and benefits by visiting Progent Compensation Model and Benefit Packages.
Jobs at Progent FAQs
To see answers to popular questions about being a consultant at Progent, visit Consulting at Progent Q&A.
This is a description of some available job opportunities:
Job Code
Job Description
A09
Operations Administrator Job
Progent is looking for a motivated 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 growing company.
IT Recruitment Manager Position
Progent is looking for an experienced administrative executive for recruiting technical personnel to join Progent's team of support specialists who offer IT outsourcing and computer consulting services to customers worldwide.
Market Development Manager Jobs
The Business Development Representative is a senior level sales manager charged with selling Progent's broad range of IT outsourcing and support services and acting as the primary client liaison. The Business Development Representative is a key part of the management group, working in sync with the CEO and Directors and Managers to make sure that business targets are accomplished and that quality services are delivered to our clients.
Senior Network Consulting Expert, MCSE Jobs
Progent is seeking an experienced, Microsoft-certified support engineer to become part of Progent's full-time staff of consulting professionals. You must have people skills plus IT knowledge and must be solutions driven.
Desktop Engineer Positions
Progent is looking for a Desktop Support Expert to work with Progent clients to provide service to all workers using desktop and laptop computers powered by Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Vista, and Windows XP platforms. Work in unison with customer's management or IT organization or under the direction of a Progent Senior Engineer to help the client’s end users.
Senior Remote Support Expert Positions
Progent is looking for a Senior Remote Support Engineer to work with a variety of Progent's clients to manage and service computer networks remotely, utilizing state-of-the-art technology including MS Windows 2K/2003 and the MS .NET platform.
Senior Online Network Support Expert Job in Australia
Progent is seeking a Senior Remote Support Engineer in Australia to help a range of international customers to maintain and troubleshoot information systems by telephone or online access.
Certified Cisco Engineer Positions
Progent is looking for a Certified Cisco Consultant with CCIE or CCNA certification to work with Progent's team of experts to assist clients to design, install, manage, and troubleshoot small business networks that incorporate Cisco technology.
Senior Security Consultant Jobs
Progent is seeking a Certified Security Consultant with CISM or similar security credentials to join Progent's team of experts to provide small businesses comprehensive security consulting including network security analysis, security testing, security planning, network monitoring, security modeling, access management solutions consulting, business processes security, and disaster recovery planning.
If you would like to apply for any opening shown above, please e-mail your background information to jobs@progent.com. Be sure to copy the code numbers of the jobs that interest you.
Details About Opportunities at Progent
Career Work for Network Consultants, Desktop Service Technicians, Security Experts, and Online Help Professionals Progent wants to find full-time, results-oriented Microsoft accredited consultants with Microsoft MCSE, MCSA, or MCP certification; Cisco accredited network consultants with CCIE certification; security consultants with CISM or equivalent security certification; and high-end network architecture consultants with a background in mobile solutions, wireless networking, high availability, business continuity, data protection, and virtual servers. Progent also seeks employees who can join Progent's team of help desk support technicians and off-site support experts. In addition, We are hiring experienced administrators able to operate effectively in Progent's fast-paced, virtual office environment.
By maintaining a team of skilled and motivated consultants, providing attentive customer care, and offering a strong results-focused fee structure, Progent has managed to expand our customer base rapidly while providing consulting services to hundreds of companies in the San Francisco area and throughout the United States. A sophisticated virtual office environment, a common information database, and a group strategy for problem resolution have helped Progent to maintain a skilled staff and a satisfied client list.
For a network consultant with troubleshooting experience, joining Progent or helping our clients will enhance your skills through cooperation with our group of highly team-oriented, talented consultants. Progent's commitment to delivering information technology consulting and computer support to small companies will offer you the chance to work intimately with key players and add significantly to the growth of dynamic businesses.
Progent is hiring technical professionals that can show recognized certification related to their technical focus. For example, if you are a Microsoft consultant, you should have earned your Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer credential. For Cisco consultants, have your Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or Cisco Certified Network Professional credential. For security, you should have you CISSP, CISA, Certified Information Security Manager, or one of the other top security credentials. Naturally, we are aware of “paper MCSEs.” Nevertheless, the fact that a certificate does not guarantee excellence is no justification for not having one. If you have mastered your field, then the majority of these certifications should be no great difficulty. The point is that if you represent yourself to be an expert, then clients deserve to see certifications. Progent will market your skills, but you need to have a baseline of credentials for us to market. If you stand adamantly opposed to the concept of credentials, Progent can sympathize with and respect your opinion, but you are likely not a good fit.
Contract Work for Qualified Application Specialists for Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX, and Sun Solaris Technology For over 20 years, our information technology professionals have provided low-cost and successful network consulting services for companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and across the United States. An advanced virtual office environment, a common technical knowledge base, and a collaborative approach to problem solving have enabled us to retain a strong staff and dramatically expand a satisfied client base.
The Experts Team is our way to offer clients the services of specialized information technology consulting professionals who have in-depth knowledge and work experience in key areas outside of our primary focus in network infrastructure and security. Experts Team consultants are often independent contractors and sometimes "moonlighters" who are thoroughly qualified by Progent to collaborate with our in-house engineers to deliver comprehensive, world-class information technology services to small and midsize businesses. We are continually expanding our Experts Team to address the special needs of our customer base.
Progent's Experts Group now offers consulting in these areas:
Apple OS networking and programs
Expertise for Linux-based, UNIX-based, and Sun Solaris environments
CIO, business analyst, and project management outsourcing
Special program development and deployment
Web site, eCommerce, Electronic Data Interchange, and client information portal design and deployment
SQL management and efficiency consulting
Management intelligence consulting
Telecom architecture support
Advantages of being part of Progent's Experts Team include:
By associating with Progent, you can leverage the impact of Progent's explosive expansion and top-notch recognition in the marketplace. By maintaining a group of talented and committed consultants, offering excellent client care, and following a strong, ROI-focused pricing structure, Progent has quadrupled our customer base during the last few years and Progent currently provides professoinal services to hundreds of businesses in Northern California and throughout the United States.
Progent's veteran marketing staff handles all aspects of marketing your services and areas of knowledge into our rapidly expanding customer base, so you expend less effort signing up customers and extra time making revenue.
We will assist in relationship building between you and Progent's core team of expert Microsoft and Cisco certified engineers who are the gateway to the influential managers among our clients.
Progent's selling and operations teams will take care of the entire selling and contracting cycle, from lead identification, job approval, client needs definition, skills matching, job analysis proposal generation, agreement negotiation and execution. Your exclusive focus stays with providing high-level consulting service.
We will gives you access to Progent's advanced virtual office infrastructure, offering convenient conference sites in the San Francisco area, as well as Internet and telecomm connectivity throughout the U.S.
You will have the benefit of Progent's vast knowledge base, best practices processes, abundance of template-deliverable documents, and the aggregate experience from one of Northern California's largest independent groups of experienced network engineers.
We will share partner-only benefits from top vendors including Microsoft and Cisco, including no-cost orlow-cost training classes, web connections to special vendor troubleshooting utilities and product maintenance resources, and on-line in-house use software for education 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 cost to become a member of Progent's Experts Team, but Progent has the following qualifications to join:
You should have a proven track record as a consulting professional working on your own in your area of expertise, including at least a two year history of completed consulting jobs or you must have an active customer base to which you now provide ongoing support activity.
You must show that you have expertise in your field of specialization, including having an extensive task-relevant record and strong referrals, and possess current manufacturer or industry professional qualifications.
You have to know how to present yourself in a professional manner and be self driven and confident in your skills. You must have strong people skills and know how to operate efficiently by yourself or as a member of a team.
You have to be able to communicate proper expectations to customers and other Progent consultants and you should know how evaluate projects, create project plans, and estimate reasonable time lines.
Improve Your Abilities with the Best Technology and Working with a Great Team of Network Consultants Progent's productive atmosphere will allow you to become a better professional by improving your information technology knowledge and boosting the loyalty of your clients. Progent makes good on this commitment by attracting the top professional experts for you to work with, offering an advanced network and communications infrastructure, using specialized application utilities to deliver the maximum level of service, and by streamlining our operational models for attracting and retaining customers.
The main factor that differentiates Progent from other network support firms is the high quality of our support professionals. Among the 50 or so consultants who have joined us, we have recruited top talent across a wide range of technologies. Be it Microsoft servers, Cisco firewalls, network security, Macintosh, Linux, virtual servers, or other vital technologies, we engage experts who can enable you to be successful on major projects by leveraging the aggregate skills of Progent's team of experts.
To promote the success of our consultants, we invest significantly in making available the most powerful technology to do the work properly. Progent will exploit information technology to an extraordinary extent and our advanced virtual office infrastructure enables seamless communications, collaboration, and information exchange with other Progent consultants — all from at-home or mobile offices. Consultants don’t waste time or forfeit income with regular drives to a physical office building, and any travel you do for in-person client jobs is determined by your schedule, not Progent's. The best part is that much of our consulting work can be done remotely, offering 100% efficiency for billable hours. In fact, some of our staff do remote consulting exclusively.
Our business structure is geared towards responding rapidly and effectively to client needs via knowledge exchange and cooperative problem resolution. Even though our consultants operate with a high level of independence, resource allocation is unified, client issues and solutions are meticulously monitored, recorded, and archived for convenient reference, up-to-date consultant schedules are published to streamline group tasks and simplify trouble escalation, and customer satisfaction is continually monitored. We strengthen the feeling of cooperation through periodic workgroup meetings and quarterly corporate events.
Most of our consultants are situated throughout California, however Progent is attracting a quickly expanding team of consulting professionals throughout the U.S. Our virtual office infrastructure eliminates geographic boundaries that restrict the productivity of conventional company models. We complete the package by offering a full benefit plan to ensure the physical health and economic welfare of our team members and their relations.
Not only do we have world-class consultants, Progent's sales and administration groups match the high standards that characterizes Progent. These high-performance contributors to our growth are helping us to target and land the 50-60 new customers we are currently engaging each month. We lately marked the providing of services to our 1,000th client. Just type “Cisco consultants” or “Microsoft consultants” into Google to see for yourself why Progent is also an effective sales organization.
Having a commitment to technical proficiency is a cornerstone for growth with Progent. A career in consulting will push you to learn more than is possible in any other job in information technology. Being exposed to a steady stream of technical challenges is what makes consulting exciting. Customers rely on a consultant to perform the “hard stuff.” Innovative projects, advanced deployments, puzzling or entrenched issues, and difficult migrations are the basis for our services daily. At Progent, you will not stall or be narrowly defined, as is sadly typical for computer professionals in traditional corporate jobs. You will wake up every day excited about the challenges ahead.
On the way, you will work with some wonderful folks, both by establishing strong customer relationships and by operating in conjunction with other Progent consultants, where you will benefit from and add to their growth. Yes, technology is vital, but we are a relationship-focused organization from top to bottom. If you don’t have strong people skills or enjoy working with a varied group of people, then Progent is in all likelihood not a good match.
If all this sounds good to you, we urge you to talk to Progent about our view of the new paradigm of information technology consulting.
Get Quality of Life Improvements and Technical Success with Our Advanced Virtual Office Environment Progent is convinced that a carefully architected and implemented information system can be a pivotal piece for accelerating a firm's success, and we follow this philosophy in our own network environment. We have created a fault-tolerant virtual office infrastructure that allows Progent's staff consultants and certified contractors to deliver rapid and efficient support, collaborate easily on complex projects, and gain from professional and private maturity by being a member of a dynamic business culture of personal drive and independence.
In conducting consulting tasks for corporate customers, Progent follows a phased approach based on specified milestones in order to achieve financial, scheduling and technical goals while reducing business disruption. Progent's Enterprise Services Methodology utilizes industry project management standards based on the best practices defined by the Microsoft MSF methodology which specifies requirements definition, design recommendations, test models, design tuning, and professional deployment. All facets are documented to make available a comprehensive description of IT services performed and to help in downstream system support.
Progent's Microsoft and Cisco certified computer consultants offer expert help with a wide array of technologies and can provide that assistance by phone anywhere in the U.S. or in person in major cities across the country and anywhere in California. Progent provides 24x7 online support for networks based on Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, or Apple Mac, or for environments that include a mix of Microsoft Windows and UNIX/Linux technology. Progent also can provide access to the help of Cisco Systems CCIE infrastructure specialists for complex network problems, as well as the the assistance of CISSP-accredited security engineers to handle complex security planning and problem solving. Progent has delivered online network support to companies in all 50 states in the U.S.
SQL Server 2000 is a complete, Web-enabled database and data analysis solution that enables the rapid development of cutting-edge high-end applications that can provide your business a critical competitive edge. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 features core support for XML and the ability to communicate across the Internet and outside the firewall. The experience of Progent's Microsoft-certified SQL Server 2000 consultants, with an average of more than over 10 years of background supporting Microsoft technology, ensures you success in planning, installing and supporting Microsoft SQL Server applications that are seamlessly integrated with other applications based on Microsoft's .NET platform.
E-Mail Guard by Postini offers constantly updated spam and virus blocking, content filtering, and protection from e-mail-borne directory harvesting and denial of service attacks. Progent is a Postini aggregator and support specialist. If your organization is too small to qualify for a regular Postini license, you can still get the use of Postini’s Perimeter Manager services via Progent’s E-Mail Guard antispam and anti-virus aggregation offering. Progent’s certified email security consultants can show you how to develop an email safety plan that features antispam and virus defense services and processes.
The sophistication and connectivity demands of Microsoft Windows Servers requires a network consulting firm with practical expertise and broad familiarity with designing and integrating seamless, end-to-end network technology systems. The background of Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants, which averages more than 10 years supporting Microsoft technology, ensures you success deploying Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2000 to align closely with your strategic objectives. Progent’s consulting services can assist you with planning, installing, managing, and troubleshooting Windows Server solutions that maximize the business value of your computer system. Progent’s consultants can assist you with Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000 Server, or Microsoft Windows NT Server so they effectively support Windows XP and other clients.
Progent's Linux support experts provide small and mid-size companies and software developers support for managing and supporting Linux computers that coexist with Microsoft-based technology. Progent can give your business access to Linux experts, consulting professionals certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security experts with CISM and CISA certification. This wide range of experience offers you a convenient one-stop source to help you build and maintain a secure and robust mixed-platform connectivity and communications environment that supports Linux and Microsoft interoperability by integrating Microsoft Windows with major Linux variations such as RedHat Linux, SUSE Linux, Mandrake/Mandriva, Debian GNU/Linux, and Slackware.
Progent's expert support team can show you how to design and implement a smooth in-place Exchange Server 2007 migration plan that minimizes productivity downtime, reduces ongoing service requirements, and makes your Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 easy to manage. For complex multiple server or multi-location migrations, Progent has the background to finish your move rapidly and economically. Progent's Exchange 2007 support, troubleshooting, and consulting offerings include assistance with the configuration of outside vendor add-ons to Microsoft Exchange 2007 Server and the creation of unified messaging implementations powered by Exchange Server 2007.
Progent’s team of Microsoft and Cisco certified consultants average more than ten years of hands-on industry experience, in the trenches of IT service, performing a broad variety of IT projects for an extensive array of customers. Each Progent consultant shares a proven set of personal best practices which are combined into shared best practices standards that Progent teaches its consulting staff. This means that you get not only expert IT help, but also a consultant with field-tested approaches for applying technical knowledge to repair real-world network problems quickly.
Progent's Apple Mac experts can support the creative aspect of Mac environments by offering help services and education in imaging, audio, and motion video. Progent's support professionals can provide expertise in a range of Apple Mac applications including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Apple Logic, MOTU Digital Performer, Digidesign Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and Adobe After Effects. Progent can also help you with specific jobs such as scanning or digitizing audio or video or configuring an audio/video post production facility.
Progent's Data Center consultants can help you select high availability data centers that meet the specific requirements of your company. Fault tolerant colocation sites are particularly appealing to small businesses because of their affordability and simplified logistics in comparison to taking a do-it-yourself strategy. Trying to build an in-house data center with even a basic level of fault tolerance is too costly for typical small companies. Progent can show you how to get all the benefits of non-stop data centers and 24x7 colo sites by providing a full range of engineering and support services.
Progent's consultants can provide Apple Mac users a range of services including desktop help, integration with Windows-powered computers, email configuration, specialized application programming, and one-on-one training. Progent's Apple-certified specialists and Microsoft-certified consultants can show you how to design and support a secure, robust network and communications infrastructure to support environments in which Apple Macintosh servers and workstations coexist with Microsoft-based and UNIX/Linux-based technology.
Progent’s Microsoft certified consultants can offer small and medium size businesses advanced Microsoft SQL Server help. Microsoft SQL Server is a complete, web-ready database and data analysis package that opens the door to the rapid development of enterprise-class business programs that offer your business a competitive edge. SQL Server provides core support for XML and the ability to query over the Internet and outside the corporate firewall. In addition to offering consulting, support and troubleshooting services, Progent’s SQL experts can help you use Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence to enhance the business value of your information network. Progent can also help you migrate from earlier versions of SQL Server to SQL Server 2005.
Microsoft Great Plains allows you to grow and manage your business better by offering deep access to strategic information and a fast ROI. Microsoft Dynamics GP confers important business benefits including its ability to extend the reach of your company, handle your financials, computerize financial processes, standardize procedures throughout your business, improve inventory control, increase order accuracy, grow sales and shorten lead-time, and maximize cash flow. Progent can show you how to configure and maintain a robust, secure server and communications infrastructure to support Great Plains, and can offer expert Microsoft GP consultants to help you derive the full benefits of your Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains accounting.
