Career and Subcontract Opportunities with Progent Work for Talented Network Consultants, Computer Service Specialists, Network Security Consultants, and Application Programmers
One of America's premiere computer consulting firms for small business networks, Progent maintains a large team of talented service professionals who concentrate on mainstream IT areas such as:
Microsoft Windows products
Cisco routers, Catalyst switches, firewalls, plus Voice over IP and VPN products
Enterprise security expertise
Advanced network infrastructures
Off-site troubleshooting and system management
Our Experts Group, which includes independent consultants certified and coordinated by Progent, provides exceptionally specialized skills covering a wide range of vital software areas and networking solutions that include:
Apple OS networking and programs
Consulting for Linux-based, UNIX, and Sun environments
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM customization
Mission-critical and vertical program support
CIO, business analyst, and project management services
Special program development and deployment
Web, eCommerce, Electronic Data Interchange, and client portal design and deployment
Database management and performance consulting
Management information expertise
Telecommunications systems consulting
Innovative models for attracting customers, providing support, creating a dynamic company culture, and providing generous compensation have enabled Progent to become among the most rapidly growing and best recognized Microsoft Gold Partners consulting firms in America and to build a worldwide organization for providing remote IT assistance. If you are an accredited computer support professional or information technology expert with an orientation towards a client service and strong people skills, you will discover Progent a chance for enhancing your technical skills, living a more rewarding lifestyle, and attaining economic success.
Learn More Details About Working at Progent
Follow these links to learn more information about Progent's work opportunities, company philosophy, work environment, profit sharing structure, and benefits packages:
Consulting Careers at Progent
We are hiring a range of full-time employees such as solutions-driven Microsoft MCSE and MCP computer consultants; network consultants who have Cisco CCIE credentials; and consultants for advanced network architecture with experience in mobile connectivity, wireless networking, high-availability systems, disaster recovery solutions, data protection, and virtual servers. Progent is also looking for desktop support technicians, remote service specialists, and CISM or CISSP certified security professionals. Progent is also looking for experienced managers and administrators who can perform effectively in Progent's high-growth, virtual office model. Find out additional information about staff professional services work at Progent by going to Full-time Positions at Progent.
Contract Opportunities at Progent
Progent works with independent professionals with in-depth expertise and field experience in important information technology areas beyond Progent's main technical concentration. Our Experts Team hires freelance consultants who can provide advice and development services for line-of-business applications that include MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management; have in-depth expertise with popular platforms such as Linux derivatives, Macintosh, or Solaris, or offer expert skills in areas like telecommunications, web site design, EDI, eCommerce, or database management. Freelance consultants certified by Progent coordinate with Progent's staff consultants to deliver end-to-end solutions for small and midsize business networks. If you want to learn more information about contract opportunities with Progent's Experts Team, refer to Contract Work with Progent.
Reasons That We Are Different
We have been able to attract the top professional experts by being unique. With a powerful blend of enterprising drive, insistence on customer success, utilization of state-of-the-art technical tools, plus an independent business structure that allows for quality-of-life options for Progent's consulting team, Progent creates a stimulating culture for select consultants who have a drive for rapidly enhancing their technical skills to deliver concrete solutions for a variety of businesses and technical environments. Find out more information about reasons we are unique by going to How Progent Is Exceptional.
Progent's Virtual Office Business Model
Our virtual office network provides state-of-the-art technologies that enable remote support, wireless communication, easy availability of our support databases, and close collaboration with talented colleagues to allow you to handle challenging IT issues. Progent's virtual office network allows you to focus on delivering IT solutions rather than fighting commutes and lets you establish successful client relationships by permitting you to provide quick, effective, and cost-effective solutions. If you want to find out additional details about Progent's virtual office network, see Progent virtual Office Work Environment.
Compensation Model and Benefit Packages
Progent's compensation is based on revenue sharing. The money you earn is directly based on what you contribute. You have the option of concentrating on life style and electing to work at an easy pace, utilizing our flexible schedule to make time for personal pursuits, or you can choose to earn considerable income by persistent work and lots of hours. Progent also provides full family health coverage plus many other benefits. Find out more information about our compensation model and benefits by going to Progent Compensation and Benefit Packages.
The following is a list of our current job openings:
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Operations Administrator Job
Progent is seeking a talented individual for the work-at-home role of Operations Administrator to assist the Director of Operations with the day-to-day management of financial information, currently using QuickBooks, in handling A/P and asset management responsibilities for a small, quickly expanding business.
Information Technology Hiring Manager Position
Progent is looking for a senior administrator tasked with recruiting consultants to join Progent's group of network support specialists who provide information technology outsourcing and network support services to customers worldwide.
Technical Response Center Coordinator Position
Progent is looking for a talented individual for the job of Technical Response Center (TRC) Coordinator working with an innovative high tech business in a fast-paced environment. The TRC Coordinator is to be the initial point of contact for incoming TRC and Main number calls and must project a professional and sympathetic demeanor in the start up of Urgent Services.
Customer Services Administrative Assistant Position
The Customer Services Administrative Assistant helps the Director of Customer Services in the routine operations of Progent’s Customer Care initiatives, including tasks such as First Service follow up interviews. The Customer Services Administrative Assistant carries out an assortment of administrative responsibilities for the Director of Customer Services to make sure Progent delivers exceptional client service.
Market Development Manager Positions
The Business Development Representative is a top level sales executive responsible for selling Progent's wide range of network outsourcing and support offerings and acting as the primary customer interface. The Business Development Representative is a member of the executive group, working closely with the President and Directors and Managers to ensure that business targets are met and that top notch services are provided to our customers.
Senior IT Consulting Expert, MCSE Positions
Progent is seeking an experienced, Microsoft-certified support professional to join Progent's full-time staff of consulting experts. You must have people skills plus IT expertise and must be solutions driven.
Desktop Support Expert Job
Progent is seeking a Desktop Engineer to help Progent customers to maintain all workers using desktop and notebook PCs powered by MS Windows 2000, Vista, and Windows XP technology. Work in unison with customer's management or IT staff or under the direction of a Progent Senior Engineer to help the client’s employees.
Senior Remote Support Expert Jobs
Progent is seeking a Senior Remote Support Expert to assist a range of Progent's customers to manage and support computer systems on-line, utilizing advanced technology including MS Windows 2K/2003 and Microsoft's .NET product family.
Senior Online Technical Support Expert Job in Australia
Progent is looking for a Senior Online Network Support Engineer in Australia to help a range of Progent's worldwide customers to maintain and repair IT networks via phone or remote connections.
Senior Cisco Consultant Job
Progent is looking for a Certified Cisco Consultant with Cisco CCIE or CCNP certification to join Progent's staff of experts to assist clients to plan, implement, manage, and repair small business networks based on Cisco technology.
Senior Security Engineer Job
Progent is looking for a Senior Security Engineer with CISSP, CISM, or CISA or similar security credentials to work with Progent's staff of experts to provide small businesses comprehensive security services including network security analysis, penetration testing, security planning, remote monitoring, security architecture, access control solutions expertise, operations security, and disaster recovery planning.
If you want to ask about any position listed above, you should e-mail your resume to jobs@progent.com. Be sure to include the job codes of the positions that interest you.
Details About Work at Progent
Staff Work for Network Consultants, Desktop Service Technicians, Security Experts, and Online Help Technicians Progent is seeking to find full-time, solutions-driven Microsoft accredited consultants with MCSE or MCP certification; Cisco certified system engineers who have Cisco CCIE, CCNP, or CCNA credentials; security consultants with CISA or comparable security certification; and advanced network architecture consultants with experience in mobile solutions, wireless networking, fault tolerance, business continuity, information protection, and virtual servers. Progent also seeks employees to join our staff of desktop service technicians and off-site support professionals. Also, Progent is hiring talented managers able to perform effectively in Progent's high-growth, virtual office environment.
By supporting a team of talented and dedicated consultants, providing attentive client care, and following a competitive results-focused fee model, We have managed to expand our client base dramatically while delivering consulting services to numerous companies in the San Francisco area and throughout the U.S.. A sophisticated virtual office network, a common information base, and a group strategy for problem resolution have allowed Progent to retain a talented consulting team and a loyal client base.
If you are an information technology consultant with technical support expertise, teaming with Progent or helping Progent's clients can expand your skills through interaction with Progent's group of highly team-oriented, expert consultants. Progent's focus on providing information technology expertise and technical help to small and midsize organizations will give you the opportunity to work intimately with key players and contribute appreciably to the growth of dynamic companies.
Progent is looking for technical professionals who can show verifiable certification related to their technical focus. So, if you are a Microsoft expert, you must have your Microsoft MCSE credential. For Cisco professionals, have your Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or Cisco Certified Network Professional certificate. For network security, you should show you Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CISA, CISM, or other top security credentials. Naturally, we are familiar with “paper MCSEs.” However, simply because a credential does not guarantee expertise is no excuse for not earning one. If you have mastered your field, then most of those certifications should pose no challenge. The bottom line is that if you call yourself a professional, then clients expect certifications. Progent can promote your talents, but you should have a baseline of certifications for Progent to work with. In case you stand adamantly opposed to the concept of credentials, we can understand and respect your opinion, but you are likely not a good candidate.
Freelance Jobs for Certified Experts for Windows, Apple OS, Linux, and Sun Technology For over 20 years, Progent's computer engineers have provided affordable and successful network consulting services for companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the United States. A sophisticated virtual office environment, a common technical database, and a team approach to problem resolution have helped Progent to build a strong in-house team and quickly expand a loyal client base.
The Experts Group is Progent's way to offer clients the help of expert information technology consulting engineers who have in-depth knowledge and field experience in important areas beyond Progent's core concentration in system support and security. Experts Group members are typically independent contractors and sometimes "moonlighters" who are carefully certified by Progent to collaborate with Progent's in-house consultants to deliver end-to-end, enterprise-class information technology services to small and midsize businesses. We are always enhancing our Experts Team in order to address the special requirements of our customer base.
Progent's Experts Group now provides support in these technologies:
Apple OS networking and programs
Support for Linux-based, UNIX, and Sun Solaris environments
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management expertise
Strategic and specialized program help
CIO, management information analyst, and project logistics services
Special program development and integration
Web, eCommerce, Electronic Data Interchange, and customer portal development and integration
Database management and efficiency help
Business intelligence consulting
Telecom systems support
Benefits of becoming part of Our Experts Group include:
By associating with Progent, you can benefit from the momentum of our dramatic growth and excellent recognition in the marketplace. By having a team of talented and committed consultants, providing excellent client support, and following a strong, ROI-oriented pricing structure, Progent has quadrupled our customer base over the past few years and Progent now provides professoinal support to hundreds of companies in Northern California and throughout the U.S.
Progent's experienced marketing team takes care of all facets of promoting your skills and technical expertise into our quickly growing customer base, so you spend less effort signing up clients and more time generating money.
We will facilitate relationship building between you and our key group of expert Microsoft and Cisco certified consultants who are the conduit to the key executives among our customers.
Progent's sales and operations groups will manage the complete sales and engagement process, from opportunity identification, project qualification, client needs description, skills matching, project scoping proposal writing, agreement negotiation and generation. Your entire focus stays with delivering high-level consulting service.
Progent will gives you access to Progent's advanced virtual office infrastructure, including convenient conference locations throughout Northern California, plus data and voice access throughout the United States.
You will have the benefit of Progent's extensive knowledge base, best practices processes, library of professional publications, and the aggregate experience from one of the country's largest pool of expert information technology engineers.
Progent will pass on special benefits from leading vendors including Microsoft and Cisco, including no-cost orlow-cost educational seminars, on-line access to restricted vendor support utilities and product maintenance resources, and on-line internal use programs for education or demonstration use.
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 no fee to become a member of Progent's Experts Team, but Progent has strict requirements for membership:
You should have a strong track record as a consultant working independently in your field of specialization, including a minimum two year record of successful contracting projects or you must have your own active customer base for whom you now deliver continuing consulting services.
You need to show that you are an expert in your area of specialization, which includes having an extensive work-related record and excellent referrals, and have current manufacturer or institutional professional certifications.
You need to be able to carry yourself in a professional manner and be self motivated and assured in your abilities. You must have excellent communications skills and be able to work efficiently by yourself or as a member of a team.
You must know how to articulate proper expectations to clients and other Progent consultants and you must know how evaluate jobs, produce project plans, and estimate realistic work schedules.
Improve Your Skills with Advanced Technology and Joining a Great Group of Computer Consultants Progent's business climate will allow you to become a better consulting professional by enhancing your information technology knowledge and increasing the satisfaction of your customers. Progent delivers on this promise by recruiting the top consulting talent for you to work with, offering a state-of-the-art system architecture, running specialized application tools to enable the highest level of support, and by streamlining our business models for attracting and keeping customers.
The most important factor that distinguishes Progent from most consulting firms is the excellence of our support professionals. Out of the 50 or so consultants who have teamed with Progent, we have assembled top talent covering a broad range of technologies. Whether it’s Microsoft servers, Cisco switches, network security, Mac, Linux, server virtualization, or other vital application, we deploy experts who can enable you to be effective on major projects by combining the collective experience of our team of professionals.
To ensure the success of Progent's consultants, we invest significantly in providing the most powerful tools to do the job properly. We will leverage information technology to an extraordinary extent and our state-of-the-art virtual office infrastructure enables seamless connectivity, collaboration, and knowledge sharing with other Progent team members — all from home-based or mobile offices. You don’t waste time or forfeit income with daily commutes to a conventional office building, and all driving you do for on-site client work is based on your own time table, not Progent's. The best benefit is that most of Progent's support work can be performed remotely, offering 100% productivity for income-producing time. In practice, some Progent team members do remote consulting only.
Progent's operations are geared towards reacting rapidly and effectively to client needs through information sharing and cooperative problem resolution. Even though Progent's engineers work with a great deal of freedom, resource allocation is centralized, customer problems and solutions are carefully monitored, documented, and archived for convenient retrieval, up-to-date consultant availability is published to facilitate group projects and simplify problem escalation, and customer satisfaction is always monitored. We strengthen the feeling of connection via periodic workgroup conferences and regular company-wide events.
Most of Progent's consultants are situated throughout California, however we are attracting a rapidly growing group of network experts from across America. Our virtual office infrastructure eliminates geographic obstacles that limit the efficiency of traditional company models. We enhance the deal by providing a comprehensive benefit program to ensure the health and economic security of our employees and their relations.
Just as we have world-class consulting professionals, Progent's sales and administration groups match the high standards that is Progent. These high-performance factors behind our growth are helping us to identify and land the scores of new customers we are currently acquiring every month. We lately marked the delivery of services to our 1,000th customer. Just type “Cisco consultants” or “Microsoft consultants” into Google to check for yourself why Progent is also a strong sales organization.
Having a passion for technical proficiency is a key for success with Progent. A career in consulting will push you to enhance your skills more than is possible in any other job in network technology. Being confronted by a steady series of technical challenges is what keeps consulting exciting. Clients rely on consulting firms to do the “hard stuff.” Innovative tasks, leading-edge implementations, puzzling or entrenched problems, and tricky upgrades are the basis for what we do every day. At Progent, you will not stagnate or be narrowly defined, as is all too common for network engineers in traditional corporate roles. You will awake every day excited about the challenges to come.
Along the way, you will work with some wonderful people, both by establishing strong customer contacts and by operating in conjunction with other Progent consultants, where you will benefit from and contribute to their growth. Of course, technology is important, but Progent is a relationship-focused organization from top to bottom. If you don’t offer excellent people skills or enjoy working with a diverse group of personalities, then Progent is in all likelihood a poor match.
If this seems good to you, we invite you to contact Progent about our view of the new paradigm of information technology consulting.
Get Lifestyle Improvements and Technical Success with Progent's Sophisticated Virtual Office Infrastructure Progent believes that a carefully architected and implemented information system is a pivotal piece for accelerating any company's growth, and we follow this credo in our own network infrastructure. We have created a non-stop virtual office network that allows our in-house engineers and authorized contractors to deliver fast and efficient support, collaborate easily on sophisticated jobs, and gain from professional and personal maturity from being part of a dynamic business culture of personal drive and freedom.
Speakeasy is a nationwide carrier of high-speed data Voice over IP solutions. Speakeasy provides a diverse range of data services such as Speakeasy DSL, ADSL, T1, and Bonded T1 services. In addition, Speakeasy Business offers VoIP service. Progent has an agency relationship with Speakeasy and is an authorized Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a Cisco Systems Partner equipped with the skill to show you how to incorporate Speakeasy carrier services to build a world-class, integrated communications infrastructure on a down-to-earth budget.
Progent’s IT outsourcing services offer budget-friendly network consulting for small businesses. Whether it involves designing system infrastructure, setting up an internal Help Desk or outsourcing a one, deploying a new email platform, monitoring your network, or building an on-line business solution, outsourcing your network technical services can reduce costs and minimize uncertainties, allowing network support budgets to grow in a more linear and manageable manner than is feasible by assembling a bulky, all-purpose in-house IT organization. Progent’s Outsourcing White Paper and flyers show how Progent can help you build a protected and robust system architecture for your vital business software powered by Microsoft Windows such as Office XP, Office 2003, and Microsoft Office 2000.
E-Mail Guard is a complete solution for blocking spam and viruses. E-Mail Guard handles the protection and management of corporate email by providing constantly improved spam and virus filtering, policy administration, content filtering, and defense against email-based directory harvesting and DoS attacks. E-Mail Guard also features monitoring, management and analysis tools as well as outgoing email testing to help you troubleshoot your e-mail environment and define and regulate company security policy.
New Edge Networks is a nationwide CLEC provider of managed data communications networks and last-mile Internet access. New Edge Networks offers a wide range of data transports including New Edge DSL, IDSL, ADSL, Full T1, Fractional T1, Burstable T1, Frame Relay over DSL, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Private Line, and DS3. New Edge Networks also provides VoIP solutions. Progent has an agent relationship with New Edge Networks and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a Cisco Systems Partner equipped with the skill to show you how to incorporate New Edge carrier services to create an enterprise-class, cohesive communications solution on a small-business budget.
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, hosted on the Microsoft Windows Server operating system and powered by software originally produced by Connectix, provides the power necessary to accomplish hardware reduction, software upgrade, and server isolation projects via virtualization technology in an enterprise-ready computing network with high expandability, manageability, and reliability. Microsoft has targeted Virtual Server at businesses who want to enhance ROI in application development and testing, upgrading from outdated mission-critical software, and hardware consolidation. Progent's professional Virtual Server experts can help your business to evaluate and integrate Microsoft Virtual Server.
Progent provides small and medium size organizations expert consulting for Intrusion Protection products and IPSec VPN technology from major firewall and VPN security vendors including Check Point Software, Juniper Networks, and SonicWALL. Progent can help you create a comprehensive security strategy and choose appropriate products from multiple vendors to achieve your security goals while staying within your budget limits.
If your company is developing Linux-based software in an environment that includes Windows-based servers, PCs, and office productivity products, Progent offers full-service information technology outsourcing that frees you to concentrate on your field of high-value expertise while avoiding the continual distraction of maintaining your business network. Through the use of smart network monitoring and by delivering remote and on-site assistance as your company needs it, Progent offers an affordable alternative for managing an information system that features excellent availability, protection, and performance. Progent's Linux developer assistance offerings include full-service it outsourcing, virtual server infrastructure, remote and in-personservice and repair, 24x7 monitoring, and help desk support.
The inter-connectivity demands of the Microsoft .NET components included with Microsoft Small Business Server calls for an IT consultant with real-world background and broad knowledge in planning and building cohesive end-to-end information technology solutions. Progent's Microsoft-certified experts have extensive experience with the technologies built into SBS 2003 and SBS 2000. This experience assures you success in deploying, administering, and servicing network solutions based on the Microsoft SBS line of servers and applications.
Progent's Check Point experts can show you how to choose and deploy Check Point Firewall/VPN software and hardware based on Check Point Software's technology to offer an economical and efficient security solution for your information network. Progent can also help you integrate other Check Point technologies including Check Point ZoneAlarm and Check Point NGX VPN with protection solutions from other suppliers and offer a single stop for on-going network support, administration, training, and design services.
Progent is seeking to hire staff-level, solutions-oriented Microsoft accredited engineers with Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer certification; Cisco accredited system consultants with Cisco CCNP or CCIE credentials; security consultants with CISSP or CISA or comparable security credentials; and high-end system design experts with experience in mobile access, wireless networking, fault tolerance, business continuity, data protection, and server virtualization. Progent also is looking for professionals who can join Progent's staff of help desk support technicians and off-site support professionals. Also, We are hiring experienced administrators who can operate productively in our fast-paced, virtual office culture.
