Full-time and Contract Work with Progent Jobs for Senior Network Professionals, Desktop Service Specialists, Security Experts, and Application Specialists
One of the top computer consulting companies for small and midsize business networks, Progent maintains a large staff of talented service professionals who concentrate on mainstream technologies including:
Microsoft products
Cisco Integrated Services Routers, Catalyst switches, firewalls, plus Voice over IP and VPN solutions
Enterprise security expertise
Advanced network architecture
Remote IT support and network administration
Our Experts Group, which contracts independent experts certified and managed by Progent, provides highly refined skills in a broad variety of key business applications and network solutions that include:
Macintosh networking and applications
Expertise for Linux, UNIX, and Sun environments
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM customization
Line-of-business and vertical application help
CIO, business analyst, and project logistics outsourcing
Special applications design and integration
Web site, eCommerce, EDI, and customer information portal development and deployment
DBM management and performance consulting
Management information expertise
Telecommunications architecture consulting
Innovative structures for attracting clients, delivering service, nurturing a dynamic company culture, and offering highly competitive compensation and benefits have enabled us to be one of the most rapidly expanding and most well respected Microsoft Gold Partners consultant firms in the U.S. and to establish an international presence for delivering remote network support. If you are a certified computer technician or information technology expert with a drive for a client success and excellent people skills, consultants will find in Progent a chance for increasing your professional skills, living a more independent lifestyle, and attaining financial success.
Learn Additional Details Concerning Jobs at Progent
Follow these pages to learn more details about our job openings, business philosophy, work conditions, profit sharing structure, and benefits:
Full-time Jobs at Progent
Progent is hiring a range of on-staff employees including solutions-driven Microsoft MCSE network engineers; connectivity experts who have Cisco CCIE credentials; and consultants for advanced system design with experience in mobile connectivity, wireless integration, high-availability environments, business continuity solutions, data preservation, and virtual servers. Progent is also hiring workstation support experts, off-site troubleshooting professionals, and CISA accredited security professionals. Progent is also seeking experienced managers able to operate efficiently in our dynamic, virtual office environment. Learn additional information concerning full-time consulting positions at Progent by referring to Full-time Work at Progent.
Contract Opportunities at Progent
Progent works with independent consultants who have in-depth expertise and working experience in important IT topics beyond Progent's main service concentration. Our Experts Group employs contractors who offer consulting and programming support for mission-critical applications that include MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM; possess specialized expertise with popular platforms such as Linux derivatives, Macintosh, or Sun, or can provide world-class help in technologies like telecommunications, web design, Electronic Data Interchange, web commerce, or database management. Independent contractors certified by us cooperate with Progent's full-time consultants to deliver comprehensive solutions for small and midsize business networks. To find out additional details about freelance jobs with Progent's Experts Team, refer to Contracting Opportunities with Progent.
How Progent Is Unique
We have managed to attract the best consulting experts by being different. With a powerful blend of entrepreneurial drive, insistence on client success, utilization of advanced technical tools, plus a flexible work model that offers life-style options for our consulting team, Progent offers a stimulating environment for select consultants who posses a drive for quickly enhancing their professional skills to deliver real-world solutions for a variety of businesses and network environments. Learn additional details about ways that we are unique by visiting Ways That We Are Different.
Progent's Virtual Office Network
Progent's virtual office network provides advanced technologies that enable remote support, wireless connectivity, convenient access to our knowledge bases, and close collaboration with talented colleagues to allow you to deal with challenging IT problems. Our virtual office setting enables you to concentrate on providing IT solutions rather than dealing with traffic and lets consultants build successful client relationships by enabling you to come up with fast, viable, and affordable solutions. In order to find out more information about our virtual office network, see Progent virtual Office Work Environment.
Compensation and Benefit Packages
Our compensation is based on revenue sharing. What you make is wholly tied to what you contribute. You have the option of focusing on life style and electing to work at an easy pace, using Progent's flexible schedule to make time for personal pursuits, or you can take advantage of the chance to earn significant income through hard effort and long consulting time. Progent also offers complete family health insurance as well as many other benefits. Learn additional details concerning our compensation model and benefits by referring to Progent Compensation and Benefit Packages.
Below is a list of some present job opportunities:
Job Code
Job Description
A09
Operations Administrator Job
Progent is looking for a motivated individual for the work-at-home position of Operations Administrator to help 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, rapidly growing company.
IT Recruitment Manager Position
Progent has an opening for an experienced administrator for hiring technical personnel to join Progent's group of network support engineers who provide IT outsourcing and network support services to customers worldwide.
Assistant to the President Position
Progent has a home-based opening for an Executive Assistant to work with the president of Progent to oversee of a broad range of non-engineering tasks including call screening, record keeping, administration, special projects, shipping time-critical documents, managing periodic sales and engineering meetings, scanning and filing documents, obtaining signatures, overseeing printing, making transportation arrangements, and managing the president's schedule.
Technical Response Center Coordinator Position
Progent has a position for an experienced individual for the job of Technical Response Center (TRC) Coordinator working with a creative high tech company in a fast-paced environment. The Technical Response Center Coordinator is to be the initial point of contact for incoming Technical Response Center and Main number phone calls and must present a professional and compassionate demeanor in the initiation 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, which includes tasks such as First Service follow up calls. The Customer Services Administrative Assistant carries out a variety of administrative duties for the Director of Customer Services to ensure Progent provides exceptional client care.
Market Development Representative Job
The Business Development Representative is a top level sales manager charged with selling Progent's wide array of IT outsourcing and consulting offerings and acting as the front-line client interface. The Business Development Representative is a key part of the management group, operating in sync with the President and Directors and Managers to make sure that corporate goals are accomplished and that top notch services are provided to Progent's customers.
Senior IT Consultant, MCSE Job
Progent is seeking a proven, MCSE support professional to join Progent's internal team of consulting professionals. You must have communication skills plus IT knowledge and must be solutions driven.
Desktop Support Expert Positions
Progent is seeking a Desktop Support Expert to work with Progent clients to maintain all workers using desktop and laptop computers powered by Microsoft Windows 2K, Windows Vista, and Windows XP technology. Work closely with client's management or IT organization or under the supervision of a Progent Senior Consultant to support the client’s end users.
Senior Remote Support Expert Jobs
Progent is looking for a Senior Remote Support Specialist to assist a variety of small business customers to manage and support computer systems on-line, using advanced technology including MS Windows 2000/2003 and the MS .NET product family.
Certified Cisco Consultant Jobs
Progent is looking for a Certified Cisco Engineer with Cisco CCIE or CCNP certification to join Progent's staff of experts to assist customers to design, integrate, maintain, and repair small business networks that incorporate Cisco products.
Senior Security Engineer Job
Progent is seeking a Senior Security Engineer with CISA or equivalent security credentials to work with Progent's team of experts to offer customers comprehensive security services including network security analysis, security testing, security planning, network monitoring, security modeling, access control systems expertise, business processes security, and disaster recovery planning.
If you want to apply for any job shown above, please e-mail your background information to jobs@progent.com. Please state the code numbers of the jobs that interest you.
More Information About Jobs with Us
Career Work for Network Engineers, Desktop Support Technicians, Security Experts, and Online Support Professionals Progent is seeking to find staff-level, results-oriented Microsoft accredited consultants with Microsoft MCSE credentials; Cisco certified network consultants with CCIE certification; security professionals who have CISA or comparable security certification; and advanced system architecture consultants with experience in mobile access, wireless connectivity, high availability, disaster recovery, data preservation, and virtual servers. Progent also is hiring professionals who can join Progent's staff of helpdesk service technicians and remote support professionals. Also, Progent is seeking talented administrators able to perform productively in Progent's fast-paced, virtual office environment.
By maintaining a staff of talented and motivated professionals, providing attentive customer services, and offering a strong value-based pricing structure, We have been able to expand our customer base dramatically while delivering professional services to numerous businesses in the San Francisco area and across the U.S.. A sophisticated virtual office network, a shared information database, and a team approach to problem resolution have helped Progent to maintain a talented consulting team and a satisfied customer list.
For an information technology consultant with troubleshooting experience, joining Progent or helping Progent's clients will expand your knowledge through interaction with Progent's group of highly supportive, talented engineers. Progent's focus on providing network expertise and technical support to small and midsize organizations will give you the opportunity to collaborate closely with decision makers and contribute appreciably to the growth of exciting companies.
We are hiring consultants who have verifiable credentials in their special focus. For example, if you are a Microsoft expert, you should have earned your Microsoft MCSE certificate. In the case of Cisco consultants, show us your CCIE or Cisco Certified Network Professional credential. For security, you should show you CISSP, CISA, Certified Information Security Manager, or one of the other leading security credentials. Of course, Progent is aware of "paper experts". Still, the fact that a certificate can not guarantee expertise is no justification for not owning one. If you have mastered your field, then most of these certifications should be no great difficulty. The bottom line is that if you are an expert, then customers expect certifications. We can broadcast your talents, but you need to have basic credentials for us to work with. If you happen to be adamantly against the concept of certifications, we can understand and honor your opinion, but you are likely not a good candidate.
Freelance Work for Qualified Experts for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Sun Technology For over 20 years, Progent's information technology engineers have provided affordable and successful computer consulting expertise for businesses in Northern California and across the U.S.. A sophisticated virtual office environment, a common support knowledge base, and a collaborative philosophy for problem resolution have helped Progent to build a talented in-house team and quickly grow a satisfied clientele.
The Experts Team is our way to offer customers the services of expert information technology consulting professionals who have advanced skills and work experience in key technologies outside of Progent's primary concentration in network infrastructure and security. Experts Team members are typically independent engineers and occasionally "moonlighters" who have been carefully qualified by Progent to work closely with our in-house consultants to provide comprehensive, enterprise-class network solutions to small businesses. Progent is always enhancing the Experts Team to meet the special needs of our clients.
Progent's Experts Team now offers support in these technologies:
Macintosh networking and applications
Consulting for Linux-based, UNIX-based, and Sun Solaris systems
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM customization
Line-of-business and vertical application help
Chief Information Officer, management information analyst, and project management services
Custom applications design and deployment
Web site, electronic business, Electronic Data Interchange, and customer portal development and integration
DBM management and performance consulting
Management intelligence consulting
Telecom architecture support
Advantages of being a member of Progent's Experts Team include:
By associating with Progent, you get to benefit from the momentum of Progent's explosive expansion and top-notch reputation in the market. By having a group of talented and committed consultants, offering attentive client care, and practicing a strong, ROI-focused billing model, Progent has quadrupled our customer base during the past few years and Progent currently delivers professoinal services to hundreds of companies in Northern California and across the U.S.
Our veteran marketing team handles all facets of promoting your services and areas of knowledge into our rapidly expanding customer base, so you spend less time finding clients and more time generating money.
Progent will facilitate communications between you and Progent's key group of experienced Microsoft and Cisco certified engineers who are the gateway to the influential managers among our clients.
Progent's sales and operations groups will take care of the entire selling and contracting process, from lead generation, job qualification, client needs definition, capabilities matching, job scoping proposal generation, agreement negotiation and execution. Your exclusive focus is on providing high-level consulting expertise.
We will gives you connections to Progent's sophisticated virtual office infrastructure, offering convenient conference locations in the San Francisco area, plus data and voice connectivity anywhere in the United States.
You will have access to our vast database, best practices procedures, library of template-deliverable documents, and the shared expertise from one of the country's largest pool of experienced network engineers.
We will pass on partner-only benefits from leading vendors such as Microsoft and Cisco, including no-cost ordiscounted training classes, web connections to restricted vendor troubleshooting tools and product maintenance resources, and on-line in-house use programs for training and/or sales 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 charge to be a member of Progent's Experts Team, but we do have strict requirements for membership:
You must show a strong background as a consultant working independently in your field of specialization, including a minimum two year record of successful consulting jobs and/or have your own active customer base to which you now deliver continuing consulting activity.
You must demonstrate that you are an expert in your area of concentration, including having a long work-related record and excellent references, and possess up-to-date manufacturer or industry professional certifications.
You have to be able to carry yourself in a professional manner and be self driven and confident in your skills. You need to have strong communications skills and know how to operate effectively alone or as a member of a team.
You have to know how to communicate proper expectations to customers and other Progent consultants and you must know how analyze tasks, produce task plans, and estimate realistic work schedules.
Improve Your Skills with the Best Technology and Joining the Top Team of Computer Consultants Progent's productive atmosphere will make you a more capable professional by improving your technical skills and increasing the satisfaction of your customers. Progent makes good on this commitment by attracting the best consulting talent for you to work with, offering a state-of-the-art system architecture, using proprietary software tools to enable the highest quality of service, and by optimizing proven business structures for finding and retaining customers.
The main factor that separates us from typical network support companies is the excellence of our service staff. Out of the scores of consultants who have joined us, we have recruited the best talent across a wide range of technologies. Be it Microsoft Windows, Cisco switches, network security, Apple, Linux/UNIX, VMware, or other key application, we deploy experts who can enable you to be successful on major jobs by leveraging the aggregate experience of our team of experts.
To ensure the success of Progent's team, we invest heavily in making available the most powerful technology to perform the job properly. Progent will leverage technology to an impressive degree and our advanced virtual office environment allows effortless communications, cooperation, and knowledge sharing with fellow Progent team members — entirely from home-based or on-the-road offices. You don’t throw away time or lose revenue with daily drives to a conventional office building, and all driving you do for on-site client work is determined by your own time table, not Progent's. The best part is that most of our support services can be performed off-site, representing maximum productivity for billable time. In fact, some Progent staff do remote support only.
Progent's business structure is set up for responding quickly and effectively to customer needs via information sharing and collaborative problem resolution. Even though our consultants work with a high level of independence, resource allocation is unified, customer issues and solutions are carefully tracked, documented, and organized for convenient retrieval, current consultant schedules are broadcast to facilitate group projects and simplify trouble escalation, and customer satisfaction is always monitored. We strengthen the feeling of connection through periodic team conferences and quarterly corporate events.
Most of Progent's consultants are located across Northern California, however Progent is attracting a rapidly growing team of network experts throughout America. Progent's virtual office infrastructure eliminates geographic boundaries that limit the productivity of conventional company models. We enhance the package by offering a full employee care program to promote the physical health and financial welfare of our employees and their families.
Not only do we have awesome consultants, our marketing and administration teams live up to the excellence that characterizes Progent. These high-performance factors behind our growth are enabling us to target and sign up the 50-60 new customers we are currently engaging each month. We recently marked the providing of services to our 1,000th client. Try typing “Cisco consultants” or “Microsoft consultants” into Google to see for yourself why we are also an effective sales organization.
Possessing a commitment to technical proficiency is a cornerstone for growth with Progent. A job in consulting will push you to learn more than is possible in any other position in network technology. Being exposed to a continual stream of network challenges is what keeps professional support exciting. Customers choose consulting firms to perform the “hard stuff.” Creative projects, advanced deployments, vexing or entrenched problems, and tricky upgrades are the foundation for our services daily. With us, you will not stall or be pigeonholed, as is all too typical for computer engineers in ordinary corporate roles. You will awake every morning excited about the challenges ahead.
On the way, you will work with some wonderful folks, both by establishing strong customer contacts and by operating closely with other Progent team members, where you will benefit from and contribute to their growth. Of course, technology is important, but Progent is a relationship-oriented company through and through. If you don’t offer excellent communications skills or enjoy cooperating with a diverse group of personalities, then we are in all likelihood not a good match.
If this seems good to you, we invite you to talk to us about our view of the future of information technology consulting.
Get Quality of Life Benefits and Technical Success with Our Sophisticated Virtual Office Infrastructure Progent is convinced that a carefully architected and executed network is a crucial factor for accelerating a firm's growth, and Progent applies this belief in our own network environment. We have built a non-stop virtual office network that enables Progent's in-house consultants and authorized contractors to offer rapid and efficient support, cooperate easily on sophisticated projects, and experience career and private growth from acting as a member of an exciting company culture of self motivation and independence.
Years of background with Microsoft's Exchange technology makes Progent one of the most knowledgeable IT support firms in California for integrating email solutions powered by Exchange 2000 Server. Progent is skilled in helping small organizations derive the full advantages of Exchange Server under typical scenarios including updating from Exchange 5.5 Server, moving from an ISP-based or POP3 Email environment, and outsourcing your Microsoft Exchange Server administration.
If you have a company IT system with 10 to 50 desktop clients, Progent's IT outsourcing services free your organization from over-reliance on an individual freelance service provider while giving you cost-effective and reliable access to enterprise-class technical expertise. By providing IT consulting help when you need it, providing specialized knowledge for key technologies, delivering unique services such as 24x7 network monitoring, and billing only for support you receive, Progent gives you an affordable way for optimizing the productivity of your small office information system. Progent is the smart way for small organizations to create and support a reliable and secure IT network and to have quick access to the skilled help typically available only to businesses who can support a sizeable in-house IT group.
Mid-sized companies can derive all the advantages of MOM and have fast availability of Progent’s Microsoft and Cisco qualified network support experts. Thanks to Progent's affordably priced network service programs, medium-size organizations can choose a simple MOM-based co-sourcing package with network monitoring, automated warnings, in-depth system analysis, Help Desk support, and remote service. For businesses with line-of-business environments who need high availability networking, Progent offers a complete 24x7 outsourcing solution. Progent offers expertise in MOM 2005 and MOM 2000 to provide medium-size business networks world-class availability, security and performance.
Microsoft Windows Server Update Services allows IT managers to deploy and monitor the most recent Microsoft patches and security updates to Microsoft Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP operating systems. By using Microsoft Software Update Services, network support staff can fully and effortlessly manage the installation of patches that are published through Microsoft Update to servers and desktops in an organization. Progent can assist you with technical details of the initial setup of Microsoft Windows Server Update Services such as planning the Microsoft SUS deployment, configuring user's workstations, establishing the Group Policy parameters, and making sure your Microsoft Windows Server Update Services Group Policy Object is linked to an Active Directory container that makes sense for your network environment.
The open architecture of Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains makes it possible to design specialized applications that offer all of the core functionality of popular Microsoft Great Plains solutions but also meet the unique requirements of your business. With access to the Modifier included with Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, program designers can use the most widely used development environment in the software industry to adapt Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains information views, add or modify business logic, define forms and reports, or extend interaction with Microsoft Office software. Progent's background with Microsoft .NET support, Microsoft SQL Server consulting, and development projects with VBasic, XML and other software environments make it possible to write specialized line-of-business software and eCommerce solutions that integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains.
Progent can show you how to prepare and implement a smooth migration to Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains so that you preserve your information, strengthen your protection, modernize your management reporting, take complete advantage of Microsoft Office integration, and minimize business interruption by creating and executing a sensible migration plan. Progent can also help train new Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 users so you don't waste productivity. Progent can enhance your company reports and business analytics by providing Crystal Reports consulting, FRx programming, and Microsoft Excel support. Progent's background with Microsoft .NET development, Microsoft SQL Server applications, and programming with VBasic, XML and other platforms make it possible to produce specialized business software and eCommerce solutions that integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Progent's Microsoft certified support team can help you define and implement an efficient in-place Exchange Server 2007 migration plan that avoids productivity downtime, simplifies long-term support requirements, and makes your Exchange 2007 Server easy to manage. For complicated multiple server or multi-location upgrades, Progent has the background to complete your project rapidly and affordably. Progent's Microsoft Exchange 2007 help, troubleshooting, and consulting offerings include assistance with the integration of third-party enhancements of Exchange 2007 Server and the creation of unified messaging solutions based on Microsoft Exchange 2007 Server.
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 is a complete, Web-enabled database and data analysis solution that enables the rapid creation of cutting-edge high-end programs that can provide your company a critical competitive advantage. SQL Server features core support for XML and the ability to query across the Internet and beyond the firewall. The expertise of Progent's Microsoft-certified SQL Server 2000 engineers, averaging more than over 10 years of background supporting Microsoft technology, ensures you success in designing, deploying and supporting Microsoft SQL Server solutions that are seamlessly integrated with other applications based on Microsoft's .NET environment.
E-Mail Guard represents a comprehensive service for blocking spam and virus attacks. E-Mail Guard addresses the protection and management of company email by offering constantly improved spam and virus filtering, policy administration, content filtering, and defense against email-borne directory harvesting and denial of service attacks. E-Mail Guard also features tracking, administration and reporting utilities as well as outgoing email filtering to help you repair your email system and define and enforce company security policy.
Progent's disaster recovery support and business continuity consultants can help you create a disaster recovery plan in case of an IT system disaster. Progent can help you create a comprehensive disaster recovery plan that includes scheduled disaster recovery evaluations and testing. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco-certified consultants can also help you build an affordable, fault-tolerant system solution that takes into account reliability issues covering a wide range of network technologies and processes.
Microsoft System Center 2005 offers integrated information system management by bringing together and improving the change, configuration, event, and performance management experience built into Systems Management Server 2003 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005. System Center 2005 features powerful IT management tools including SMS 2003 for change and configuration management, MOM 2005 to increase network productivity, and System Center Reporting Server to consolidate event and throughput information. Progent has extensive experience delivering Systems Management Server consulting and Microsoft Operations Manager help as well as expertise in supporting and managing multi-vendor IT environments based on Microsoft, Cisco, Unix/Linux, Mac and other technology vendors. This variety of real-world experience makes it possible for Progent to deliver end-to-end network management solutions that utilize the industry's most powerful technology.
Broadwing Point-to-Point T1, Frame Relay, ATM Data Line Internet Line
Broadwing Communications is the first carrier to complete a fully optically switched backbone network offering low latency and maximum performance. Broadwing Communications provides a wide spectrum of data services such as Broadwing T1, Bonded T1, T3, DSL, Frame Relay over DSL, and Asynchronous Transfer Mode. Broadwing also offers VoIP service plus switched voice services. Progent has an agent agreement with Broadwing and is an authorized Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a Cisco Systems Partner equipped with the skill to show you how to incorporate Broadwing Communications data/voice services to build a world-class, cohesive communications solution on a small-business budget.
