Career and Contract Work with Progent Jobs for EXperienced Network Professionals, Helpdesk Support Technicians, Systems Security Consultants, and Application Specialists
One of the premiere IT consulting companies for small business systems, Progent maintains a full-time team of certified support professionals who concentrate on core IT areas such as:
Microsoft Windows products
Cisco Integrated Services Routers, switches, PIX firewalls, plus VoIP and VPN solutions
Network security consulting
Advanced network architecture
Off-site troubleshooting and system administration
Progent's Experts Group, which includes freelance consultants certified and managed by Progent, provides highly specialized skills in a broad range of critical software areas and network technologies such as:
Apple OS networking and applications
Expertise for Linux-based, UNIX-based, and Sun environments
Chief Information Officer, business analyst, and project logistics services
Custom program development and deployment
Web, electronic business, EDI, and client portal development and deployment
Database support and efficiency consulting
Business information expertise
Telecommunications architecture consulting
Creative structures for finding customers, delivering service, creating an efficient company culture, and offering generous compensation have allowed us to be one of the most rapidly growing and best respected Microsoft Gold Partners consulting companies in the U.S. and to establish an international organization for delivering online IT expertise. If you are an accredited computer technician or network consultant with an orientation towards a client success and excellent people skills, you should consider Progent a chance for enhancing your professional skills, living a more independent career, and attaining financial success.
Find Out More Information Concerning Working at Progent
Check out these links to learn additional details concerning our job opportunities, company culture, operational conditions, profit sharing structure, and benefits packages:
Full-time Careers at Progent
We are hiring a range of on-staff workers including solutions-driven Microsoft MCSE and MCP computer engineers; system consultants with Cisco CCIE, CCNP, or CCNA certification; and specialists in advanced network design with backgrounds in mobile connectivity, wireless integration, high-availability environments, disaster recovery planning, data protection, and server virtualization. Progent is also hiring workstation support experts, off-site service professionals, and CISSP or CISA accredited security professionals. We are also hiring veteran managers and administrators able to perform efficiently in our high-growth, virtual office model. Find out more details about staff consulting jobs at Progent by referring to Consulting Positions at Progent.
Freelance Jobs with Progent
Progent contracts independent consultants who have in-depth expertise and hands-on experience in crucial IT topics beyond our primary service concentration. Our Experts Group includes freelance consultants who can provide consulting and programming services for strategic solutions that include Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management; possess specialized knowledge of non-Microsoft operating systems such as Linux, Macintosh, or Sun, or offer world-class skills in areas like telecom, web development, Electronic Data Interchange, web commerce, or database management. Independent contractors certified by Progent coordinate with our staff consultants to provide end-to-end solutions for small and midsize company networks. If you want to find out additional information concerning freelance opportunities with Progent's Experts Consulting Group, go to Contracting Jobs with Progent.
Reasons That Progent Is Unique
We have managed to recruit the top consulting experts by being unique. With an innovative mix of enterprising spirit, insistence on client satisfaction, utilization of advanced technology, and an independent business model that accommodates life-style choices for our team members, Progent offers a dynamic environment for select individuals who posses a drive for rapidly improving their technical abilities to create real-world benefits for a variety of organizations and technical environments. Find out more details about ways that Progent is different by visiting Ways That We Are Exceptional.
Our Virtual Office Business Model
Our virtual office network incorporates sophisticated technical tools that enable remote support, wireless connectivity, easy availability of Progent's knowledge bases, and instant collaboration with talented team members to help you to deal with business-critical IT problems. Progent's virtual office network allows consultants to focus on delivering service rather than dealing with commutes and lets consultants nurture lasting client relationships by permitting you to provide fast, viable, and affordable solutions. In order to learn additional details concerning our virtual office business model, see Progent virtual Office Infrastructure.
Compensation and Benefit Packages
Our compensation is determined by revenue sharing. The money you make is entirely based on what you generate. You have the option of concentrating on life style and electing to work at an easy pace, utilizing Progent's versatile schedule to follow individual pursuits, or you can take advantage of the chance to make considerable income by persistent work and lots of hours. Progent also provides comprehensive family health coverage as well as numerous additional benefits. Find out additional details about Progent's compensation model and benefits by going to Our Compensation Model and Benefit Programs.
The following is a list of some available job opportunities:
Job Code
Job Description
A09
Operations Administrator Job
Progent is seeking a talented individual for the home-office position of Operations Administrator to assist the Director of Operations with the daily management of financial information, currently using QuickBooks, in performing A/P and asset management functions for a small, quickly growing company.
IT Hiring Manager Position
Progent has an opening for a senior administrative executive for hiring consultants to join Progent's team of network support specialists who provide information technology outsourcing and technical consulting assistance to customers worldwide.
Technical Response Center Coordinator Job
Progent is hiring a talented individual for the position 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 Technical Response Center and Main number calls and must present a professional and sympathetic attitude in the initiation of Urgent Services.
Customer Services Administrative Assistant Job
The Customer Services Administrative Assistant helps the Director of Customer Services in the routine operations of Progent’s Customer Care program, which includes tasks such as First Service follow up interviews. The Customer Services Administrative Assistant provides a variety of administrative responsibilities for the Director of Customer Services to make sure Progent provides the best possible client care.
Market Development Manager Job
The Business Development Representative is a top level sales executive charged with selling Progent's broad array of network outsourcing and consulting offerings and acting as the primary customer liaison. The Business Development Representative is a key part of the executive group, working closely with the President and Directors and Managers to ensure that business goals are met and that quality services are provided to Progent's clients.
Senior IT Consultant, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Job
Progent is looking for a proven, Microsoft-certified support professional to join Progent's core group of network professionals. You must have communication skills as well as network expertise and must be success oriented.
Desktop Support Expert Jobs
Progent is looking for a Desktop Engineer to assist Progent clients to provide service to all workers using desktop and laptop computers powered by MS Windows 2K, Vista, and XP technology. Work closely with customer's management or IT group or under the direction of a Progent Senior Engineer to help the client’s end users.
Senior Remote Support Engineer Job
Progent is looking for a Senior Remote Support Engineer to help a variety of small business customers to maintain and service information networks on-line, using state-of-the-art technology such as MS Windows 2K/2003 and the MS .NET platform.
Senior Online Network Support Engineer Positions in Australia
Progent is looking for a Senior Remote Network Support Specialist in Australia to assist a variety of international customers to maintain and troubleshoot computer systems via phone or online access.
Senior Cisco Engineer Jobs
Progent is looking for a Senior Cisco Engineer with Cisco CCIE, CCNP, or CCNA credentials to join Progent's staff of experts to help customers to design, implement, maintain, and repair small business networks based on Cisco technology.
Senior Security Consultant Jobs
Progent is seeking a Senior Security Consultant with CISSP or similar security certification to join Progent's staff of professionals to provide small businesses comprehensive security services including system security analysis, penetration testing, security strategy, network monitoring, security architecture, access control solutions consulting, business processes security, and business continuity planning.
If you want to apply for any job shown above, please e-mail your resume to jobs@progent.com. Please copy the job codes of the positions that interest you.
More Information Concerning Opportunities at Progent
Career Work for Network Consultants, Computer Service Technicians, Security Consultants, and Remote Support Professionals Progent wants to hire full-time, solutions-oriented Microsoft accredited engineers with Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer credentials; Cisco certified system consultants who have Cisco CCIE, CCNP, or CCNA credentials; security professionals with CISM or equivalent security certification; and advanced system design experts with a background in mobile access, wireless connectivity, high availability, disaster recovery, information protection, and VMware. Progent also seeks employees who can work on our staff of helpdesk service technicians and off-site support professionals. In addition, We are hiring talented administrators able to perform productively in our high-growth, virtual office environment.
By supporting a team of skilled and dedicated consultants, providing world-class client care, and following a competitive results-focused pricing model, We have managed to increase our client list dramatically while delivering professional support to hundreds of businesses in the San Francisco area and across the U.S.. An advanced virtual office network, a common information base, and a team strategy for problem solving have allowed Progent to maintain a skilled staff and a loyal customer base.
For a network consultant with troubleshooting experience, joining Progent or working for our clients can expand your skills through interaction with Progent's group of mutually supportive, expert engineers. Our commitment to providing information technology consulting and computer help to small and midsize organizations will offer you the opportunity to work intimately with decision makers and contribute significantly to the growth of dynamic companies.
Progent is looking for consultants who have verifiable certification in their special focus. So, if you are a Microsoft expert, you must have your Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer certificate. For Cisco consultants, have your Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or CCNP certificate. For security, you should have you Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CISA, Certified Information Security Manager, or one of the other top security certifications. Of course, we are familiar with “paper MCSEs.” However, simply because a certificate does not guarantee excellence is no justification for not earning one. If you know your field, then the majority of these certifications should be no great difficulty. The bottom line is that if you represent yourself to be an expert, then clients expect credentials. Progent will promote your skills, but you should provide a baseline of credentials for us to work with. If you are adamantly against the idea of certifications, Progent can understand and honor your position, but you are probably not a good fit.
Contract Jobs for Qualified Experts for Windows, Mac, Linux-based, and Sun Solaris Technology For over two decades, our computer engineers have provided affordable and effective computer consulting services for businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area and across the U.S.. An advanced virtual office network, a common technical database, and a collaborative approach to problem solving have enabled Progent to build a talented consulting group and quickly expand a satisfied clientele.
The Experts Group is our way to offer clients the services of expert information technology support professionals who have in-depth knowledge and field background in key technologies outside of Progent's core concentration in network support and security. Experts Team members are often independent contractors and occasionally "moonlighters" who have been thoroughly qualified by Progent to collaborate with Progent's in-house engineers to provide comprehensive, world-class network services to small and midsize companies. We are continually enhancing the Experts Team to address the particular requirements of our clients.
Progent's Experts Team now provides consulting in these areas:
Apple OS integration and applications
Consulting for Linux, UNIX-powered, and Sun systems
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management customization
Mission-critical and specialized application help
Chief Information Officer, business analyst, and project logistics outsourcing
Custom applications development and deployment
Web, eCommerce, EDI, and customer information portal design and integration
DBM support and performance help
Business information expertise
Telecommunications architecture support
Benefits of becoming a member of Our Experts Team include:
By working with us, you get to leverage the momentum of our explosive growth and top-notch reputation in the marketplace. By maintaining a group of skilled and dedicated professionals, offering attentive client support, and following a proven, ROI-focused pricing model, Progent has quadrupled our customer base during the last few years and Progent now delivers consulting support to hundreds of companies in California and throughout the United States.
Progent's experienced marketing staff handles all facets of promoting your services and areas of knowledge into our rapidly growing customer base, so you spend less time signing up customers and more time generating revenue.
Progent will facilitate relationship building between you and our key group of experienced Microsoft and Cisco qualified engineers who act as the conduit to the key executives among our customers.
Our selling and administration staffs will manage the complete selling and contracting process, from opportunity generation, job qualification, customer needs description, capabilities matching, job analysis proposal writing, agreement negotiation and generation. Your entire responsibility stays with providing top-quality consulting expertise.
Progent will gives you connections to Progent's advanced virtual office infrastructure, including convenient meeting/work sites throughout Northern California, plus Internet and telecomm connectivity throughout the U.S.
You will have access to Progent's vast database, best practices procedures, abundance of template-deliverable publications, and the shared experience from one of Northern California's largest pool of experienced consulting engineers.
Progent will share partner-only benefits from leading vendors such as Microsoft and Cisco, including no-cost ordiscounted training classes, web access to special vendor troubleshooting tools and product maintenance resources, and downloadable in-house use programs for education and/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 not any charge to become part of Progent's Experts Team, but we do have these qualifications to join:
You should have a strong background as a consulting professional working independently in your area of expertise, including at least a two year record of completed consulting jobs and/or have your own active customer base for whom you currently provide ongoing consulting services.
You need to demonstrate that you have expertise in your field of specialization, including showing a long work-related history and strong references, and possess up-to-date manufacturer and/or institutional professional qualifications.
You should be able to present yourself in a professional way and be self motivated and assured in your abilities. You must have excellent communications skills and be able to work efficiently alone or as part of a team.
You should be able to explain proper goals to customers and other Progent consultants and you need to be able scope out jobs, create task plans, and estimate reasonable work schedules.
Enhance Your Abilities with Advanced Technology and Joining the Top Team of Network Engineers Progent's productive atmosphere will allow you to become a better professional by enhancing your information technology knowledge and increasing the loyalty of your clients. Progent makes good on this promise by attracting the top professional experts for you to work with, offering an advanced network and communications infrastructure, running custom application utilities to enable the highest level of service, and by streamlining our business structures for finding and keeping customers.
The most important factor that distinguishes us from ordinary network support firms is the high caliber of our support professionals. Out of the scores of consultants who have teamed with us, we have assembled top expertise across a wide range of technologies. Whether it’s Microsoft Windows, Cisco firewalls, network security, Apple, Linux, virtual servers, or other crucial application, we engage experts who can help you to be successful on major projects by combining the collective experience of our team of experts.
To ensure the success of Progent's team, we invest heavily in providing the best tools to do the work properly. Progent will exploit information technology to an extraordinary degree and our advanced virtual office environment allows effortless connectivity, cooperation, and information sharing with other Progent team members — all from at-home or on-the-road offices. You don’t waste time or lose income because of daily drives to a physical office building, and all travel you do for on-site customer jobs is determined by your schedule, not Progent's. The best part is that much of Progent's consulting services can be done off-site, representing 100% productivity for income-producing time. In practice, some of our team members do off-site consulting only.
Progent's business structure is set up for responding quickly and effectively to customer requirements through knowledge sharing and cooperative problem resolution. Even though our engineers work with a high level of independence, dispatching is unified, customer problems and solutions are meticulously monitored, documented, and archived for convenient reference, up-to-date engineer availability is broadcast to facilitate group tasks and simplify trouble escalation, and client satisfaction is continually monitored. We reinforce the feeling of connection via monthly team meetings and regular corporate events.
The majority of our team is located across Northern California, but Progent is building a rapidly expanding group of consulting experts throughout America. Our virtual office infrastructure does away with geographic boundaries that restrict the productivity of traditional company models. We enhance the deal by offering a full employee care program to promote the health and economic welfare of our employees and their families.
Just as we have awesome consultants, Progent's marketing and operations teams match the high standards that is Progent. These high-performance factors behind our growth are helping us to identify and sign up the scores of new clients we are currently acquiring each month. We recently marked the providing of services to our 1,000th customer. Just type “Cisco consultants” or “Microsoft consultants” into Google to see for yourself why Progent is also an effective marketing operation.
Possessing a passion for technical excellence is a key for growth with us. A career in consulting will drive you to enhance your skills more than you would in any other job in network technology. Being exposed to a steady stream of network challenges is what makes professional support interesting. Clients rely on a consultant to perform the “hard stuff.” Creative projects, advanced deployments, vexing or entrenched problems, and tricky upgrades are the foundation for what we do daily. With us, you will not stagnate or be narrowly defined, as is all too typical for network professionals in ordinary corporate roles. You will wake up every morning enthusiastic about the opportunities ahead.
Along the way, you will meet some wonderful people, both by building strong client contacts and by working in conjunction with other Progent team members, where you will learn from and contribute to their success. Yes, technology is vital, but Progent is a relationship-focused organization through and through. If you don’t offer excellent communications skills or enjoy cooperating with a diverse assortment of people, then Progent is probably not a good fit.
If this sounds good to you, we urge you to contact us about our view of the new paradigm of network consulting.
Enjoy Quality of Life Benefits and Technical Prowess with Progent's Sophisticated Virtual Office Infrastructure Progent is convinced that a carefully architected and implemented information system can be a pivotal factor for accelerating any firm's success, and Progent applies this credo in our own system infrastructure. We have created a non-stop virtual office infrastructure that allows our staff consultants and certified contractors to offer rapid and efficient support, collaborate closely on complex projects, and experience professional and private maturity from acting as part of an exciting company culture of self motivation and independence.
For small business IT systems, managing and coordinating virus protection with disaster recovery as well as the planning for recovering critical information assets after a serious attack requires an on-going struggle that involves a sophisticated set of software utilities, processes, and security policies. Progent’s CISM and ISSAP certified security experts can assist you with system security and virus defense in several areas, from security assessments to designing a comprehensive security plan. Progent’s security support offerings feature affordable per hour or contract service to show customers how to set up and manage protected small business IT networks powered by Microsoft Windows and Cisco solutions. Progent offers expertise for information security products from all leading security protection companies including Cisco Systems PIX Firewall, Veritas, Juniper Netscreen, Checkpoint, Trend Micro, Sonicwall, Ingate, and Watchguard. Progent’s computer security consulting specialists can provide expertise in physical security, mobile security, operations security, hardware security, applications development security, security architecture, security management practices, security planning, security assessment, and system security testing. Progent can also assist with telecommunications, network and Internet security, access control technology and processes, disaster recovery planning, data backup, and cryptography.
For organizations with a mix of Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows computers, Microsoft offers two products for using Windows programs on Mac computers: Virtual PC and Remote Desktop Connection Client. Progent's Apple-certified Macintosh experts can show you how to configure Virtual PC for Mac or Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac so you can operate Windows applications on Apple Mac computers.
Mid-sized companies can enjoy all the advantages of MOM and have fast availability of Progent’s Microsoft and Cisco certified IT consulting professionals. Thanks to Progent's affordably priced network service programs, medium-size organizations can choose a simple MOM-based co-sourcing service program with network monitoring, proactive alerts, in-depth reporting, Help Desk Call Center, and online troubleshooting. For companies with mission-critical environments who need non-stop networking, Progent can provide a comprehensive round-the-clock outsourcing package. Progent supports Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 to provide medium-size business networks enterprise-class availability, security and performance.
Progent's certified Windows 2000 consulting staff can help you enhance the functionality of your existing Windows 2K Servers and can streamline system management, provide technical support and repair, and enhance security. Progent can also help you create, rationalize, and implement a plan to migrate from Microsoft Windows Server 2K to Windows 2003 Server. Progent is expert in setting up pilot programs to eliminate the technical risk involved with moving to Windows Server 2003 by uncovering possible hardware and software compatibility problems.
Consulting Services for Fault Tolerant Collocation Integration
Progent's Data Center engineers can show you how to identify fault-tolerant data centers that meet the specific requirements of your company. Fault tolerant off-site data centers are especially attractive to small businesses because of their affordability and convenience in comparison to pursuing a do-it-yourself approach. Trying to design an in-house data center that offers even a basic level of fault tolerance is financially prohibitive for the majority of small businesses. Progent can help you get all the advantages of non-stop data centers and fault tolerant colo sites by offering a full array of consulting and support services.
Progent’s Microsoft certified consultants offer a variety of support services for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0. Microsoft Dynamics GP is a Microsoft financial package and corporate management tool based, like all Microsoft accounting solutions, on the expandable and familiar platform of Microsoft Windows technology. Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains 10.0, the most recent edition of Microsoft accounting products in the Great Plains Accounting family, offers a cost-effective solution for managing and integrating finances, e-commerce, supply chain, manufacturing, project accounting, field service, customer relationships, and HR. Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains is easy to deploy and integrate, and with its segmented approach you are able to license only the capability you currently require, with the option to expand clients and enlarge functionality when necessary. Progent’s Microsoft Dynamics GP Software consulting engineers can help you deploy, configure and manage Great Plains 10.0 and also earlier editions of Great Plains such as Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 and Microsoft Great Plains 8.0.
If your business network mixes UNIX, Linux or Sun Solaris platforms with MS Windows, Progent can show you how to incorporate your servers into a unified network that allows all your OS platforms to run side by side for easy management, seamless dataflow, high availability, superior throughput, and tight protection. Progent's UNIX and Microsoft Windows coexistence support services feature network architecture integration and service, consulting for Microsoft Windows services for UNIX (SFU), online network monitoring and management, remote network help and repair, in-person technical support, and help desk call center services.
Progent’s Wireless Consulting Services provide a fast, economical way for small business IT networks to integrate the cutting edge wireless connectivity technology. Few small companies have in-house IT groups with the resources to keep up to date on the dynamic world of wireless technology and services, and even fewer have the field experience to cut through the hyperbole and select and integrate the best products for Wi-Fi wireless LAN (WLAN), mobile access, and small business wireless security. For 802.11 WiFi environments, Progent can help you plan and install 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g compatible wireless connectivity hardware such as the Cisco Aironet wireless access point. Progent can also show you how to incorporate an appropriate level of 802.11x security. For wireless email and wireless web programs for mobile workers, Progent can help with handheld computers such as the Research In Motion Blackberry (RIM Blackberry) for wireless email, as well as wireless PDAs, smartphones, and Pocket PCs based on Windows Mobile operating systems with Activesync. Progent’s experience with the Proxim Tsunami wireless bridge can help you to test11:10 AM 6/27/2006 and install building-to-building wireless access.
Nagios and MRTG are useful, free monitoring utilities that operate on the Linux OS and can be deployed to analyze UNIX/Linux environments, Windows systems, or mixed-platform environments in which the Linux OS and MS Windows coexist. Nagios allows system support engineers to track network services including SMTP, HTTP, SSH, and NNTP. MRTG lets you graph the traffic in and out of SNMP network appliances such as processors, routers, and switches. Progent's system monitoring engineers can show you how to use both these utilities to streamline and repair your computer network.
Progent is among the most qualified IT consulting companies in Northern California for designing email and messaging systems based on Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. Progent specializes in helping small and mid-size businesses receive all the advantages of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 under typical scenarios such as updating from Microsoft Exchange 5.5, migration from an ISP-based or POP3 e-mail environment, and outsourcing your Microsoft Exchange 2000 management.
Progent’s Microsoft-certified experts can provide small and midsize companies computer consulting, support, and repair services for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server is an enterprise portal platform for intelligently connecting people, teams and information. SharePoint Portal Server provides a central location for your employees or customers to connect to, organize, distribute and interact with relevant data, documents, and software and to interact with other people. It enables faster and better decisions, more effective access across teams and more economical business practices. The main objective of SharePoint Server is to bring together, in a productive way, all of the diverse sources of information available inside and outside a business network. Windows SharePoint Services join employees, clients, workgroups and major tasks with the information they’ve developed in a manner that makes data convenient to find, retrieve and re-use.
