Career and Subcontract Opportunities with Progent Work for Senior Network Consultants, Desktop Service Specialists, Security Experts, and Application Programmers
One of the premiere computer consulting companies for small business networks, Progent manages a full-time staff of certified support professionals who focus on core technologies such as:
Microsoft Windows technology
Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, plus Voice over IP and Virtual Private Network solutions
Enterprise security analysis
Advanced system architecture
Off-site troubleshooting and network management
Progent's Experts Team, which contracts freelance experts certified and coordinated by Progent, offers highly refined skills in a broad range of critical software applications and network solutions that include:
Apple OS networking and applications
Support for Linux, UNIX-powered, and Sun Solaris systems
Chief Information Officer, business analyst, and project logistics services
Custom applications design and deployment
Web site, eCommerce, EDI, and customer information portal development and deployment
DBM management and efficiency help
Business information consulting
Telecommunications architecture support
Innovative models for attracting customers, providing service, creating an efficient working environment, and offering highly competitive compensation and benefits have allowed Progent to become one of the most rapidly growing and best recognized Microsoft Gold Partners consulting firms in the United States and to establish an international organization for providing remote network expertise. If you are an accredited IT technician or network consultant with an orientation towards a customer service and excellent communication skills, consulting professionals should consider Progent a chance for enhancing your technical knowledge, developing a more independent lifestyle, and achieving financial success.
Find Out Additional Information Concerning Working at Progent
Follow these links to find out more details about Progent's work openings, business philosophy, operational conditions, compensation model, and benefits:
Consulting Positions at Progent
We are looking for a variety of full-time employees including motivated Microsoft MCSE and MCSA network engineers; network experts with CCIE credentials; and consultants for advanced system design with backgrounds in mobile access, wireless networking, high-availability systems, business continuity solutions, data protection, and virtual servers. Progent is also hiring workstation support technicians, remote service professionals, and CISSP certified security consultants. We are also looking for veteran managers and administrators who can operate effectively in our dynamic, virtual office model. Find out more information concerning staff professional services positions at Progent by referring to Full-time Careers at Progent.
Freelance Jobs with Progent
Progent contracts freelance professionals who have in-depth expertise and working experience in crucial IT areas beyond Progent's primary service focus. Progent's Experts Team hires contractors who can provide advice and programming services for mission-critical solutions that include Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM; have in-depth knowledge of non-Microsoft operating systems such as Linux derivatives, Macintosh, or Sun, or offer expert skills in technologies such as telecom, web site design, EDI, web commerce, or database management. Independent contractors certified by Progent coordinate with our in-house engineers to deliver comprehensive IT services for small and midsize company networks. If you want to find out additional information concerning contracting jobs with Progent's Experts Consulting Group, see Freelance Work at Progent.
Reasons That We Are Exceptional
Progent has been able to recruit the best consulting experts by being different. Providing a powerful mix of enterprising spirit, insistence on customer success, utilization of advanced technical tools, and a flexible work model that accommodates quality-of-life choices for Progent's consulting team, Progent creates a stimulating setting for talented individuals who have a drive for quickly enhancing their professional abilities to create concrete solutions for a range of organizations and network environments. Find out more details about reasons we are different by going to Reasons That We Are Different.
Our Virtual Office Network
Our virtual office model provides state-of-the-art technical tools that support off-site access, wireless communication, easy access to Progent's knowledge bases, and instant cooperation with talented colleagues to help you to deal with business-critical network issues. Our virtual office structure enables consultants to concentrate on delivering service rather than dealing with commutes and lets consultants build lasting client relationships by permitting you to provide quick, effective, and cost-effective solutions. To learn more details about Progent's virtual office infrastructure, visit Progent virtual Office Business Model.
Compensation Model and Benefit Programs
Progent's compensation model is determined by revenue sharing. What you make is entirely tied to what you contribute. Consultants have the choice of focusing on quality of life and electing to work at an easy pace, utilizing Progent's flexible schedule to make time for individual pursuits, or you can choose to earn considerable money by hard work and lots of consulting time. Progent also provides comprehensive family health care insurance as well as many additional benefits. Find out more information concerning Progent's compensation and benefit packages by visiting Our Compensation Model and Benefits.
The following is a list of our available job opportunities:
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Operations Administrator Job
Progent is seeking a motivated person for the work-at-home position 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 functions for a small, quickly expanding company.
Information Technology Hiring Manager Job
Progent has an opening for an experienced administrator responsible for recruiting IT experts to work with Progent's group of support specialists who provide IT outsourcing and computer support services to customers globally.
Technical Response Center Coordinator Job
Progent is hiring a talented individual for the job of Technical Response Center (TRC) Coordinator working with a creative high tech company 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 present a professional and compassionate demeanor in the start up of Emergency Services.
Customer Services Administrative Assistant Job
The Customer Services Administrative Assistant assists the Director of Customer Services in the routine operations of Progent’s Customer Care initiatives, which includes duties 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 exceptional client care.
Business Development Manager Job
The Business Development Representative is a top level sales executive charged with selling Progent's wide range of IT outsourcing and consulting services and acting as the front-line client liaison. The Business Development Representative is a member of the executive team, working closely with the President and Directors and Managers to ensure that business goals are met and that top notch services are delivered to our customers.
Senior Network Consulting Expert, MCSE Positions
Progent is looking for a proven, Microsoft-certified support professional to join Progent's full-time team of consulting experts. Applicant must have communication skills plus network expertise and must be success driven.
Desktop Support Expert Positions
Progent is seeking a Desktop Support Expert to assist Progent clients to provide service to all users of workstation and notebook PCs based on Microsoft Windows 2K, Windows Vista, and Windows XP platforms. Work cooperatively with client's management or IT group or under the supervision of a Progent Senior Consultant to support the customer's end users.
Senior Remote Support Expert Job
Progent is looking for a Senior Remote Support Expert to work with a variety of Progent's customers to maintain and service IT networks off-site, using state-of-the-art tools including Microsoft Windows 2K/2003 and the MS .NET product family.
Senior Online Technical Support Expert Job in Australia
Progent is seeking a Senior Online Support Specialist in Australia to assist a range of Progent's worldwide clients to manage and service computer systems by telephone or remote access.
Senior Cisco Engineer Job
Progent is seeking a Senior Cisco Engineer with Cisco CCIE, CCNP, or CCNA credentials to work with Progent's staff of experts to assist clients to design, integrate, maintain, and troubleshoot small business networks based on Cisco products.
Certified Security Engineer Job
Progent is seeking a Certified Security Engineer with CISSP, CISM, or CISA or equivalent security certification to join Progent's team of professionals to offer clients a full range of security consulting such as system security analysis, penetration testing, security planning, network monitoring, security architecture, access management systems consulting, operations security, and business continuity planning.
If you want to ask about any position shown above, please send your background information to jobs@progent.com. Please state the code numbers of the jobs that interest you.
Additional Facts About Jobs at Progent
Staff Work for Network Engineers, Desktop Service Specialists, Security Experts, and Online Support Professionals Progent is seeking to hire fulltime, solutions-driven Microsoft accredited engineers with MCSE or MCP credentials; Cisco accredited network engineers with Cisco CCIE or CCNP certification; security professionals who have CISSP or comparable security credentials; and advanced network architecture experts with experience in mobile solutions, wireless connectivity, high availability, business continuity, data protection, and virtual servers. Progent also is hiring professionals who can work on Progent's staff of help desk support technicians and remote troubleshooting experts. Also, We are hiring talented managers who can perform productively in our high-growth, virtual office culture.
By maintaining a staff of talented and motivated professionals, providing world-class customer care, and following a competitive results-based pricing model, Progent has managed to expand our client list dramatically while delivering consulting support to hundreds of businesses in Northern California and across the United States. A sophisticated virtual office network, a common information database, and a team strategy for problem resolution have helped Progent to retain a skilled staff and a loyal customer list.
For an information technology professional with troubleshooting experience, joining Progent or working for our customers can expand your knowledge through interaction with our staff of highly supportive, talented consultants. Our focus on providing information technology expertise and technical help to small organizations will give you the chance to work closely with decision makers and add appreciably to the growth of exciting companies.
Progent is looking for technical professionals who have verifiable certification related to their technical expertise. For example, if you are a Microsoft expert, you should have earned your Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer certificate. For Cisco experts, show us your CCIE or Cisco Certified Network Professional credential. For network security, you should have earned you Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Information Security Manager, or one of the other top security certifications. Naturally, Progent is aware of “paper MCSEs.” Notwithstanding, simply because a credential can not guarantee excellence is no reason for not having one. If you have mastered your field, then most of those certifications should be no challenge. The point is that if you are an expert, then customers expect credentials. We can market your talents, but you must have standard credentials for us to work with. If you stand adamantly opposed to the concept of credentials, Progent can sympathize with and honor your position, but you are probably not an appropriate candidate.
Contract Jobs for Certified Application Specialists for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Sun Technology For more than 20 years, our computer professionals have provided affordable and successful computer consulting services for businesses in Northern California and across the United States. An advanced virtual office environment, a shared technical knowledge base, and a team philosophy for problem resolution have helped us to build a strong consulting group and quickly grow a loyal customer base.
The Experts Team is Progent's way to offer clients the services of specialized computer consulting professionals who have advanced knowledge and work background in key technologies beyond our primary concentration in network infrastructure and security. Experts Group consultants are typically independent contractors and occasionally "moonlighters" who are thoroughly qualified by us to work closely with our in-house engineers to deliver comprehensive, enterprise-class network services to small companies. We are continually enhancing our Experts Group in order to meet the special requirements of our clients.
Our Experts Group now offers consulting in these technologies:
Chief Information Officer, management information analyst, and project management services
Special applications development and integration
Web, eCommerce, EDI, and customer information portal development and deployment
SQL support and performance consulting
Management information consulting
Telecom architecture support
Benefits of being a member of Progent's Experts Group include:
By associating with Progent, you can leverage the impact of our explosive expansion and top-notch reputation in the marketplace. By having a team of skilled and committed professionals, providing excellent customer support, and practicing a strong, value-focused pricing model, Progent has quadrupled our customer base during the last several years and Progent currently delivers professoinal services to hundreds of businesses in Northern California and throughout the U.S.
Our veteran marketing team takes care of all aspects of marketing your services and technical knowledge into our quickly growing client base, so you expend less effort finding customers and extra time making revenue.
Progent will assist in communications between you and our key group of expert Microsoft and Cisco certified consultants who act as the conduit to the influential managers among Progent's customers.
Progent's sales and administration groups will manage the entire selling and engagement cycle, from opportunity generation, project approval, client needs description, capabilities matching, job scoping proposal generation, contract negotiation and generation. Your entire responsibility stays with delivering top-quality consulting service.
We will provide you connections to our advanced virtual office infrastructure, offering professional conference sites in Northern California, as well as data and voice access throughout the United States.
You will have the benefit of Progent's extensive database, best practices procedures, abundance of template-deliverable documents, and the aggregate expertise from one of Northern California's largest pool of expert network professionals.
We will pass on special benefits from top vendors including Microsoft and Cisco, including free orlow-cost educational seminars, on-line access to restricted vendor support tools and product maintenance resources, and on-line in-house use programs for training 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 cost to become a member of Progent's Experts Group, but we do have strict requirements for membership:
You must have a strong track record as a consulting professional working independently in your field of specialization, including a minimum two year history of completed consulting projects or you must have an active client base to whom you now provide ongoing consulting activity.
You must show that you have expertise in your area of concentration, which includes having an extensive task-relevant record and excellent references, and possess current vendor or institutional professional certifications.
You must know how to present yourself in a professional manner and be self motivated and assured in your skills. You must have strong inter-personal skills and know how to operate successfully by yourself or as a member of a group.
You must be able to articulate proper expectations to customers and other Progent consultants and you must know how evaluate tasks, produce task plans, and estimate realistic time lines.
Improve Your Skills with the Best Technology and Joining a Great Team of Computer Consultants Progent's productive atmosphere will make you a better consultant by improving your technical skills and increasing the satisfaction of your customers. Progent makes good on this commitment by attracting the best professional experts for you to operate with, providing an advanced network and communications architecture, using proprietary software utilities to enable the maximum quality of support, and by optimizing proven business models for finding and maintaining clients.
The most important factor that distinguishes us from typical consulting companies is the high caliber of our consulting team. Out of the scores of consulting experts who have joined Progent, we have recruited top expertise across a broad array of technical areas. Be it Microsoft servers, Cisco firewalls, network security, Macintosh, Linux, VMware, or other crucial application, we engage experts who can enable you to be successful on major projects by leveraging the aggregate experience of our group of professionals.
To ensure the productivity of Progent's team, we invest significantly in providing the best tools to do the work properly. We will exploit information technology to an extraordinary degree and our advanced virtual office environment allows seamless connectivity, cooperation, and knowledge exchange with fellow Progent consultants — all from at-home or mobile offices. You don’t waste time or lose revenue with daily commutes to a physical office building, and any driving you do for in-person client work is determined by your schedule, not ours. The most attractive benefit is that much of Progent's consulting work can be performed remotely, representing 100% productivity for income-producing hours. In practice, some of our staff do off-site support only.
Our operations are set up for responding rapidly and efficiently to customer requirements via information exchange and cooperative problem solving. Even though our consultants operate with a great deal of freedom, dispatching is unified, client problems and resolutions are carefully monitored, documented, and archived for convenient retrieval, current consultant availability is published to facilitate team tasks and simplify trouble escalation, and client approval is always evaluated. We strengthen the feeling of connection through periodic team meetings and regular corporate events.
The majority of our team is located throughout California, however Progent is attracting a rapidly expanding group of network professionals throughout America. Progent's virtual office environment does away with regional obstacles that limit the efficiency of conventional business models. We complete the package by offering a comprehensive benefit plan to ensure the health and economic welfare of our employees and their families.
Not only do we have awesome consultants, Progent's sales and administration teams live up to the high standards that is Progent. These high-performance factors behind Progent’s growth are enabling us to identify and sign up the 50-60 new customers we are now acquiring every month. Progent recently marked the providing of support to our 1,000th client. Just type “Cisco consultants” or “Microsoft consultants” into Google to check for yourself why Progent is also an effective marketing operation.
Possessing a passion for technical excellence is a cornerstone for growth with us. A job in consulting will push you to enhance your skills more than you would in any other position in information technology. Being exposed to a continual stream of technical challenges is what makes professional support interesting. Customers choose consulting firms to perform the toughest jobs. Creative tasks, advanced deployments, vexing or chronic issues, and difficult migrations are the basis for what we do daily. At Progent, you will not stagnate or be pigeonholed, as is all too common for network professionals in ordinary corporate roles. You will awake every day excited about the challenges ahead.
Along the way, you will work with some great people, both by building strong customer contacts and by working closely with other Progent consultants, where you will benefit from and contribute to their growth. Yes, technology is vital, but we are a relationship-oriented organization through and through. If you don’t have strong communications skills or like working with a varied assortment of personalities, then we are probably a poor match.
If all this seems good to you, we urge you to talk to us about our vision of the new paradigm of network consulting.
Get Lifestyle Improvements and Professional Prowess with Progent's Sophisticated Virtual Office Infrastructure Progent is convinced that a carefully architected and executed information system can be a pivotal piece for accelerating a firm's growth, and Progent follows this belief in our corporate system environment. We have created a fault-tolerant virtual office network that allows Progent's in-house engineers and certified contractors to deliver fast and efficient support, collaborate closely on sophisticated jobs, and gain from professional and private growth from being a member of a dynamic company culture of self motivation and independence.
Microsoft System Center 2005 delivers integrated information system management by combining and improving the change, configuration, event, and performance management experience provided by Systems Management Server 2003 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005. System Center 2005 provides sophisticated IT management tools including SMS 2003 for change and configuration management, Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to improve operational efficiency, and System Center Reporting Server to aggregate event and performance information. Progent has extensive expertise delivering Systems Management Server support services and Microsoft Operations Manager help as well as a long background supporting and managing mixed-vendor networks powered by Microsoft, Cisco, Unix/Linux, Mac and other IT vendors. This variety of real-world consulting makes it possible for Progent to deliver end-to-end IT management solutions that incorporate the industry's best software.
Progent’s Cisco Voice Over IP consultants offer experienced evaluation, deployment and support services for Cisco VoIP products. Cisco Architecture for Voice Video and Integrated Data platform supplies the foundation and tools for creating a seamless converged system that can handle voice, video, and data traffic at the same time. AVVID offers this capability while maintaining a high level of network availability, QoS, and security. Key benefits of IP communications solutions based on Cisco AVVID VoIP architecture include a versatile, interoperable upgrade strategy that permits you to choose IP Communications solutions that meet your existing requirements, while offering a smooth path for accelerating IP adoption, QoS structures that help ensure high voice quality through tight control of delay, loss and jitter, and system administration products that support system administration, operations, repair, set up, fault monitoring, and element management. Progent’s Cisco-qualified network consultants can show you how to design a reliable VoIP solution based on Cisco IP PBX and Cisco IP Telephony technology. Progent’s Voice over IP consultants can show you how to pick and install Cisco software that makes sense for your small or medium size organization, such as Cisco Unity, Cisco Unity Express, Cisco CallManager, or Cisco CallManager Express.
Progent is committed to information transfer from Progent's consultants to clients. By educating customers to deal with technical issues that are within their scope, Progent can concentrate on providing high-value services where Progent has little competition. Small businesses who utilize trusted freelance service providers or who employ in-house support personnel benefit when Progent passes on information about critical technology and proven processes to make their networks more reliable, secure, and productive.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have over 1o years of background delivering email, digital messaging, and email and telephony combination solutions for small companies and big corporations. Progent offers economical Exchange 2003 Server consulting to strengthen email and virus security, configure high availability email systems, and implement off-site and mobile email connectivity. Progent’s Exchange consulting services can assist you in planning and executing a migration from a legacy SMPT server or older Microsoft Email software such as Microsoft Exchange 5.5 to Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server. Progent also offers XP and Vista client-side Microsoft e-mail consulting for Microsoft Exchange and Outlook and can show you how to configure Microsoft Outlook 2000 and Microsoft Outlook XP. For e-mail virus defense and spam filtering, Progent offers expertise with Postini's filtering technology and Trend Micro's security products. Progent is an authorized Postini Managed Service Provider. As a Postini partner, Progent can help small businesses take advantage of Postini’s enterprise-class spam filtering solution.
Even if your company has a small computer services group and a modest IT budget, your information network can still have the same high availability and performance that once required a substantial in-house service organization. Progent's 24x7 Network Support Services for small businesses combine the expertise of skilled Microsoft-qualified and Cisco-qualified IT consultants, the most recent network management products for 24x7 monitoring and alerts, and economical service packages such as a help desk call center to keep your mission-critical network applications and hardware operating. Progent's 24x7 Network Management Services include remote system monitoring, server monitoring, and program monitoring to reduce support expenses, fix problems quickly, and anticipate problems before they degrade system performance. Progent is experienced at installing System Center 2005, part of Microsoft’s Dynamic Systems Initiative built on Microsoft Operations Manager (Microsoft MOM) to deliver complete event management. Progent can help with Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to give small business systems enterprise-class availability, security and capacity.
Progent's certified ISA Server consultants have extensive experience creating corporate security designs for information systems with multiple sites, mobile workers, and line-of-business eCommerce applications. A Progent ISA Server engineer is ready to help your small company plan and implement a configuration of ISA Server 2004 that meets your IT security requirements without limiting your productivity.
Broadwing is the first telecom company to deploy an all-optically switched network offering low latency and high performance. Broadwing provides a wide range of data services such as Broadwing Full T1, Point-to-Point T1, DS3, DSL, ISDN, and Asynchronous Transfer Mode. Broadwing also offers VoIP service plus switched voice services. Progent has an agency relationship with Broadwing Communications and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a Cisco Systems Partner with the skill to help you incorporate Broadwing carrier services to build an enterprise-class, cohesive communications infrastructure on a small-business budget.
Progent's certified ISA Server consulting experts have long experience with Internet Security and Acceleration Server developing Microsoft ISA Server-based security installations for information systems with multiple sites, remote workers, and line-of-business eCommerce applications. Progent's ISA Firewall experts can assist your company in planning and deploying an installation of ISA 2000 Server or ISA 2004 Server that meets your information security requirements without overly restricting your IT system productivity. Progent's consultants can help you migrate from Microsoft Proxy Server from Microsoft ISA 2000 to Microsoft ISA 2004 Enterprise Edition Server, Microsoft ISA 2004 Standard Edition Server, or other up-to-date versions of Internet Security and Acceleration Server.
Progent's Symantec consultants can help you maintain older versions of Symantec Firewall and VPN appliances including the Symantec Raptor and Symantec VelociRaptor line or help you upgrade to more recent technology from Symantec or other vendors. Progent can also enable you to create and implement a comprehensive security strategy that can incorporate Firewall and VPN devices and software, outsourced security and network protection services, system monitoring products, and documented policies and processes. Progent has the expertise to be your one-stop resource for on-going network support, administration, training, and security expertise.
With Cisco Catalyst switches for small and medium-sized businesses, Cisco allows companies to gain all the advantages of adding intelligent services to their networks. Cisco's Catalyst switch technology allows you to deploy capabilities that make your network infrastructure sufficiently available to handle time-critical requirements, scalable to facilitate future growth, secure enough to protect confidential data, and capable of prioritizing and managing all traffic to optimize network operations. Progent's CCIE certified consultants can show you how to select and deploy Cisco Catalyst switches that make sense for your company. Also, Progent's certified security consultants can show you how to develop a strategic security plan and set up Cisco Catalyst switches so they powerfully support your security strategy. Cisco Catalyst switches that Progent supports include Cisco's Catalyst Express 500 switches, Cisco Catalyst 3750 switches, Catalyst 4948 switches, and Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches.
