Full-time and Contracting Work at Progent Work for EXperienced Network Engineers, Desktop Service Technicians, Security Experts, and Application Programmers
One of America's premiere computer consultant companies for small business networks, Progent maintains a full-time staff of talented service professionals who concentrate on core technologies including:
Microsoft Windows technology
Cisco Integrated Services Routers, switches, firewalls, plus VoIP and VPN products
Enterprise security expertise
Advanced network architecture
Off-site IT support and system administration
Progent's Experts Group, which contracts independent experts certified and coordinated by Progent, provides highly refined knowledge covering a broad range of key business applications and network technologies such as:
Apple OS networking and applications
Expertise for Linux-powered, UNIX-based, and Sun Solaris systems
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM expertise
Strategic and vertical program help
Chief Information Officer, business analyst, and project logistics outsourcing
Custom applications development and integration
Web site, electronic business, EDI, and customer portal development and deployment
DBM management and efficiency help
Business intelligence expertise
Telecommunications architecture consulting
Creative structures for finding clients, delivering service, establishing an efficient company culture, and offering generous compensation have allowed Progent to be among the fastest expanding and best respected Microsoft Gold Partners consultant companies in America and to build an international organization for delivering remote IT assistance. If you are a certified IT support professional or network expert with a focus on a client service and excellent communication skills, consultants will find in Progent an opportunity for increasing your technical knowledge, living a more independent career, and attaining economic success.
Find Out More Details Concerning Jobs at Progent
Check out these pages to find out more information concerning Progent's job opportunities, company culture, work conditions, profit sharing structure, and benefits packages:
Consulting Careers at Progent
We are hiring a variety of on-staff professionals such as experienced Microsoft MCSE network engineers; connectivity consultants who have Cisco CCIE certification; and consultants for advanced network design with backgrounds in mobile connectivity, wireless integration, non-stop systems, disaster recovery planning, data protection, and VMware technology. Progent is also seeking workstation support experts, off-site service specialists, and CISA or CISM certified security professionals. Progent is also hiring veteran managers and administrators who can operate effectively in our dynamic, virtual office model. Find out additional details concerning staff professional services work at Progent by visiting Full-time Positions at Progent.
Freelance Jobs with Progent
Progent works with freelance consultants who have specialized expertise and hands-on background in important information technology topics beyond Progent's primary technical focus. Progent's Experts Team includes contractors who can provide advice and development services for line-of-business applications such as Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM; have in-depth expertise with popular operating systems such as Linux, Macintosh, or Sun, or can provide world-class help in areas such as telecommunications, web development, Electronic Data Interchange, web commerce, or database management. Independent contractors qualified by Progent coordinate with our full-time professionals to deliver comprehensive solutions for small business networks. To find out more details about contract opportunities with our Experts Team, visit Contract Jobs with Progent.
How Progent Is Different
Progent has managed to attract the top professional experts by being different. Providing an innovative blend of enterprising drive, insistence on client success, use of state-of-the-art technology, and an independent work model that offers life-style options for Progent's team members, Progent offers a stimulating setting for select individuals who have a drive for rapidly enhancing their technical abilities to create real-world benefits for a range of businesses and technical environments. Find out additional information concerning ways that Progent is different by visiting How We Are Different.
Our Virtual Office Infrastructure
Progent's virtual office model provides advanced technical tools that enable off-site support, wireless connectivity, easy access to Progent's knowledge bases, and close collaboration with mobile team members to help you to solve business-critical IT problems. Progent's virtual office structure frees consultants to focus on providing service instead of fighting traffic and lets you establish successful client relationships by enabling you to come up with fast, effective, and cost-effective solutions. If you want to find out more information about our virtual office work environment, see Progent virtual Office Network.
Compensation Model and Benefit Programs
Progent's compensation is determined by revenue sharing. What you make is entirely tied to the revenue you contribute. Consultants have the choice of focusing on quality of life and choosing to consult at a more relaxed pace, using Progent's flexible structure to make time for individual enthusiasms, or you can choose to make significant income through hard effort and long consulting time. Progent also offers full family health care insurance plus numerous other benefits. Learn additional details about our compensation model and benefit packages by visiting Our Compensation Model and Benefit Packages.
Operations Administrator Job
Progent is looking for a motivated person for the home-office role of Operations Administrator to help the Director of Operations with the daily management of financial information, currently using QuickBooks, in performing A/P and asset management responsibilities for a small, rapidly growing business.
IT Recruitment Manager Job
Progent is seeking an experienced administrator responsible for hiring technical personnel to join Progent's team of network support engineers who provide information technology outsourcing and network support services to customers worldwide.
Business Development Representative Positions
The Business Development Representative is a senior level sales executive responsible for selling Progent's broad array of IT outsourcing and consulting offerings and acting as the front-line customer liaison. The Business Development Representative is a key part of the executive group, working closely with the President and Directors and Managers to make sure that corporate goals are accomplished and that the highest level of services are delivered to our customers.
Senior Network Consulting Expert, MCSE Job
Progent is looking for an experienced, MCSE support professional to become part of Progent's core staff of network experts. Applicant must have people skills as well as network expertise and must be success oriented.
Desktop Support Expert Job
Progent is seeking a Desktop Engineer to assist Progent customers to provide service to all workers using desktop and notebook PCs powered by MS Windows 2K, Vista, and XP technology. Work collaboratively with customer's management or IT organization or under the direction of a Progent Senior Consultant to support the customer's end users.
Senior Remote Support Engineer Jobs
Progent is seeking a Senior Remote Support Specialist to assist a variety of Progent's customers to maintain and support computer systems off-site, utilizing advanced technology including MS Windows 2K/2003 and Microsoft's .NET platform.
Senior Remote Technical Support Expert Job in Australia
Progent is looking for a Senior Online Support Specialist in Australia to work with a range of Progent's international clients to manage and repair information networks by telephone or remote access.
Senior Cisco Engineer Job
Progent is looking for a Senior Cisco Consultant with CCIE or CCNA credentials to join Progent's staff of experts to help customers to plan, integrate, maintain, and repair small business networks based on Cisco technology.
Senior Security Engineer Positions
Progent is seeking a Senior Security Engineer with CISSP or equivalent security credentials to work with Progent's team of experts to provide customers comprehensive security services including network security evaluation, security testing, security strategy, remote monitoring, security modeling, access control systems expertise, operations security, and business continuity planning.
If you wish to enquire about any opening shown above, please send your background information to jobs@progent.com. Be sure to copy the code numbers of the positions of interest.
Details About Opportunities with Us
Fulltime Work for Network Engineers, Desktop Support Specialists, Security Experts, and Online Help Professionals Progent wants to hire staff-level, results-oriented Microsoft certified consultants with Microsoft MCSE, MCSA, or MCP credentials; Cisco accredited system consultants with Cisco CCIE, CCNP, or CCNA certification; security professionals with CISA or equivalent security certification; and advanced network architecture consultants with a background in mobile access, wireless connectivity, high availability, business continuity, data protection, and VMware. Progent also is hiring professionals to join our team of desktop service technicians and remote troubleshooting professionals. Also, Progent is hiring experienced administrators who can operate effectively in our high-growth, virtual office culture.
By maintaining a staff of skilled and motivated professionals, delivering attentive customer care, and offering a strong results-based pricing structure, We have managed to increase our client list rapidly while delivering consulting support to hundreds of businesses in Northern California and throughout the U.S. A sophisticated virtual office environment, a shared knowledge database, and a team strategy for problem solving have helped Progent to maintain a skilled staff and a loyal client base.
If you are a network consultant with technical support expertise, teaming with Progent or working for Progent's customers will enhance your skills via cooperation with our group of highly team-oriented, talented consultants. Progent's commitment to delivering 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 success of dynamic companies.
Progent is looking for technical professionals that can show recognized certification in their special expertise. For example, if you are a Microsoft expert, you must have your MCSE credential. For Cisco experts, show us your Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or Cisco Certified Network Professional credential. For network security, you should have you CISSP, CISA, CISM, or other leading security credentials. Naturally, Progent is aware of “paper MCSEs.” Nevertheless, simply because a credential can not ensure excellence is no justification for not having one. If you have mastered your field, then the majority of those certifications should present no challenge. The crux of the matter is that if you represent yourself to be a professional, then clients deserve to see credentials. Progent can market your talents, but you should have standard certifications for Progent to work with. In case you happen to be strongly opposed to the concept of certifications, Progent can sympathize with and respect your position, but you are probably not a good candidate.
Freelance Jobs for Certified Experts for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Sun Technology For more than 20 years, Progent's computer professionals have provided low-cost and effective computer consulting expertise for companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the U.S. A sophisticated virtual office network, a common technical database, and a team philosophy for problem solving have helped us to retain a talented staff and dramatically expand a loyal customer base.
The Experts Team is Progent's way to provide customers the services of specialized computer consulting engineers who have in-depth skills and field experience in important technologies outside of Progent's primary concentration in network infrastructure and security. Experts Team consultants are often freelance contractors and occasionally "moonlighters" who have been thoroughly certified by Progent to work closely with our staff consultants to deliver end-to-end, enterprise-class information technology services to small and midsize companies. Progent is always enhancing our Experts Group to meet the particular requirements of our customer base.
Our Experts Team currently provides consulting in these technologies:
Apple OS networking and programs
Consulting for Linux-powered, UNIX, and Sun environments
CIO, business analyst, and project logistics services
Special program development and integration
Web site, electronic business, Electronic Data Interchange, and customer information portal development and integration
Database management and efficiency help
Management intelligence expertise
Telecom architecture support
Advantages of becoming a member of Progent's Experts Group include:
By associating with us, you get to leverage the momentum of our dramatic growth and top-notch reputation in the market. By maintaining a team of talented and dedicated professionals, providing attentive customer care, and following a proven, ROI-oriented pricing structure, we have multiplied our clientele during the past several years and Progent now delivers consulting support to hundreds of companies in California and across the U.S.
Progent's veteran marketing staff handles all aspects of marketing your services and areas of knowledge into our quickly expanding client base, so you expend less effort finding clients and more time making revenue.
We will facilitate relationship building between you and Progent's core team of experienced Microsoft and Cisco qualified engineers who are the gateway to the decision makers among our customers.
Progent's sales and operations staffs will take care of the complete selling and contracting cycle, from lead identification, job qualification, customer requirements definition, skills matching, job analysis proposal generation, agreement negotiation and execution. Your exclusive focus is on providing top-quality consulting expertise.
We will gives you connections to our sophisticated virtual office infrastructure, offering convenient conference sites in Northern California, and data and voice access anywhere in the United States.
You will have the benefit of Progent's extensive database, best practices processes, library of template-deliverable documents, and the aggregate experience from one of the country's largest independent groups of expert information technology engineers.
We will share partner-only benefits from top technology companies such as Microsoft and Cisco, including no-cost ordiscounted educational seminars, on-line connections to special vendor support tools and technical support resources, and on-line in-house use software for training or demonstration purposes.
You will have the security of backup coverage from Progent's staff consultants and other Expert Team members in the event you are unavailable to respond to client demands due to work schedule conflicts, vacation, sickness, or training.
As a 1099 subcontractor to Progent, you get simplified, risk-free invoicing and consistent payment schedules. In addition, Progent is responsible for receivables collection
There is not any charge to be a member of Progent's Experts Group, but we do have strict requirements to join:
You must show a proven track record as a consulting professional working independently in your area of specialization, including a minimum two year history of successful contracting projects and/or have an active client base for which you now deliver continuing support activity.
You must show that you are an expert in your field of specialization, including showing an extensive task-relevant record and strong referrals, and possess current vendor and/or industry professional qualifications.
You should be able to present yourself in a professional manner and be self driven and confident in your abilities. You need to have excellent communications skills and understand how to work effectively by yourself or as part of a group.
You need to be able to explain proper goals to customers and fellow Progent team members and you should know how evaluate tasks, create project plans, and estimate realistic time lines.
Improve Your Abilities with the Best Technology and Working with the Top Team of Computer Engineers Progent's company culture will make you a better consulting professional by improving your technical knowledge and boosting the satisfaction of your clients. Progent delivers on this commitment by attracting the best consulting talent for you to work with, offering an advanced network and communications architecture, using specialized application utilities to enable the highest quality of support, and by optimizing proven business models for attracting and retaining customers.
The main factor that separates Progent from other network support firms is the excellence of our support professionals. Among the 50 or so consulting experts who have joined Progent, we have assembled top talent covering a wide array of technologies. Whether it’s Microsoft servers, Cisco switches, network security, Macintosh, Linux, virtual servers, or other key application, we engage professionals who can enable you to be successful on larger jobs by combining the collective skills of Progent's group of professionals.
To ensure the productivity of our consultants, we invest significantly in providing the most powerful tools to perform the work efficiently. Progent will exploit technology to an impressive degree and our advanced virtual office infrastructure allows effortless communications, cooperation, and knowledge exchange with other Progent team members — all from home-based or mobile offices. You don’t throw away time or forfeit revenue with regular commutes to a physical office building, and any travel you do for in-person client jobs is determined by your own schedule, not ours. The best benefit is that much of our support services can be performed remotely, offering 100% productivity for income-producing hours. In practice, some of our staff do remote consulting only.
Progent's business structure is set up for responding quickly and effectively to client requirements through information exchange and cooperative problem solving. Although Progent's consultants work with a high level of freedom, dispatching is unified, client problems and solutions are meticulously monitored, documented, and organized for easy retrieval, up-to-date consultant availability is published to streamline group projects and simplify problem escalation, and client satisfaction is continually monitored. We reinforce the sense of connection through periodic team meetings and quarterly company-wide events.
Most of Progent's team is situated throughout Northern California, however Progent is building a rapidly expanding team of consulting professionals from across America. Our virtual office infrastructure does away with geographic obstacles that restrict the productivity of conventional business structures. We enhance the deal by providing a full benefit plan to ensure the health and financial security of our employees and their families.
Not only do we have awesome consulting professionals, our sales and administration groups match the excellence that is Progent. These top-notch contributors to Progent’s growth are helping us to target and sign up the 50-60 new clients we are currently acquiring each month. Progent lately celebrated the delivery of services to our 1,000th client. Just type “Cisco consultants” or “Microsoft consultants” into Google to check for yourself why Progent is also a strong marketing organization.
Having a commitment to technical proficiency is a key for growth with Progent. A job in consulting will push you to learn more than you would in any other job in network technology. Being exposed to a continual stream of network challenges is what keeps professional support exciting. Clients choose consulting firms to perform the toughest jobs. Creative projects, advanced implementations, puzzling or entrenched issues, and tricky upgrades are the foundation for what we do every day. With us, you will not stall or be pigeonholed, as is sadly common for computer engineers in traditional corporate roles. You will wake up every day enthusiastic about the opportunities to come.
On the way, you will meet some great people, both by building close customer contacts and by working in conjunction with other Progent consultants, where you will learn from and contribute to their success. Of course, technology is vital, but we are a relationship-oriented organization through and through. If you do not have excellent people skills or like cooperating with a varied group of personalities, then we are probably not a good match.
If this seems good to you, we urge you to talk to us about our view of the new paradigm of network consulting.
Get Lifestyle Improvements and Technical Success with Our Advanced Virtual Office Infrastructure Progent is convinced that a well designed and implemented information system is a crucial piece for enabling a company's growth, and Progent follows this credo in our corporate network infrastructure. Progent has built a non-stop virtual office network that allows Progent's staff engineers and authorized contractors to deliver fast and efficient service, collaborate easily on sophisticated jobs, and experience professional and personal growth from being part of a dynamic company culture of personal drive and freedom.
Progent's expert support team can show you how to define and deploy a smooth in-place Microsoft Exchange 2007 migration strategy that minimizes network downtime, reduces ongoing support demands, and makes your Microsoft Exchange 2007 Server easy to manage. For complex multi-server or multi-location migrations, Progent offers the background to complete your move quickly and economically. Progent's Exchange 2007 support, troubleshooting, and design offerings include expertise with the integration of outside vendor add-ons to Microsoft Exchange 2007 Server and the creation of unified messaging solutions powered by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
MOM is a powerful server management solution that enables network administrators to be more responsive to key IT trouble spots by notifying them when incipient problems need action according to a comprehensive record of real problems. Microsoft Operations Manager conserves management time by putting aside inconsequential event information that is not indicative of critical issues. Progent's trained Microsoft Operations Manager experts can help you to pick relevant MOM components, install and integrate Microsoft Operations Manager, and create specialized rules, Visual Basic scripts, reports, and alarms for your business.
Progent's high availability support services for small company networks offer Microsoft and Cisco-certified network experts who can show you how to deploy clustered servers to create a robust network that includes key technologies and processes for mission critical environments. Progent’s high-availability network consultants can help you create non-stop IT systems by planning and integrating the growing line of Microsoft Windows Cluster servers. Clustered Windows servers for high-availability systems include Microsoft Windows 2003 Cluster Server, SQL Server Cluster, and Exchange Cluster. By helping you create your non-stop environment based on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster, Progent’s consulting experts can help configure a system architecture with features such as high-availability Internet connections, system load balancing, fault tolerant data center planning, high-availability interoffice connectivity, high-reliability multi-site systems, and fault-tolerant business continuation design.
Progent's Microsoft and Cisco certified Consultants provide several ways to help mid-size and large organizations develop an efficient and successful in-house Computer Support Help Desk. Progent's consulting services include Return on Investment evaluation, process study and improvement, management reporting, education of internal staff, and documentation of processes. Progent's Software Evaluation and Deployment Support Services help companies analyze the numerous high-quality Help Desk software packages on the market and determine which packages may be too expensive, lack key features, or align poorly with your company's business goals. Progent also provides temporary staffing for organizations who want to augment their in-house Help Desk team for special tasks or to fill in for absent or indisposed workers.
Even if your company has a small computer support group and a limited IT budget, your information system can still feature the same high availability and performance that once needed a substantial in-house support organization. Progent's 24x7 Network Support Services for small businesses combine the experience of world-class Microsoft-qualified and Cisco-certified IT consultants, the most recent system management products for proactive monitoring and threshold alarms, and cost-effective support programs such as a help desk call center to keep your mission-critical network applications and servers operating. Progent's 24x7 Network Management Services include round-the-clock system monitoring, server monitoring, and application monitoring to cut support expenses, resolve trouble spots quickly, and anticipate problems before they degrade system productivity. Progent is expert at installing System Center 2005, part of Microsoft’s Dynamic Systems Initiative built on Microsoft Operations Manager (Microsoft MOM) to deliver comprehensive event management. Progent can help with Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 and MOM 2005 to give small company networks enterprise-class reliability, security and capacity.
Progent has developed a comprehensive service reporting system that records and formats detailed documentation for all billed services. Unlike many independent consultants or small support firms who offer minimal documentation or specifics of services performed, every service delivered by Progent is accompanied by comprehensive documentation. Every Progent staff member has access to the support reports sent by each staff member to every customer. The practice of detailing and organizing support records results in more effective support and avoids a variety of typical problems such as when a service customer is virtually held hostage to a consultant who won’t release the keys to the kingdom.
Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 is a comprehensive gateway that offers a powerful application layer firewall, virtual private network, proxy, and Web caching platform for securing the Internet-facing applications of any organization against a wide variety of attacks. Progent's Microsoft-certified ISA Server 2006 engineers can show you how to design, cost-justify, pilot, install, configure and support the any edition of ISA Server on your information system.
If your company computer system mixes Sun Solaris technology with MS Windows, Progent can help you to integrate your servers into a unified network that allows all your operating systems to coexist for easy management, seamless information exchange, high dependability, superior throughput, and tight security. Progent's Solaris and Microsoft Windows coexistence support offerings include IT architecture integration and support, consulting for Microsoft Windows services for UNIX (SFU), online server monitoring and administration, online network support and repair, on-site technical support, and help desk call center outsourcing.
Progent's consultants offer Macintosh users a variety of services such as workstation support, Apple OS X consulting, Macintosh co-existence with Windows networks, Microsoft Entourage and email expertise, network protection services, and one-on-one education. For business environments based exclusively on Mac OS X or for systems with a combination of Mac, Linux and Windows powered servers and workstations, Progent's Apple, Cisco, and Microsoft certified consultants have the experience and depth to handle the complexity of planning, integrating and maintaining a network environment that is available, secure, efficient and aligned with your company's objectives.
Progent’s experienced Cisco network security consulting professionals provide expert PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall consulting support covering infrastructure design, integration, and support of Cisco firewall and Cisco security technology. The PIX and ASA Security Appliance Series of Cisco firewalls delivers robust user and application policy enforcement, sophisticated attack protection, and secure access services. Ranging from economical, easy-to-install desktop devices for small and home offices to scalable enterprise-class appliances, Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewalls provide a high level of security, high throughput, and high reliability for IT systems of any size. PIX and ASA Firewalls are based on a hardened, purpose-built operating system,eliminating possible OS-specific security holes.
