Full-time and Contracting Opportunities with Progent Work for Talented Network Consultants, Computer Service Technicians, CISSP Certified Experts, and Application Programmers
One of the top network consultant firms for small business systems, Progent manages a large team of certified service professionals who concentrate on core technologies such as:
Microsoft products
Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, plus VoIP and VPN solutions
System security analysis
Sophisticated network architecture
Off-site IT support and system administration
Progent's Experts Group, which contracts independent experts certified and coordinated by Progent, offers highly specialized knowledge in a wide range of key business applications and networking technologies that include:
Macintosh integration and programs
Support for Linux-powered, UNIX-powered, and Sun Solaris systems
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management customization
Line-of-business and vertical program support
Chief Information Officer, business analyst, and project logistics outsourcing
Custom applications design and integration
Web, eCommerce, Electronic Data Interchange, and client portal design and deployment
DBM support and performance help
Management intelligence expertise
Telecom systems support
Innovative structures for attracting clients, providing service, nurturing a dynamic company culture, and offering highly competitive compensation have allowed us to be one of the fastest growing and most well respected Microsoft Gold Partners consultant firms in the United States and to build an international presence for providing online IT service. If you are a certified computer support professional or information technology consultant with a focus on a client service and excellent communication skills, consultants should consider Progent an opportunity for enhancing your professional skills, living a more independent career, and attaining financial success.
Find Out More Information About Jobs at Progent
Follow these pages to learn more details concerning our work opportunities, company philosophy, operational environment, profit sharing model, and benefits packages:
Full-time Work at Progent
Progent is looking for a variety of on-staff workers including solutions-driven Microsoft MCSE network consultants; network consultants with Cisco certification; and specialists in advanced system design with backgrounds in mobile connectivity, wireless networking, non-stop systems, business continuity solutions, data preservation, and server virtualization. We are also seeking desktop support technicians, remote service professionals, and CISM or CISSP certified security professionals. Progent is also looking for veteran managers and administrators who can perform efficiently in Progent's dynamic, virtual office model. Find out additional information concerning staff consulting work at Progent by going to Consulting Work at Progent.
Contracting Jobs with Progent
Progent contracts freelance consultants who have specialized expertise and hands-on background in important information technology areas outside our primary service concentration. Progent's Experts Group includes independent consultants who offer consulting and development support for line-of-business solutions such as Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM; possess specialized expertise with popular operating systems such as Linux derivatives, Macintosh, or Sun, or can provide world-class skills in technologies like telecom, web design, EDI, web commerce, or database management. Independent contractors certified by us cooperate with Progent's staff professionals to deliver comprehensive solutions for small business networks. To find out additional information concerning contracting work with Progent's Experts Team, refer to Freelance Work with Progent.
Reasons That Progent Is Unique
Progent has managed to recruit the top consulting experts by being unique. With an innovative mix of enterprising drive, dedication to client success, use of advanced technical tools, and a flexible work structure that offers life-style choices for our team members, Progent creates a stimulating culture for select individuals who posses a desire for rapidly enhancing their technical abilities to deliver concrete benefits for a variety of businesses and technical environments. Find out additional details concerning reasons we are exceptional by referring to How Progent Is Exceptional.
Our Virtual Office Infrastructure
Progent's virtual office model provides state-of-the-art technologies that enable off-site support, wireless communication, easy access to our support databases, and instant collaboration with talented team members to allow you to handle challenging IT issues. Progent's virtual office network frees you to concentrate on providing service instead of dealing with commutes and lets you build lasting customer relationships by enabling you to provide quick, effective, and affordable solutions. In order to find out additional information concerning Progent's virtual office infrastructure, visit Progent virtual Office Network.
Compensation and Benefit Packages
Our compensation model is determined by revenue sharing. What you earn is directly based on what you generate. Consultants have the choice of focusing on life style and electing to work at an easy pace, using Progent's flexible structure to follow individual enthusiasms, or you can use the opportunity to make significant money by persistent effort and lots of consulting time. Progent also provides comprehensive family health coverage plus numerous other benefits. Find out additional information concerning Progent's compensation and benefit programs by visiting Our Compensation Model and Benefit Packages.
This is a description of Progent's current job opportunities:
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Operations Administrator Job
Progent is looking for a talented person for the work-at-home role of Operations Administrator to help the Director of Operations with the daily management of financial information, currently using QuickBooks, in performing expense and asset management responsibilities for a small, quickly growing company.
IT Recruitment Manager Position
Progent is looking for an experienced administrator tasked with recruiting IT experts to work with Progent's group of network support engineers who offer information technology outsourcing and engineering support services to clients globally.
Technical Response Center Coordinator Job
Progent has a position for a talented individual for the position of Technical Response Center (TRC) Coordinator working with an innovative high tech company in a dynamic environment. The TRC Coordinator is to be the initial point of contact for incoming TRC and Main number calls and must project a professional and compassionate attitude in the start up of Urgent Services.
Customer Services Administrative Assistant Job
The Customer Services Administrative Assistant helps the Director of Customer Services in the day-to-day operations of Progent’s Customer Care initiatives, including duties such as First Service follow up interviews. The Customer Services Administrative Assistant provides an assortment of administrative duties for the Director of Customer Services to ensure Progent provides the best possible client service.
Business Development Representative Jobs
The Business Development Representative is a top level sales manager charged with selling Progent's broad range of network outsourcing and support offerings and acting as the primary client liaison. The Business Development Representative is a key part of the executive group, operating in sync with the CEO and Directors and Managers to make sure that business goals are accomplished and that the highest level of services are provided to Progent's customers.
Senior Network Consultant, MCSE Jobs
Progent is seeking a proven, MCSE support professional to become part of Progent's core staff of network professionals. Applicant must have people skills as well as IT knowledge and must be success driven.
Desktop Support Expert Jobs
Progent is seeking a Desktop Engineer to help Progent clients to support all workers using desktop and laptop computers based on MS Windows 2000, Windows Vista, and Windows XP technology. Work in unison with client's management or IT staff or under the supervision of a Progent Senior Engineer to support the client’s workers.
Senior Remote Support Engineer Jobs
Progent is looking for a Senior Remote Support Specialist to work with a range of small business clients to maintain and service information networks remotely, utilizing sophisticated technology such as Microsoft Windows 2K/2003 and the MS .NET platform.
Senior Online Network Support Expert Jobs in Australia
Progent is looking for a Senior Remote Support Specialist in Australia to assist a range of Progent's international customers to manage and repair computer systems by telephone or online connections.
Certified Cisco Engineer Positions
Progent is looking for a Senior Cisco Consultant with Cisco CCIE or CCNP credentials to work with Progent's staff of professionals to assist clients to plan, implement, manage, and repair IT networks that incorporate Cisco technology.
Senior Security Engineer Jobs
Progent is seeking a Senior Security Engineer with CISM or similar security certification to work with Progent's staff of experts to provide customers a full range of security services including network security analysis, penetration testing, security planning, remote monitoring, security modeling, access control solutions expertise, operations security, and business continuity planning.
If you would like to apply for any position listed above, you should e-mail your resume to jobs@progent.com. Please copy the job codes of the jobs that interest you.
Additional Facts About Jobs at Progent
Career Work for Network Engineers, Computer Service Technicians, Security Consultants, and Remote Support Technicians Progent is seeking to hire full-time, results-driven Microsoft certified consultants with Microsoft MCSE or MCSA credentials; Cisco accredited network engineers with Cisco CCIE, CCNP, or CCNA certification; security consultants who have CISA or comparable security certification; and advanced network design experts with experience in mobile solutions, wireless networking, fault tolerance, business continuity, data protection, and server virtualization. Progent also is looking for professionals to join our staff of help desk support technicians and off-site support experts. In addition, We are hiring talented administrators able to operate productively in our fast-paced, virtual office culture.
By supporting a team of skilled and dedicated consultants, delivering attentive customer care, and offering a competitive value-based pricing structure, We have managed to increase our client list rapidly while delivering consulting support to numerous companies in Northern California and throughout the U.S.. An advanced virtual office network, a common knowledge database, and a group strategy for problem solving have allowed Progent to retain a talented staff and a loyal client list.
If you are a network consultant with technical support experience, joining Progent or helping Progent's customers can expand your knowledge via cooperation with our group of highly supportive, talented engineers. Our commitment to delivering information technology consulting and technical support to small organizations will give you the chance to work intimately with key players and contribute significantly to the growth of exciting companies.
We are looking for technical professionals that have verifiable credentials related to their technical expertise. So, if you are a Microsoft expert, you should have earned your Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer credential. In the case of Cisco professionals, show us your CCIE or Cisco Certified Network Professional credential. For network security, you should have you CISSP, Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Information Security Manager, or other top security credentials. Naturally, Progent is aware of "paper experts". Nevertheless, the fact that a certificate can not guarantee expertise is no justification for not owning one. If you know your stuff, then most of those tests should pose no great difficulty. The point is that if you are a professional, then customers expect credentials. Progent can broadcast your talents, but you must provide a baseline of certifications for Progent to market. In case you happen to be strongly against the concept of credentials, Progent can understand and honor your position, but you are probably not an appropriate candidate.
Freelance Jobs for Qualified Experts for Windows, Apple OS, Linux/UNIX, and Sun Solaris Technology For more than two decades, our information technology engineers have offered affordable and successful computer support services for companies in Northern California and throughout the U.S.. A sophisticated virtual office environment, a common technical knowledge base, and a team approach to problem solving have helped Progent to build a talented in-house team and quickly grow a loyal clientele.
The Experts Team is Progent's way to offer clients the services of specialized information technology support engineers who have advanced knowledge and work experience in key technologies outside of Progent's core focus in system support and security. Experts Team consultants are often freelance engineers and occasionally "moonlighters" who are thoroughly certified by us to work closely with our in-house engineers to provide comprehensive, enterprise-class information technology services to small and midsize businesses. We are continually enhancing our Experts Group in order to address the particular needs of our customer base.
Our Experts Group now provides consulting in these areas:
Macintosh integration and applications
Support for Linux, UNIX-based, and Sun Solaris systems
Chief Information Officer, management information analyst, and project management services
Custom program development and integration
Web, electronic business, Electronic Data Interchange, and client portal design and deployment
SQL support and efficiency consulting
Management intelligence expertise
Telecom systems consulting
Advantages of becoming part of Progent's Experts Team include:
By associating with Progent, you get to take advantage of the impact of our explosive expansion and top-notch recognition in the market. By having a team of skilled and committed consultants, providing attentive customer care, and following a proven, value-focused pricing structure, Progent has multiplied our customer base over the last few years and Progent now delivers consulting support to hundreds of companies in California and across the United States.
Our veteran marketing team handles all facets of marketing your skills and technical knowledge into our quickly expanding customer base, so you spend less time finding clients and extra time making money.
We will assist in relationship building between you and our core team of expert Microsoft and Cisco certified engineers who are the conduit to the key executives among Progent's clients.
Our selling and administration teams will take care of the complete selling and engagement cycle, from opportunity identification, job approval, customer needs description, capabilities matching, project scoping proposal generation, agreement negotiation and execution. Your exclusive focus is on providing high-level consulting expertise.
Progent will gives you connections to Progent's sophisticated virtual office environment, including professional conference locations in the San Francisco area, plus data and voice connectivity anywhere in the United States.
You will have the benefit of our extensive knowledge base, best practices procedures, abundance of template-deliverable documents, and the shared experience from one of the country's largest independent groups of experienced network professionals.
Progent will share partner-only benefits from top vendors including Microsoft and Cisco, including free orlow-cost training classes, web connections to restricted vendor troubleshooting utilities and product support resources, and downloadable in-house use programs 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 become part of our Experts Group, but we do have strict requirements to join:
You need to show a proven background as a consulting professional operating on your own in your area of expertise, including at least a two year history of completed consulting jobs and/or have an active customer base to which you now provide ongoing support services.
You should show that you have expertise in your area of specialization, including having a long task-relevant history and excellent references, and possess current manufacturer and/or industry professional qualifications.
You should know how to present yourself in a professional way and be self driven and confident in your skills. You should have excellent communications skills and know how to operate efficiently alone or as a member of a team.
You have to be able to communicate realistic expectations to clients and fellow Progent consultants and you must be able analyze projects, produce project plans, and estimate realistic time lines.
Enhance Your Abilities with Advanced Technology and Working with a Great Team of Network Consultants Progent's productive atmosphere will make you a more capable consultant by improving your technical skills and increasing the loyalty of your clients. Progent makes good on this promise by recruiting the best professional experts for you to work with, offering a state-of-the-art network and communications infrastructure, running proprietary software tools to deliver the maximum level of service, and by streamlining our business structures for finding and retaining clients.
The main factor that separates us from ordinary consulting firms is the high caliber of our consultants. Out of the 50 or so consulting experts who have teamed with Progent, we have assembled the best expertise covering a broad range of technical areas. Whether it’s Microsoft Windows, Cisco firewalls, corporate security, Mac, Linux/UNIX, server virtualization, or other key technologies, we deploy professionals who can enable you to be effective on larger projects by leveraging the aggregate skills of our group of experts.
To ensure the productivity of Progent's consultants, we invest significantly in providing the best technology to do the work properly. We will leverage technology to an extraordinary degree and our state-of-the-art virtual office infrastructure enables effortless connectivity, cooperation, and information sharing with other Progent consultants — all from at-home or on-the-road offices. Consultants don’t throw away time or forfeit income with regular drives to a physical office, and all travel you do for on-site client jobs is determined by your time table, not ours. The best part is that much of our consulting services can be performed off-site, offering 100% productivity for income-producing hours. In practice, some of our team members do off-site support only.
Progent's operations are geared towards reacting quickly and effectively to customer requirements via information sharing and collaborative problem resolution. Even though Progent's engineers operate with a great deal of independence, dispatching is unified, customer issues and resolutions are meticulously tracked, documented, and organized for easy retrieval, up-to-date consultant availability is broadcast to facilitate team tasks and simplify problem escalation, and client satisfaction is always evaluated. We strengthen the sense of cooperation through monthly workgroup conferences and regular corporate events.
The majority of our team is located across Northern California, but Progent is attracting a rapidly expanding group of network professionals from across America. Progent's virtual office environment eliminates regional boundaries that limit the productivity of conventional company models. We enhance the package by offering a comprehensive benefit program to promote the health and financial welfare of our team members and their relations.
Not only do we have world-class consultants, our sales and operations groups match the high standards that characterizes Progent. These high-performance contributors to our success are helping us to target and land the 50-60 new clients we are now acquiring every month. We lately marked the providing of services to our 1,000th client. Just type “Cisco consultants” or “Microsoft consultants” into Google to check for yourself why Progent is also an effective sales organization.
Possessing a passion for technical proficiency is a cornerstone for success with us. A job in consulting will push you to learn more than is possible in any other job in network technology. Being exposed to a continual series of technical challenges is what keeps professional support interesting. Clients choose consulting firms to do the toughest jobs. Creative tasks, leading-edge implementations, vexing or chronic issues, and difficult upgrades are the foundation for what we do daily. With us, you will not stagnate or be pigeonholed, as is sadly common for network professionals in ordinary corporate roles. You will wake up every day excited about the challenges ahead.
On the way, you will work with some great people, both by building close client relationships and by working in conjunction with other Progent team members, where you will learn from and contribute to their success. Yes, technology is important, but Progent is a relationship-oriented organization from top to bottom. If you don’t have strong communications skills or like working with a varied group of people, then Progent is probably a poor match.
If all this sounds good to you, we invite you to contact Progent about our view of the new paradigm of network consulting.
Get Lifestyle Benefits and Professional Prowess with Progent's Advanced Virtual Office Infrastructure Progent is convinced that a well designed and implemented network can be a crucial piece for enabling a firm's success, and we apply this philosophy in our own network infrastructure. Progent has created a non-stop virtual office infrastructure that enables our staff consultants and certified contractors to offer fast and efficient service, cooperate easily on sophisticated projects, and gain from career and personal growth from acting as a member of an exciting company ethos of self motivation and freedom.
Progent's Data Center professionals can help you identify high availability data centers that match the specific needs of your business. High availability colocation sites are particularly attractive to small businesses due to of their low cost and convenience in comparison to pursuing a do-it-yourself approach. Attempting to build an in-house data center with even a minimum degree of fault tolerance is too expensive for typical small companies. Progent is ready to help you get all the benefits of non-stop data centers and fault tolerant colo sites by offering a complete range of engineering and support services.
Progent's UNIX family consulting services provide small businesses and developers assistance with administering and supporting UNIX, Linux or Solaris systems that coexist with Microsoft-powered networks. Progent can give your organization access to UNIX consultants, support professionals certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security specialists with CISM certification. This broad range of expertise offers you a convenient single consulting firm to show you how to build and manage a protected and robust cross-platform network and communications infrastructure that supports UNIX and Microsoft coexistence by integrating Windows with popular variants of UNIX including Mac OS X, Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, BSD, SCO and SGI/Irix or major Linux platforms such as RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake, Debian-GNU and Slackware.
Progent’s professionals offer expertise in a variety of disciplines relevant to mobile connectivity including system topology, wireless data synchronization, wireless security, wireless email, Windows Mobile 2003. PDA integration, Research in Motion Blackberry, and wireless software development. Progent's Microsoft certified consultants can save your company work and expense by applying their wireless expertise to show you how to select and configure wireless access technologies that make sense for your company. Progent can also optimize your IT infrastructure so that wireless data devices work better.
Progent’s Cisco VoIP consultants can provide experienced evaluation, integration and support help for Cisco VoIP products. Cisco Architecture for Voice Video and Integrated Data platform supplies the foundation and feature set for building a seamless converged network that can handle voice, video, and data traffic simultaneously. AVVID offers this capability while maintaining a high level of system availability, QoS, and security. Important advantages of IP communications systems based on Cisco AVVID VoIP architecture include a versatile, interoperable upgrade ability that allows you to choose IP Communications solutions that meet your existing needs, while providing an easy route for accelerating IP adoption, Quality of Service mechanisms that help deliver high voice quality via close control of delay, loss and jitter, and network management products that provide system administration, operations, troubleshooting, set up, fault tracking, and element management. Progent’s Cisco-qualified network consultants can help you design a reliable VoIP phone system based on Cisco IP PBX and Cisco IP Telephony products. Progent’s Voice over IP consultants can help you pick and install Cisco software appropriate for your small or medium size organization, such as Cisco Unity, Cisco Unity Express, Cisco CallManager, or Cisco CallManager Express.
Progent is a Certified Cisco Partner with on-staff Cisco-qualified consultants ready to assist you to install or maintain Cisco-powered networking solutions. Being a Certified Partner for Cisco Systems, Progent can provide the services of Progent's on-staff CCIE-certified professionals who have experience in planning, deploying and repairing network environments powered by Cisco technology. Because Progent is in addition a Microsoft Gold Partner and provides world-class support for a wide variety of business software, Progent can show you how to assist you to find complete IT solutions that optimize the strategic benefit of your network. Cisco's industry-leading selection of connectivity hardware and software familiar to Progent includes PIX 500 Series and ASA 5500 Series firewalls, protected high-bandwidth and integrated services routers, Cisco Aironet wireless access points, voice over IP phones, Catalyst Series switches, plus security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology.
Network monitoring ordinarily entails observing a system's resource utilization in order to identify data traffic bottlenecks or fix hardware or software issues. Nagios and Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) are useful, free network monitoring utilities that run under Linux and can be used to observe multi-OS networks where UNIX and Windows coexist. Progent's system integration consultants can show you how to take advantage of both these programs to optimize and repair your network. Progent's Linux consulting professionals offer small businesses and developers help with administering and servicing UNIX/Linux and Solaris systems that coexist with Microsoft-based products.
Windows Enterprise Directory requires significant practical experience to integrate optimally across an enterprise. Progent’s Microsoft certified consultants are experienced in designing, integrating, and maintaining sophisticated Microsoft Enterprise Active Directory installations. Progent’s fields of proven competence with Microsoft Windows 2003 Active Directory include replication problems, multi-domain partition design, repair of corrupted AD objects, cleaning up residual legacy version configuration objects in production Active Directory environments, and fixing failed installations of Active Directory and Active Directory-associated programs.
Nagios and MRTG are powerful, Open Source monitoring tools that run with the Linux OS and can be used to analyze UNIX/Linux networks, Microsoft Windows networks, or multi-OS environments where the Linux OS and Microsoft Windows run side by side. The Nagios monitor allows network support engineers to monitor system services including SMTP, HTTP, FTP, and NNTP. MRTG allows you to track the bandwidth in and out of SNMP-enabled network devices including processors, routers, and switches. Progent's network integration engineers can show you how to utilize both these programs to tune and troubleshoot your computer network.
Progent's high availability consulting services for small business networks provides Microsoft and Cisco-qualified network professionals who can help you deploy clustered servers to build a robust network that includes essential technologies and processes for line-of-business applications. Progent’s fault-tolerant system experts can show you how to create non-stop networks by designing and integrating the growing suite of Microsoft Windows Cluster servers. Clustered Windows servers for high-availability networks include Microsoft Windows 2003 Cluster Server, SQL Server Cluster, and Exchange Cluster. By helping you create your non-stop network based on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster, Progent’s consulting experts can help configure a system infrastructure with features that include high-availability Internet connections, network load balancing, non-stop data center design, fault tolerant interoffice connectivity, fault tolerant multi-location systems, and fault-tolerant disaster recovery.
Progent’s staff of Microsoft and Cisco certified experts average longer than a decade of real-world industry background, at the forefront of IT service, performing a wide variety of IT tasks for an extensive array of clients. Every Progent support professional shares a refined set of personal best practices which are incorporated into shared best practices standards that Progent teaches its support personnel. This guarantees that you get not just expert technical help, but also a consultant with proven methods for applying technical knowledge to fix real-world network problems efficiently.
VMware Server is a no-cost virtualization product that runs on Linux and Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Servers. VMware Server allows companies to segment a single server into several logical machines and to begin realizing the benefits of virtualization with little cost. VMware Server is a robust yet simple to use solution for users unfamiliar with server virtualization techniques and is powered by VMware’s field-proven technology. VMware Server is well suited for programmers, departments, and branch offices who wish to facilitate application development, evaluate software in economical virtual environments, run legacy operating systems, and save time in server provisioning. Progent's experienced virtual server consultants can assist you with VMware Virtual Server, VMware ESX Server, and VMware Infrastructure 3 so your business can take advantage of VMware server consolidation.
Progent's Microsoft-certified professionals can help you evaluate the possible benefits of Hyper-V-based server virtualization for your business, perform test implementations to validate Hyper-V's operation with your production software, assess your network architecture for smooth performance with virtual server technology, help you in migrating to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and setting up, train your IT personnel to monitor and administer Hyper-V, provide world-class consulting support for enhancing the protection of your virtual servers, design and test business continuity processes that optimize network availability, and provide ongoing consulting and technical support including affordable low-cost online troubleshooting and turn-key Help Desk services.
