Career and Contract Work at Progent Jobs for EXperienced Network Consultants, Help Desk Support Specialists, Security Consultants, and Application Programmers
One of America's top network consulting companies for small business systems, Progent manages a full-time team of certified service experts who focus on core technologies such as:
Microsoft Windows products
Cisco Integrated Services Routers, switches, firewalls, plus Voice over IP and Virtual Private Network solutions
System security expertise
Advanced network architecture
Off-site troubleshooting and network administration
Our Experts Team, which contracts independent consultants certified and coordinated by Progent, offers highly refined skills covering a wide variety of key business areas and networking technologies such as:
Macintosh networking and programs
Expertise for Linux, UNIX-powered, and Sun Solaris environments
Chief Information Officer, management information analyst, and project logistics services
Custom program design and integration
Web site, eCommerce, Electronic Data Interchange, and customer portal development and deployment
DBM management and performance help
Business intelligence expertise
Telecom systems support
Innovative models for attracting clients, delivering support, maintaining a dynamic working environment, and offering highly competitive compensation and benefits have enabled us to become one of the most rapidly expanding and most well respected Microsoft Gold Partners consultant companies in the United States and to establish a worldwide presence for providing online IT support. If you are an accredited IT technician or information technology consultant with a focus on a customer service and strong people skills, you will find in Progent an opportunity for increasing your professional knowledge, living a more independent lifestyle, and achieving economic success.
Find Out More Details Concerning Working with Progent
Follow these links to find out additional information concerning Progent's work openings, business culture, operational environment, compensation structure, and benefits packages:
Full-time Positions at Progent
Progent is looking for a range of on-staff workers such as motivated Microsoft MCSE and MCSA computer consultants; connectivity consultants who have CCIE credentials; and specialists in advanced system design with experience in mobile access, wireless networking, non-stop systems, business continuity solutions, data protection, and server virtualization. We are also seeking desktop support technicians, remote troubleshooting professionals, and CISSP or CISA certified security professionals. We are also hiring experienced managers who can perform efficiently in our dynamic, virtual office environment. Learn additional information concerning full-time professional services positions at Progent by going to Full-time Positions at Progent.
Contracting Jobs with Progent
Progent works with independent professionals who have specialized knowledge and working experience in high-demand information technology topics beyond Progent's primary service focus. Progent's Experts Group includes contractors who can provide consulting and programming services for line-of-business solutions that include MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM; possess deep expertise with popular platforms such as Linux, Apple OS, or Solaris, or offer world-class skills in areas like telecom, web development, EDI, web commerce, or database management. Freelance consultants certified by Progent cooperate with Progent's in-house engineers to provide comprehensive solutions for small business networks. If you want to find out more information about freelance jobs with Progent's Experts Consulting Group, go to Contract Opportunities with Progent.
How Progent Is Unique
Progent has been able to attract the best professional experts by being unique. With a powerful mix of enterprising spirit, commitment to customer success, utilization of advanced technology, plus a flexible business model that accommodates life-style options for our consulting team, Progent creates a dynamic setting for select individuals who have a drive for quickly enhancing their technical skills to deliver real-world solutions for a variety of businesses and network environments. Learn additional details concerning reasons Progent is unique by referring to Ways That We Are Different.
Progent's Virtual Office Network
Progent's virtual office model provides state-of-the-art technical tools that support off-site access, wireless communication, easy availability of our knowledge bases, and close collaboration with mobile colleagues to allow you to handle challenging IT problems. Our virtual office environment frees you to focus on providing IT solutions rather than dealing with traffic and helps consultants nurture successful client relationships by permitting you to provide fast, effective, and cost-effective solutions. To learn additional details concerning Progent's virtual office work environment, refer to Progent virtual Office Business Model.
Compensation and Benefit Packages
Progent's compensation model is based on revenue sharing. What you earn is entirely determined by the revenue you generate. Consultants have the choice of concentrating on quality of life and electing to work at an easy pace, utilizing Progent's versatile schedule to make time for personal pursuits, or you can choose to earn considerable income through hard effort and lots of consulting time. Progent also offers complete family health care coverage plus many additional benefits. Learn more information about our compensation and benefits by referring to Progent Compensation and Benefits.
This is a description of Progent's present job opportunities:
Job Code
Description
A09
Operations Administrator Position
Progent is seeking a motivated individual for the home-office position 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 functions for a small, quickly expanding business.
Information Technology Hiring Manager Job
Progent is looking for an experienced administrative executive tasked with hiring technical personnel to work with Progent's group of support specialists who provide information technology outsourcing and network support assistance to clients worldwide.
Technical Response Center Coordinator Position
Progent is hiring a talented individual for the position of Technical Response Center (TRC) Coordinator working with a creative high tech business in a dynamic environment. The Technical Response Center Coordinator is to be the initial point of contact for incoming Technical Response Center and Main number calls and must project a professional and sympathetic demeanor in the start up of Emergency Services.
Customer Services Administrative Assistant Position
The Customer Services Administrative Assistant helps the Director of Customer Services in the day-to-day operations of Progent’s Customer Care initiatives, which includes 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 make sure Progent provides the best possible customer care.
Business Development Representative Positions
The Business Development Representative is a top level sales manager responsible for selling Progent's broad range of IT outsourcing and consulting services and acting as the front-line client interface. The Business Development Representative is a key part of the management group, working in sync with the CEO and Directors and Managers to ensure that business goals are accomplished and that the highest level of services are provided to Progent's clients.
Desktop Engineer Job
Progent is seeking a Desktop Engineer to work with Progent clients to maintain all users of desktop and laptop computers based on MS Windows 2000, Windows Vista, and Windows XP platforms. Work collaboratively with client's management or IT group or under the direction of a Progent Senior Consultant to support the customer's end users.
Senior Remote Support Expert Positions
Progent is looking for a Senior Remote Support Expert to help a range of small business customers to manage and support information networks remotely, using state-of-the-art technology including MS Windows 2000/2003 and the MS .NET platform.
Senior Online Network Support Engineer Jobs in Australia
Progent is seeking a Senior Online Network Support Specialist in Australia to work with a variety of worldwide customers to maintain and repair computer systems by telephone or online connections.
Certified Cisco Consultant Positions
Progent is looking for a Senior Cisco Engineer with Cisco CCIE or CCNP certification to join Progent's team of experts to assist customers to plan, integrate, maintain, and repair IT networks based on Cisco products.
Certified Security Engineer Positions
Progent is seeking a Certified Security Engineer with CISA or similar security credentials to work with Progent's staff of experts to offer clients comprehensive security services including network security analysis, penetration testing, security planning, network monitoring, security architecture, access control systems expertise, business processes security, and business continuity planning.
If you would like to ask about any opening listed above, you should send your resume to jobs@progent.com. Be sure to copy the code numbers of the jobs that interest you.
More Information About Opportunities with Us
Fulltime Work for Network Consultants, Computer Service Technicians, Security Consultants, and Online Help Professionals Progent is seeking to hire full-time, solutions-oriented Microsoft accredited engineers with Microsoft MCSE or MCSA credentials; Cisco certified network engineers who have Cisco CCIE certification; security consultants who have CISA or comparable security credentials; and high-end network design consultants with a background in mobile access, wireless networking, fault tolerance, business continuity, data protection, and VMware. Progent also is hiring employees to join Progent's team of help desk service specialists and remote troubleshooting experts. Also, We are seeking talented managers who can perform productively in our fast-paced, virtual office environment.
By supporting a team of talented and dedicated professionals, delivering world-class customer services, and following a strong value-focused fee structure, We have been able to increase our customer list dramatically while providing professional support to numerous businesses in Northern California and across the United States. A sophisticated virtual office environment, a shared knowledge base, and a team approach to problem resolution have helped Progent to retain a skilled staff and a loyal client list.
For an information technology consultant with technical support expertise, teaming with Progent or helping Progent's clients can enhance your knowledge via cooperation with our group of highly team-oriented, talented engineers. Our focus on providing information technology expertise and technical support to small organizations will offer you the chance to collaborate closely with key players and contribute significantly to the success of dynamic companies.
Progent is looking for consultants who have recognized certification in their special expertise. So, if you are a Microsoft expert, you should have your MCSE certificate. For Cisco experts, show us your CCIE or Cisco Certified Network Professional certificate. For security, you should have you Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified Information Systems Auditor, CISM, or one of the other top security certifications. Naturally, we are familiar with “paper MCSEs.” Still, the fact that a certificate does not ensure expertise is no reason for not owning one. If you know your field, then the majority of those tests should pose no challenge. The crux of the matter is that if you call yourself a professional, then customers expect certifications. We can market your talents, but you must provide a baseline of credentials for us to market. If you stand adamantly opposed to the concept of credentials, we can understand and respect your position, but you are probably not a good fit.
Contract Jobs for Qualified Experts for Windows, Macintosh, Linux/UNIX, and Sun Solaris Technology For over two decades, Progent's consulting engineers have offered affordable and effective network support services for small businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area and across the United States. A sophisticated virtual office network, a common technical knowledge base, and a collaborative philosophy for problem solving have enabled Progent to build a talented in-house team and quickly expand a satisfied customer base.
The Experts Team is Progent's way to provide clients the help of specialized information technology consulting professionals who have advanced skills and field background in important areas beyond Progent's primary focus in network infrastructure and security. Experts Group members are often independent contractors and sometimes "moonlighters" who are carefully certified by us to collaborate with our in-house engineers to provide end-to-end, world-class network solutions to small businesses. We are continually expanding the Experts Team in order to meet the special needs of our clients.
Progent's Experts Team currently provides support in these areas:
Apple OS integration and applications
Expertise for Linux-based, UNIX, and Sun environments
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management expertise
Line-of-business and specialized program support
CIO, management information analyst, and project logistics outsourcing
Special applications design and deployment
Web, eCommerce, Electronic Data Interchange, and client information portal design and integration
SQL support and efficiency help
Management information expertise
Telecommunications architecture consulting
Benefits of becoming a member of Progent's Experts Team include:
By associating with us, you get to leverage the momentum of our dramatic growth and top-notch recognition in the industry. By maintaining a group of talented and committed professionals, offering attentive client care, and practicing a proven, ROI-oriented pricing model, Progent has multiplied our clientele over the last several years and Progent now provides consulting support to hundreds of businesses in Northern California and across the U.S.
Our veteran marketing team takes care of all aspects of promoting your services and areas of expertise into our quickly growing client base, so you spend less time finding clients and extra time making revenue.
Progent will facilitate communications between you and our key team of expert Microsoft and Cisco qualified consultants who act as the gateway to the decision makers among our clients.
Our sales and operations teams will take care of the entire sales and engagement cycle, from lead identification, job approval, customer requirements definition, capabilities matching, job scoping proposal writing, agreement negotiation and generation. Your entire focus stays with delivering high-level consulting service.
We will provide you access to our advanced virtual office environment, offering professional meeting/work locations in Northern California, plus data and voice access anywhere in the United States.
You will have access to Progent's vast knowledge base, best practices procedures, library of professional documents, and the aggregate expertise from one of the country's largest pool of expert network engineers.
Progent will share special benefits from leading vendors such as Microsoft and Cisco, including no-cost orlow-cost training classes, web access to special vendor troubleshooting utilities and technical support resources, and downloadable internal use programs for training and/or sales 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 fee to become a member of Progent's Experts Group, but we do have strict requirements to join:
You must show a proven track record as a consultant operating independently in your field of expertise, including a minimum two year record of successful contracting projects and/or have an active customer base to which you currently deliver continuing support services.
You have to demonstrate that you are an expert in your field of specialization, which includes showing a long work-related history and strong references, and possess current vendor or institutional professional qualifications.
You must be able to present yourself in a professional way and be self motivated and assured in your skills. You should have strong communications skills and understand how to work successfully alone or as a member of a group.
You must be able to communicate realistic expectations to clients and other Progent consultants and you should be able scope out tasks, create project plans, and estimate reasonable time lines.
Improve Your Skills with Advanced Technology and Working with the Top Team of Computer Consultants Progent's business climate will allow you to become a better professional by enhancing your information technology knowledge and increasing the loyalty of your customers. Progent delivers on this promise by recruiting the best professional talent for you to work with, providing an advanced system infrastructure, running custom application utilities to deliver the highest quality of support, and by optimizing proven operational structures for attracting and keeping clients.
The main factor that distinguishes us from most network support firms is the quality of our support professionals. Out of the 50 or so consultants who have teamed with Progent, we have assembled top talent across a wide array of technical areas. Be it Microsoft Windows, Cisco firewalls, network security, Macintosh, Linux, virtual servers, or other vital areas, we deploy experts who can enable you to be effective on major jobs by combining the collective skills of Progent's group of experts.
To promote the productivity of Progent's consultants, we invest significantly in providing the best tools to perform the work efficiently. We will exploit technology to an extraordinary extent and our advanced virtual office environment enables effortless connectivity, collaboration, and information exchange with other Progent team members — all from home-based or mobile offices. Consultants don’t waste time or lose revenue because of daily commutes to a physical office, and any travel you do for on-site client jobs is based on your own time table, not Progent's. The best part is that much of our consulting work can be done off-site, offering maximum efficiency for billable time. In fact, some Progent staff do off-site consulting only.
Our operations are set up for reacting quickly and efficiently to customer needs via knowledge exchange and collaborative problem resolution. Although our engineers operate with a great deal of independence, dispatching is unified, customer problems and resolutions are meticulously monitored, recorded, and organized for convenient reference, current consultant schedules are published to facilitate group projects and simplify problem escalation, and customer satisfaction is always evaluated. We strengthen the feeling of connection through periodic workgroup conferences and regular corporate events.
Most of our consultants are located across Northern California, however we are building a quickly growing team of consulting professionals throughout the United States. Progent's virtual office infrastructure does away with regional boundaries that restrict the efficiency of conventional company structures. We complete the deal by providing a full employee care program to ensure the health and economic security of our team members and their relations.
Not only do we have world-class consultants, our marketing and operations groups match the high standards that characterizes Progent. These high-performance contributors to Progent’s success are helping us to target and land the scores of new customers we are now engaging every month. Progent lately celebrated the delivery of services to our 1,000th client. Try typing “Cisco consultants” or “Microsoft consultants” into Google to check for yourself why we are also an effective marketing organization.
Possessing a passion for technical proficiency is a key for success with Progent. A career in consulting will drive you to enhance your skills more than is possible in any other position in network technology. Being exposed to a steady stream of technical challenges is what makes consulting exciting. Clients rely on consulting firms to perform the “hard stuff.” Creative projects, leading-edge deployments, puzzling or chronic problems, and tricky migrations are the foundation for what we do daily. At Progent, you will not stall or be pigeonholed, as is all too common for network professionals in traditional corporate jobs. You will wake up every day excited about the challenges to come.
On the way, you will meet some great people, both by establishing close client relationships and by operating closely with other Progent consultants, where you will benefit from and contribute to their success. Of course, technology is vital, but we are a relationship-oriented company from top to bottom. If you do not have strong communications skills or enjoy working with a diverse group of personalities, then Progent is in all likelihood a poor fit.
If all this seems right for you, we invite you to talk to us about our vision of the future of network consulting.
Get Quality of Life Benefits and Professional Success with Progent's Sophisticated Virtual Office Environment Progent is convinced that a carefully architected and implemented network is a pivotal piece for enabling a firm's success, and we follow this philosophy in our own network infrastructure. We have built a fault-tolerant virtual office network that enables our staff engineers and authorized contractors to deliver fast and efficient service, cooperate easily on complex jobs, and gain from professional and personal growth from being part of an exciting business ethos of personal drive and freedom.
Cisco's current network devices and technologies enable a new generation of data center architecture that permits continual improvements in server, storage, network framework, and application technologies in a manageable and cost-effective way. Progent can assist businesses to identify and implement Cisco's connectivity and security products to build a solid foundation for your data center and to streamline your data center functionality in critical areas such as Server and disk utilization, comprehensive security enforcement, processor consolidation, regulatory compliance, and disaster recovery.
Les Kent has a 25-year track record of successful technology integration, corporate administration, marketing, and operations. He has demonstrated a talent for creating elegant information technology solutions while working as a network architect, application developer, project manager, implementation expert, and problem solver for small companies, new ventures, and global corporations.
Progent's Symantec consultants can assist you to maintain earlier releases of Symantec Firewall and VPN appliances such as the Raptor and Symantec VelociRaptor line or show you how to upgrade to more recent technology from Symantec or other suppliers. Progent can also help you create and implement a complete security strategy that can incorporate Firewall/VPN devices and software, outsourced security and virus protection services, server and application monitoring software, and formal policies and enforcement procedures. Progent has the expertise to be your one-stop resource for on-going technical help, maintenance, education, and security consulting.
Progent’s IT outsourcing services offer affordable computer support for medium-size companies. Whether it includes planning network infrastructure, creating an internal Help Desk or using an outside one, rolling out an updated e-mail platform, monitoring your system, or creating an on-line business solution, outsourcing your network technical services can smooth out expenses and eliminate uncertainties, allowing IT service budgets to increase in a more linear and controlled fashion than is feasible by amassing a large, knowledgeable in-house IT organization. Progent’s Outsourcing White Paper and flyers explain how Progent can help you build a protected and highly available network architecture for your critical Windows-powered applications including Office XP, Microsoft Office 2003, and Microsoft Office 2000.
Progent's UNIX family support services offer small and mid-size businesses and developers assistance with managing and supporting UNIX, Linux or Solaris environments that operate with Microsoft-based technology. Progent offers your business contact with UNIX consultants, support professionals qualified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security experts with CISM certification. This wide array of expertise provides you with an easy single consulting firm to show you how to create and maintain a secure and robust mixed-platform network and communications solution that allows UNIX and Microsoft interoperability by combining Microsoft Windows with major variants of UNIX such as Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX UNIX from IBM, Hewlett Packard HP-UX, Berkeley UNIX (BSD), SCO, and Silicon Graphics IRIX (SGI/IRIX or major Linux variations such as RedHat, SUSE Linux, Mandriva Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, and Slackware Linux.
Progent’s professionals offer experience in a variety of disciplines relevant to mobile connectivity such as network topology, Activesync, wireless security, mobile e-mail, Windows Mobile 2003. PDA integration, Research in Motion Blackberry, and wireless software development. Progent's qualified consultants can save your business time and money by applying their wireless expertise to help you choose and integrate mobile access technologies that fit the needs of your business. Progent can also optimize your network architecture so that wireless data devices perform more reliably.
Progent's CISSP qualified security consultants, or Certified Information Systems Security Professionals, are consultant who have earned CISSP Certification through extensive study and thorough examination. CISSP Certification indicates mastery of a worldwide standard for information security. ANSI has given the CISSP status official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge covered under CISSP include Security Administration Practices, Security Design and Test Systems, Connection Control Systems, Applications Development Security, Business Processes Security, Hardware Security, Cryptography, Telecommunications, Internet Security, and Disaster Recovery Planning.
Progent's high availability consulting services for small company IT systems offer Microsoft and Cisco-certified network professionals who can help you deploy clustered servers to build a fault-tolerant computing environment that includes essential technologies and activities for line-of-business applications. Progent’s fault-tolerant network consultants can help you create non-stop networks 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 showing you how to create your fault-tolerant network around Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster, Progent’s consulting professionals can help configure a network architecture with features that include fault tolerant Internet connections, system load balancing, fault tolerant data center planning, fault tolerant interoffice connections, high-reliability multi-location systems, and fail-safe disaster recovery.
Progent’s Microsoft certified experts offer small and medium size companies world-class consulting services for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003. Systems Management Server is Microsoft's standard tool for change and configuration management. SMS 2003, included in Microsoft System Center 200, enables you to install important applications rapidly and automatically to appropriate users, lower product costs and adhere to licensing agreements by understanding patterns of usage, enhance Windows protection by increasing your knowledge of vulnerability and by delivering targeted patches, manage your external workforce through industry standards independent of connection or geography, and reduce operational expenses by efficiently exploiting the management functions incorporated into Windows. Progent’s SMS engineers can help you use SMS economically for automated software and application installation, security patch administration, and asset tracking management including program and hardware inventory.
Exchange Servers and Macintosh workstations can co-exist efficiently. Progent's Apple and Microsoft certified experts can show you how to install Microsoft Entourage and Exchange so your Apple Macintosh users are able to work closely with teammates who use Microsoft Outlook. With Microsoft Exchange and Entourage for Mac, Exchange and Apple Macintosh systems can collaborate, enabling Mac users to get and send messages, search the Exchange global address list, import addresses, sync up appointments, and invite fellow workers to meetings with your Microsoft Exchange account. Progent will verify that your Microsoft Server is properly configured and that WebDAV and Outlook Web Access are enabled. Progent also can provide specialized one-on-one Entourage education.
