Jobs for Senior Network Consultants, Computer Service Technicians, Systems Security Consultants, and Application Programmers
Among the premiere computer consultant firms for small and midsize business systems, Progent manages a large staff of talented service professionals who concentrate on core IT areas such as:
Microsoft Windows products
Cisco routers, Catalyst switches, firewalls, plus VoIP and VPN products
Network security analysis
Sophisticated connectivity architecture
Off-site IT support and system administration
Progent's Experts Team, which includes independent consultants certified and coordinated by Progent, offers exceptionally specialized skills covering a wide variety of vital software areas and network technologies that include:
Macintosh networking and applications
Consulting for Linux, UNIX, and Sun systems
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management consulting
Mission-critical and specialized program support
Chief Information Officer, business analyst, and project logistics outsourcing
Custom program design and deployment
Web, electronic business, Electronic Data Interchange, and client information portal development and integration
DBM management and efficiency help
Business intelligence expertise
Telecom architecture support
Innovative structures for attracting customers, delivering support, nurturing a dynamic working environment, and providing highly competitive profit sharing have enabled us to become among the fastest growing and most well respected Microsoft Gold Partners consulting firms in the U.S. and to build a worldwide presence for providing remote network assistance. If you are an accredited computer technician or information technology expert with a drive for a customer success and strong communication skills, you will discover Progent an opportunity for enhancing your professional knowledge, developing a more independent career, and attaining economic security.
Find Out Additional Details About Jobs at Progent
Check out these pages to find out more information concerning Progent's job opportunities, business culture, operational conditions, compensation model, and benefits:
Full-time Careers at Progent
We are looking for a variety of full-time workers such as motivated Microsoft MCSE, MCSA, and MCP network consultants; system consultants who have Cisco certification; and consultants for advanced system architecture with backgrounds in mobile connectivity, wireless networking, high-availability environments, business continuity solutions, data preservation, and server virtualization. We are also hiring workstation support experts, remote troubleshooting specialists, and CISSP or CISA certified security consultants. We are also seeking veteran managers and administrators who can operate efficiently in Progent's high-growth, virtual office model. Find out additional information concerning staff consulting work at Progent by going to Consulting Careers at Progent.
Contracting Jobs at Progent
Progent works with independent professionals who have proven expertise and field experience in crucial information technology topics beyond Progent's primary service focus. Progent's Experts Team includes freelance consultants who offer advice and programming support for line-of-business applications such as Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM; possess deep knowledge of non-Microsoft operating systems such as Linux derivatives, Macintosh, or Sun, or offer expert help in areas such as telecommunications, web development, EDI, eCommerce, or database management. Freelance consultants qualified by Progent cooperate with our full-time engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions for small business networks. To find out more details concerning contracting jobs with our Experts Team, refer to Contract Opportunities with Progent.
Ways That We Are Exceptional
Progent has been able to recruit the best consulting talent by being different. With a powerful blend of enterprising drive, insistence on client satisfaction, utilization of state-of-the-art technology, plus a flexible business model that accommodates quality-of-life options for our team members, Progent offers a dynamic setting for talented consultants who have a drive for rapidly improving their professional abilities to deliver real-world benefits for a variety of businesses and network environments. Find out additional details about how we are exceptional by visiting Reasons That Progent Is Unique.
Our Virtual Office Infrastructure
Progent's virtual office network provides advanced technologies that support off-site support, wireless connectivity, convenient availability of our knowledge bases, and instant collaboration with mobile team members to allow you to resolve business-critical IT issues. Progent's virtual office network enables you to concentrate on providing IT solutions rather than dealing with commutes and helps consultants establish successful client relationships by permitting you to provide quick, effective, and cost-effective solutions. To learn more details concerning our virtual office work environment, see Progent virtual Office Infrastructure.
Compensation and Benefit Programs
Our compensation model is based on revenue sharing. What you earn is entirely determined by the revenue you generate. You have the option of concentrating on quality of life and electing to consult at a more relaxed pace, utilizing our versatile structure to make time for personal pursuits, or you can use the opportunity to make considerable income through hard work and lots of consulting time. Progent also offers full family health coverage plus many other benefits. Learn more information concerning our compensation and benefits by visiting Progent Compensation Model and Benefits.
Jobs at Progent Frequently Asked Questions
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This is a list of Progent's present job openings:
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Operations Administrator Job
Progent is looking for a talented person for the work-at-home position of Operations Administrator to help the Director of Operations with the daily management of financial information, currently using QuickBooks, in handling A/P and asset management functions for a small, rapidly growing business.
IT Recruitment Manager Job
Progent is looking for an experienced administrator for recruiting consultants to join Progent's group of computer support specialists who provide IT outsourcing and network support assistance to customers worldwide.
Job Application Screener Position
Progent has an opening for a motivated person to help manage resumes submitted to Progent by job seekers. The Job Application Screener will work at a home office and retrieve resumes submitted by email and transfer the applications into a dedicated application tracking program. The Resume Screener will consolidate all correspondence sent by job applicants, confirm that all relevant information is properly imported into Progent's resume database, check that professional credentials are current, and pre-qualify job applicants by assigning each applicant a preliminary ranking.
Business Development Representative Jobs
The Business Development Representative is a top level sales manager responsible for selling Progent's wide range of IT outsourcing and consulting services and functioning as the front-line client interface. The Business Development Representative is a member of the management group, operating closely with the President and Directors and Managers to ensure that business goals are accomplished and that top notch services are delivered to Progent's customers.
Senior IT Consultant, MCSE Positions
Progent is seeking an experienced, MCSE support professional to become part of Progent's full-time team of consulting professionals. Applicant must have communication skills plus network knowledge and must be solutions driven.
Desktop Engineer Job
Progent is looking for a Desktop Engineer to assist Progent customers to maintain all workers using workstation and notebook PCs based on MS Windows 2000, Windows Vista, and Windows XP technology. Work in unison with customer's management or IT organization or under the direction of a Progent Senior Engineer to support the customer's end users.
Senior Remote Support Engineer Job
Progent is seeking a Senior Remote Support Specialist to work with a range of small business customers to manage and service computer systems remotely, utilizing advanced tools including MS Windows 2K/2003 and Microsoft's .NET platform.
Certified Cisco Engineer Job
Progent is seeking a Certified Cisco Consultant with CCIE or CCNA credentials to work with Progent's team of experts to assist customers to design, integrate, maintain, and troubleshoot IT networks based on Cisco products.
Senior Security Engineer Jobs
Progent is looking for a Senior Security Consultant with CISSP or similar security credentials to work with Progent's team of experts to offer customers comprehensive security services such as network security evaluation, penetration testing, security planning, network monitoring, security architecture, access control solutions expertise, business processes security, and business continuity planning.
If you want to ask about any job listed above, please e-mail your resume to jobs@progent.com. Please include the code numbers of the positions that interest you.
Details About Work at Progent
Staff Work for Network Engineers, Desktop Support Specialists, Security Consultants, and Online Help Professionals Progent wants to hire full-time, solutions-driven Microsoft certified consultants with Microsoft MCSE, MCSA, or MCP credentials; Cisco accredited system consultants who have CCIE credentials; security consultants who have CISSP or comparable security credentials; and high-end system design experts with a background in mobile solutions, wireless networking, fault tolerance, business continuity, information preservation, and VMware. Progent also seeks employees to join our staff of help desk support specialists and off-site troubleshooting professionals. In addition, We are hiring experienced managers who can operate productively in our high-growth, virtual office environment.
By supporting a team of talented and dedicated consultants, providing attentive client care, and following a competitive value-based pricing structure, We have been able to increase our customer list dramatically while providing consulting support to hundreds of companies in Northern California and throughout the U.S. An advanced virtual office network, a shared information database, and a team approach to problem solving have helped Progent to retain a skilled consulting team and a loyal customer list.
If you are an information technology consultant with technical support experience, joining Progent or helping Progent's customers can expand your knowledge through cooperation with Progent's staff of highly team-oriented, expert engineers. Our focus on delivering network expertise and technical support to small and midsize organizations will offer you the chance to work closely with key players and contribute significantly to the growth of exciting businesses.
Progent is hiring consultants who can show recognized credentials in their special expertise. For example, if you are a Microsoft consultant, you should have your Microsoft MCSE certificate. For Cisco professionals, show us your CCIE or Cisco Certified Network Professional certificate. For network security, you should have earned you Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CISA, CISM, or one of the other leading security credentials. Of course, we are aware of "paper experts". Still, the fact that a credential does not guarantee excellence is no justification for not having one. If you know your field, then the majority of these certifications should present no challenge. The crux of the matter is that if you represent yourself to be a professional, then clients expect certifications. Progent can promote your skills, but you should have standard certifications for us to market. In case you happen to be strongly against the idea of certifications, we can understand and respect your position, but you are likely not an appropriate fit.
Freelance Jobs for Certified Application Specialists for Windows, Macintosh, Linux/UNIX, and Sun Solaris Technology For over 20 years, Progent's consulting professionals have provided affordable and effective computer consulting services for companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the United States. A sophisticated virtual office network, a common support knowledge base, and a team philosophy for problem resolution have enabled Progent to build a strong in-house team and quickly grow a loyal client base.
The Experts Team is our way to provide customers the services of specialized information technology consulting engineers who have in-depth skills and work background in key technologies beyond Progent's primary focus in system infrastructure and security. Experts Team consultants are often independent engineers and occasionally "moonlighters" who have been carefully certified by Progent to work closely with Progent's in-house consultants to provide end-to-end, enterprise-class network services to small and midsize businesses. Progent is always expanding our Experts Team in order to meet the particular needs of our customer base.
Progent's Experts Team currently provides support in these technologies:
Macintosh networking and programs
Consulting for Linux-powered, UNIX, and Sun systems
CIO, business analyst, and project logistics services
Custom program development and deployment
Web, electronic business, EDI, and client information portal design and deployment
Database support and performance help
Business information expertise
Telecommunications architecture support
Advantages of becoming part of Our Experts Team include:
By associating with Progent, you get to take advantage of the impact of our dramatic expansion and excellent reputation in the market. By maintaining a team of talented and dedicated consultants, providing attentive customer care, and practicing a proven, ROI-oriented billing model, we have multiplied our clientele during the past few years and Progent currently provides consulting support to hundreds of businesses in California and across the U.S.
Progent's experienced marketing team handles all aspects of marketing your skills and technical expertise into our quickly growing customer base, so you expend less effort signing up clients and extra time making money.
We will assist in communications between you and Progent's key group of expert Microsoft and Cisco qualified consultants who act as the conduit to the influential managers among Progent's customers.
Our sales and operations groups will manage the complete sales and contracting process, from lead identification, project approval, client needs description, capabilities matching, project analysis proposal generation, agreement negotiation and execution. Your exclusive responsibility stays with providing top-quality consulting expertise.
We will gives you access to our advanced virtual office infrastructure, including professional conference locations throughout the San Francisco area, plus Internet and telecomm connectivity anywhere in the United States.
You will have the benefit of our vast knowledge base, best practices procedures, abundance of professional publications, and the shared expertise from one of Northern California's largest pool of expert consulting professionals.
We will pass on partner-only benefits from leading technology companies such as Microsoft and Cisco, including no-cost orlow-cost training classes, web connections to restricted vendor troubleshooting tools and product maintenance resources, and downloadable in-house 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 charge to become a member of Progent's Experts Team, but Progent has strict requirements to join:
You should show a strong track record as a consulting professional operating on your own in your area of expertise, including at least a two year history of successful contracting projects and/or have your own active customer base to which you now deliver ongoing support services.
You need to demonstrate that you are an expert in your area of concentration, including having an extensive work-related record and strong references, and possess current manufacturer or institutional professional certifications.
You need to be able to carry yourself in a professional manner and be self driven and assured in your skills. You must have excellent inter-personal skills and understand how to operate successfully by yourself or as part of a group.
You need to know how to articulate proper expectations to customers and other Progent team members and you must be able analyze projects, create task plans, and define realistic work schedules.
Improve Your Abilities with the Best Technology and Working with a Great Group of Computer Engineers Progent's work environment will allow you to become a more capable consulting professional by improving your technical skills and boosting the loyalty of your clients. Progent delivers on this commitment by recruiting the best consulting talent for you to work with, offering a state-of-the-art system architecture, using custom software tools to deliver the highest level of support, and by optimizing proven business structures for finding and retaining clients.
The decisive factor that differentiates Progent from most network support firms is the quality of our consultants. Out of the 50 or so consulting experts who have teamed with us, we have assembled the best talent across a broad range of technical areas. Whether it’s Microsoft servers, Cisco switches, corporate security, Apple, Linux, VMware, or other key technologies, we deploy professionals who can help you to be effective on major projects by leveraging the collective skills of Progent's team of professionals.
To ensure the success of our consultants, we invest heavily in making available the best technology to do the job efficiently. Progent will leverage technology to an impressive extent and our advanced virtual office infrastructure allows effortless communications, collaboration, and knowledge exchange with fellow Progent team members — entirely from at-home or mobile offices. Consultants don’t throw away time or forfeit income with regular drives to a conventional office building, and all driving you do for in-person client work is based on your time table, not Progent's. The most attractive benefit is that much of Progent's consulting work can be done remotely, offering maximum productivity for income-producing hours. In fact, some Progent team members do remote support exclusively.
Progent's business structure is geared towards reacting rapidly and efficiently to customer needs via knowledge exchange and collaborative problem solving. Although Progent's engineers operate with a great deal of independence, dispatching is centralized, client issues and solutions are carefully tracked, recorded, and organized for convenient retrieval, up-to-date engineer schedules are published to streamline team tasks and simplify trouble escalation, and customer approval is continually monitored. We strengthen the feeling of connection via periodic workgroup meetings and quarterly corporate events.
Most of Progent's consultants are located across Northern California, however Progent is building a quickly growing group of consulting experts throughout the United States. Our virtual office environment does away with regional boundaries that limit the productivity of traditional business models. We complete the package by providing a comprehensive benefit program to ensure the health and financial security of our team members and their families.
Just as we have awesome consultants, Progent's marketing and administration groups match the excellence that defines Progent. These high-performance contributors to our success are enabling us to target and sign up the 50-60 new clients we are now acquiring each month. We recently marked the providing of services to our 1,000th customer. Just type “Cisco consultants” or “Microsoft consultants” into Google to see for yourself why we are also an effective marketing organization.
Possessing a passion for technical excellence is a key for growth with Progent. A job in consulting will drive you to learn more than you would in any other job in network technology. Being exposed to a steady stream of network challenges is what makes professional support exciting. Clients choose a consultant to do the toughest jobs. Creative projects, leading-edge implementations, puzzling or chronic problems, and tricky migrations are the foundation for our services daily. With us, you will not stagnate or be narrowly defined, as is all too typical for network professionals in ordinary corporate roles. You will wake up every morning excited about the challenges ahead.
On the way, you will work with some wonderful folks, both by establishing close client contacts and by operating closely with other Progent consultants, where you will benefit from and add to their success. Yes, technology is vital, but Progent is a relationship-focused organization heart and soul. If you don’t offer excellent people skills or enjoy cooperating with a varied group of personalities, then we are in all likelihood a poor match.
If this sounds right for you, we urge you to talk to Progent about our view of the future of information technology consulting.
Get Lifestyle Improvements and Technical Success with Our Advanced Virtual Office Infrastructure Progent is convinced that a well designed and implemented information system can be a crucial piece for enabling any company's growth, and we apply this credo in our own network environment. We have created a fault-tolerant virtual office infrastructure that enables Progent's in-house engineers and authorized contractors to offer fast and effective support, collaborate closely on sophisticated jobs, and gain from professional and personal maturity from being a member of an exciting company ethos of personal drive and freedom.
If your office computer system combines UNIX, Linux or Sun Solaris technology with Windows, Progent can show you how to incorporate your IT resources into a cohesive environment that allows all your OS platforms to run side by side for easy administration, transparent information exchange, high dependability, superior throughput, and strong protection. Progent's UNIX and MS Windows coexistence support offerings include IT infrastructure integration and service, consulting for Microsoft Windows services for UNIX (SFU), online network monitoring and administration, remote technical help and repair, on-site technical support, and help desk call center services.
GIAC was established in 1999 to certify the skill of information technology security engineers. GIAC's goal is to assure that a certified security consultant possesses the knowledge appropriate to deliver support in key categories of network, information, and program security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by businesses and institutions around the world including and the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Progent can provide the help of GIAC certified professionals for all of the network security capabilities addressed under GIAC certification programs including auditing IT infrastructure, incident response, intrusion detection, and web-based services security.
Progent's expert support team can help you define and deploy an efficient in-place Microsoft Exchange 2007 upgrade strategy that avoids network downtime, simplifies long-term support requirements, and makes your Exchange 2007 Server easy to manage. For complicated multiple server or multi-site migrations, Progent offers the experience to finish your move quickly and economically. Progent's Microsoft Exchange 2007 support, repair, and consulting offerings include assistance with the integration of outside vendor add-ons to Microsoft Exchange 2007 Server that are in keeping with your business goals.
Progent’s staff of Microsoft and Cisco qualified consultants average longer than a decade of hands-on professional background, in the trenches of network service, performing a wide range of IT tasks for a large mix of clients. Each Progent consultant shares a refined set of personal best practices which are incorporated into company-wide best practices standards that Progent teaches its support team. This means that you get not only expert technical skills, but also a consultant with proven approaches for applying computer knowledge to resolve actual IT problems efficiently.
Progent's Microsoft certified support team can help you define and deploy an efficient in-place Exchange Server 2007 migration strategy that minimizes productivity disruption, reduces long-term service demands, and makes your Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 easy to manage. For complicated multi-server or multi-site migrations, Progent has the experience to complete your project rapidly and economically. Progent's Exchange Server 2007 support, repair, and design offerings include assistance with the configuration of third-party enhancements of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and the creation of unified messaging implementations based on Exchange Server 2007.
Progent’s Microsoft-certified consultants offer small and midsize companies computer consulting, maintenance, and repair services for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server is an advanced portal platform for intelligently connecting people, teams and information. SharePoint Portal Server offers a common spot for your workers or customers to access, manage, distribute and interact with useful information, files, and applications and to interact with one another. It allows faster and more intelligent decisions, more efficient access across groups and more economical business processes. The primary goal of SharePoint Server is to bring together, in a relevant way, all of the many sources of information accessible inside and without a business network. Windows SharePoint Services join workers, clients, workgroups and major tasks with the knowledge they’ve developed in a manner that makes data easy to find, retrieve and re-use.
Progent's pricing model is to charge for remote service and in-person visits by the minute. As a result, you are invoiced exclusively for delivered support. Progent does not impose a more expensive rate for after-hours or urgent support, and within California or in areas where Progent provides in-person support, Progent does not charge for travel time except for urgent support where on-site work is less than 4 hours. Also, Progent applies no service activation fee and asks no retainer. Many service organizations demand substantial minimum payments or charge for each quarter hour or longer. Progent's one-minute granularity eliminates large invoices for quick solutions so you will not be tempted to allow minor problems to stay unaddressed.
Progent's Microsoft-certified experts can provide network support and technology consulting services for Microsoft .NET Servers and applications and for Windows Server 2003. Progent’s support team can show you how to design, deploy, maintain and administer the entire suite of Windows .NET Servers including Windows 2000 Server, SQL Server, Microsoft ISA Server 20066, Biztalk Server, Commerce Server, Content Management Server, Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003), Exchange Server, Microsoft Application Center, SharePoint Server, SharePoint Services, Virtual Server, Microsoft Project Server, and System Center Operations Manager 2007 and MOM 2005.
Progent's Microsoft-certified Windows 2000 Server experts can provide network support and information technology consulting services for the entire family of .NET Servers, Windows Server 2000, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Progent's Microsoft Windows 2000 Server integration, optimization, and support services include network planning, deployment, documentation, local and remote technical support, Call Center outsourcing, professional security analysis, full service outsourcing, and economical co-sourcing.
Progent's experts can provide Macintosh users a variety of services such as desktop support, Apple OS X expertise, Apple Mac integration with Windows networks, Microsoft Entourage and email help, security services, and custom training. For computer networks built exclusively on Mac OS X or for systems with a mix of Mac, Linux and Windows based servers and workstations, Progent's Apple, Cisco, and Microsoft certified consultants have the experience and depth to deal with the difficulty of planning, integrating and maintaining a network environment that is available, safe, fast and aligned with your organization's objectives.
SQL Server 2005 delivers powerful, familiar tools to IT experts and network users, lessening the difficulty of creating, integrating, managing, and using company information and database programs in environments ranging from handheld devices to corporate data systems. The sophistication and integration requirements of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 require a network consultant with real-world expertise and broad knowledge in planning and building data-driven, end-to-end business technology solutions. The expertise of Progent's Microsoft-certified engineering staff, with an average of over 10 years of background involving Microsoft integration, ensures you success in designing, deploying and supporting Microsoft SQL Server 2005 solutions that are seamlessly integrated with the Microsoft .NET environment.
The Help Desk Call Center support delivery model adopted by Progent's Technical Response Center gives small and midsize organizations an dependable alternative to reliance on freelance consultants by offering broad technical knowledge accessible to numerous engineering groups, 24x7 access to urgent assistance, escalation capability to top-level experts for solving even the most complex problems, support consistency and dependability, quick follow-up enforced by veteran service administrators, a variety of convenient mechanisms for initiating service tasks, plus excellent progress visibility enabled by ticket tracking and accessible through a web-based portal.
The experience of Progent's certified Windows Server consultants, with an average of over 11 years of support in Microsoft technology, ensures you success in selecting the edition and configuration of Windows 2003 Server that aligns most closely with your business strategy. Progent can also assist you with planning, deploying, administering and troubleshooting sophisticated information technology solutions based on Windows Server, and can assist your upgrade from Windows 2000 or Windows NT.
Progent offers a variety of data transport packages from top carriers including AT&T, Speakeasy, and NextWeb. Data communications technologies offered through Progent include Dial-up, DSL, Frame Relay, T1, ATM, DS3, plus stationary and mobile wireless. Progent can help you with all aspects of creating and implementing a sensible data transport system that optimizes the productivity of your computer network. Progent can also provide consulting and support services ranging from network troubleshooting to full IT outsourcing to ensure that your data communications architecture can succeed.