Full-time and Subcontract Openings with Progent Work for Talented Network Consultants, Computer Service Specialists, Network Security Consultants, and Application Developers
One of the top IT consultant firms for small and midsize business networks, Progent maintains a large team of talented service professionals who concentrate on mainstream technologies such as:
Microsoft Windows technology
Cisco Integrated Services Routers, Catalyst switches, firewalls, plus Voice over IP and Virtual Private Network solutions
Network security analysis
Advanced system architecture
Remote troubleshooting and network administration
Our Experts Team, which contracts independent consultants certified and coordinated by Progent, offers exceptionally specialized knowledge in a wide range of vital software applications and networking solutions that include:
Apple OS networking and applications
Expertise for Linux-based, UNIX-based, and Sun systems
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management consulting
Line-of-business and specialized program support
Chief Information Officer, management information analyst, and project logistics outsourcing
Special program development and deployment
Web, eCommerce, Electronic Data Interchange, and client portal design and deployment
Database management and performance consulting
Management intelligence expertise
Telecommunications systems consulting
Innovative models for acquiring clients, delivering service, maintaining a dynamic working environment, and providing highly competitive compensation have enabled Progent to become among the fastest expanding and most well recognized Microsoft Gold Partners consultant organizations in the United States and to build a worldwide organization for delivering remote IT assistance. If you are an accredited IT technician or network consultant with an orientation towards a client service and strong people skills, consulting professionals will discover Progent a chance for increasing your professional skills, developing a more rewarding career, and achieving financial success.
Find Out Additional Information Concerning Working with Progent
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Consulting Careers at Progent
Progent is looking for a variety of full-time workers such as solutions-driven Microsoft MCSE and MCP network engineers; connectivity experts who have Cisco certification; and consultants for fault-tolerant system design with experience in mobile connectivity, wireless integration, high-availability systems, business continuity solutions, data preservation, and VMware technology. We are also hiring workstation support technicians, remote troubleshooting professionals, and CISA or CISM certified security consultants. Progent is also hiring experienced managers able to perform efficiently in our dynamic, virtual office model. Learn more details concerning full-time consulting positions at Progent by visiting Full-time Careers at Progent.
Freelance Opportunities with Progent
Progent contracts independent professionals who have specialized expertise and field experience in high-demand IT areas beyond Progent's main technical focus. Progent's Experts Group employs freelance consultants who can provide advice and development support for line-of-business solutions that include Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM; possess specialized knowledge of non-Microsoft operating systems such as Linux derivatives, Macintosh, or Solaris, or offer expert help in areas such as telecommunications, web site design, EDI, eCommerce, or database management. Freelance consultants qualified by Progent coordinate with Progent's in-house engineers to provide comprehensive solutions for small and midsize company networks. To find out additional information concerning freelance opportunities with our Experts Consulting Group, see Freelance Opportunities with Progent.
How Progent Is Exceptional
Progent has been able to attract the top professional experts by being unique. With a powerful blend of enterprising spirit, dedication to client satisfaction, use of state-of-the-art technology, and a flexible work model that accommodates life-style options for Progent's team members, Progent creates a stimulating culture for select consultants who posses a drive for quickly enhancing their professional abilities to deliver concrete solutions for a variety of organizations and technical environments. Learn additional information concerning reasons Progent is unique by going to How We Are Exceptional.
Progent's Virtual Office Work Environment
Our virtual office network provides state-of-the-art technologies that enable remote support, wireless communication, convenient access to Progent's support databases, and instant cooperation with mobile colleagues to help you to deal with business-critical IT issues. Progent's virtual office setting allows consultants to focus on delivering service rather than fighting commutes and helps you build lasting client relationships by enabling you to come up with fast, effective, and affordable solutions. If you want to find out more details about Progent's virtual office business model, visit Progent virtual Office Work Environment.
Compensation Model and Benefit Packages
Progent's compensation model is based on revenue sharing. What you make is directly tied to what you contribute. Consultants have the option of focusing on quality of life and electing to work at a more relaxed pace, utilizing Progent's versatile structure to make time for personal pursuits, or you can take advantage of the chance to earn significant money through hard work and lots of hours. Progent also offers comprehensive family health care coverage plus numerous other benefits. Learn more details about our compensation model and benefit packages by referring to Our Compensation and Benefits.
Here is a description of some current job opportunities:
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Operations Administrator Position
Progent is looking for a motivated individual for the work-at-home role of Operations Administrator to assist the Director of Operations with the daily management of financial information, currently using QuickBooks, in performing expense and asset management responsibilities for a small, rapidly growing business.
IT Recruitment Manager Job
Progent has an opening for a senior administrator tasked with hiring technical personnel to join Progent's group of support specialists who provide IT outsourcing and network consulting services to clients worldwide.
Personal Assistant to the President Job
Progent now has a telecommuting job for an Personal Assistant to the President to work with the president of Progent to oversee of a broad range of non-engineering responsibilities including call screening, record keeping, administration, special projects, shipping time-critical documents, managing scheduled sales and engineering meetings, scanning and filing documents, obtaining signatures, managing printing, making transportation bookings, and managing the president's calendar.
Technical Response Center Coordinator Job
Progent has a position for a talented individual for the job of Technical Response Center (TRC) Coordinator working with an innovative high tech business in a dynamic environment. The TRC Coordinator is to be the first point of contact for incoming Technical Response Center and Main number calls and must present 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 routine operations of Progent’s Customer Care program, including duties such as First Service follow up interviews. The Customer Services Administrative Assistant provides an assortment of administrative responsibilities for the Director of Customer Services to ensure Progent delivers exceptional client care.
Market Development Manager Job
The Business Development Representative is a top level sales manager charged with selling Progent's broad range of network outsourcing and consulting services and functioning as the front-line client liaison. The Business Development Representative is a member of the management group, working in sync with the President and Directors and Managers to ensure that corporate targets are accomplished and that quality services are delivered to our clients.
Senior Network Consulting Expert, MCSE Job
Progent is looking for an experienced, Microsoft-certified support engineer to join Progent's full-time group of consulting professionals. Applicant must have communication skills as well as IT knowledge and must be success oriented.
Desktop Engineer Job
Progent is looking for a Desktop Support Expert to assist Progent clients to support all users of workstation and notebook PCs powered by Microsoft Windows 2000, Vista, and XP platforms. Work closely with client's management or IT group or under the direction of a Progent Senior Consultant to help the customer's end users.
Senior Remote Support Expert Job
Progent is seeking a Senior Remote Support Engineer to assist a range of Progent's clients to maintain and support computer networks off-site, using advanced technology including Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 and the MS .NET platform.
Senior Remote Network Support Engineer Positions in Australia
Progent is looking for a Senior Remote Network Support Specialist in Australia to work with a range of Progent's worldwide clients to manage and repair computer systems via phone or online access.
Certified Cisco Engineer Jobs
Progent is seeking a Senior Cisco Engineer with CCIE or CCNA certification to work with Progent's team of experts to assist customers to design, integrate, manage, and troubleshoot small business networks that incorporate Cisco products.
Certified Security Consultant Jobs
Progent is looking for a Certified Security Consultant with CISSP or similar security certification to join Progent's team of experts to provide small businesses a full range of security consulting such as system security evaluation, security testing, security planning, network monitoring, security modeling, access management solutions expertise, operations security, and business continuity planning.
If you would like to enquire about any position shown above, please send your background information to jobs@progent.com. Please copy the job codes of the jobs that interest you.
Additional Facts About Work at Progent
Career Jobs for Network Engineers, Computer Support Technicians, Security Experts, and Remote Help Technicians Progent wants to hire full-time, results-oriented Microsoft accredited engineers with MCSE or MCP credentials; Cisco certified network engineers who have CCIE credentials; security consultants with CISSP, CISM, or CISA or comparable security certification; and advanced network design consultants with a background in mobile access, wireless connectivity, high availability, disaster recovery, data preservation, and virtual servers. Progent also is looking for employees who can join our staff of helpdesk service specialists and off-site troubleshooting experts. Also, Progent is hiring talented managers able to perform effectively in Progent's high-growth, virtual office environment.
By maintaining a staff of talented and motivated professionals, providing world-class client care, and following a strong value-focused fee model, We have managed to increase our customer base dramatically while delivering professional support to hundreds of companies in Northern California and throughout the United States. An advanced virtual office network, a shared information base, and a team strategy for problem solving have allowed Progent to retain a skilled consulting team and a satisfied customer list.
For an information technology consultant with troubleshooting expertise, teaming with Progent or working for Progent's clients can expand your knowledge through cooperation with our group of mutually team-oriented, talented consultants. Our focus on providing information technology consulting and computer help to small companies will give you the opportunity to work intimately with decision makers and add appreciably to the growth of exciting companies.
We are hiring consultants that can show verifiable credentials related to their special focus. For example, if you are a Microsoft expert, you must have your MCSE certificate. In the case of Cisco consultants, show us your CCIE or Cisco Certified Network Professional credential. For security, you should show you Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Information Security Manager, or other top security credentials. Naturally, Progent is aware of "paper experts". Nevertheless, simply because a certificate can not ensure expertise is no excuse for not having one. If you know your field, then the majority of these tests should present no challenge. The point is that if you are an expert, then customers deserve to see credentials. We can broadcast your skills, but you should have basic certifications for Progent to market. In case you are strongly against the idea of credentials, Progent can understand and honor your opinion, but you are probably not an appropriate candidate.
Freelance Work for Qualified Application Specialists for Windows, Apple OS, Linux/UNIX, and Sun Solaris Technology For over two decades, Progent's computer engineers have provided low-cost and effective computer consulting expertise for companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and across the United States. An advanced virtual office network, a shared support database, and a team approach to problem solving have enabled us to retain a talented staff and quickly grow a loyal customer base.
The Experts Group is Progent's way to provide customers the help of specialized information technology consulting engineers who have advanced knowledge and work experience in important areas outside of Progent's primary concentration in system infrastructure and security. Experts Team consultants are typically freelance engineers and occasionally "moonlighters" who are thoroughly certified by Progent to collaborate with our in-house consultants to deliver end-to-end, enterprise-class information technology solutions to small and midsize companies. We are always enhancing the Experts Team in order to meet the particular requirements of our customer base.
Progent's Experts Group currently provides support in these areas:
Macintosh networking and applications
Support for Linux-based, UNIX-powered, and Sun Solaris systems
MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or CRM expertise
Mission-critical and vertical program help
CIO, management information analyst, and project management services
Custom program design and integration
Web, eCommerce, Electronic Data Interchange, and client portal development and deployment
SQL support and performance consulting
Management information consulting
Telecommunications architecture consulting
Advantages of becoming part of Progent's Experts Team include:
By working with us, you can benefit from the momentum of our dramatic expansion and excellent recognition in the market. By maintaining a team of talented and dedicated professionals, offering attentive client support, and practicing a proven, ROI-oriented billing model, Progent has multiplied our clientele over the past few years and Progent currently provides professoinal support to hundreds of businesses in California and across the United States.
Our experienced marketing team takes care of all facets of marketing your services and technical expertise into our rapidly expanding client base, so you expend less effort finding customers and extra time making money.
We will facilitate communications between you and Progent's key group of expert Microsoft and Cisco qualified consultants who are the gateway to the key executives among our customers.
Progent's sales and operations groups will take care of the entire sales and contracting cycle, from lead generation, job qualification, client requirements description, skills matching, project analysis proposal writing, contract negotiation and execution. Your entire focus stays with providing high-level consulting service.
We will gives you access to Progent's sophisticated virtual office environment, including professional meeting/work locations throughout Northern California, and Internet and telecomm access anywhere in the U.S.
You will have the benefit of Progent's extensive database, best practices procedures, library of template-deliverable documents, and the shared expertise from one of Northern California's largest pool of experienced consulting engineers.
We will share special benefits from top vendors such as Microsoft and Cisco, including no-cost ordiscounted training classes, web connections to special vendor troubleshooting utilities and technical maintenance resources, and on-line internal use software for training and/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 no charge to be a member of Progent's Experts Team, but we do have strict qualifications for membership:
You should have a strong track record as a consultant working on your own in your area of expertise, including a minimum two year record of completed consulting jobs or you must have your own active customer base for which you currently provide ongoing consulting activity.
You should show that you have expertise in your field of specialization, including showing an extensive task-relevant record and strong references, and have current vendor and/or industry professional qualifications.
You need to know how to carry yourself in a professional manner and be self driven and assured in your abilities. You must have excellent inter-personal skills and be able to work efficiently alone or as part of a team.
You must be able to articulate proper expectations to clients and other Progent team members and you need to know how scope out projects, create project plans, and define realistic work schedules.
Enhance Your Abilities with Advanced Technology and Joining the Top Group of Network Engineers Progent's business climate will make you a better consultant by improving your technical skills and increasing the satisfaction of your clients. Progent makes good on this promise by recruiting the best consulting talent for you to operate with, providing a state-of-the-art network and communications architecture, running proprietary software tools to enable the maximum quality of support, and by optimizing proven business models for finding and keeping clients.
The decisive factor that separates us from other consulting firms is the quality of our consultants. Out of the scores of consulting experts who have joined us, we have recruited top talent across a wide range of technologies. Whether it’s Microsoft servers, Cisco switches, network security, Macintosh, Linux/UNIX, server virtualization, or other key technologies, we deploy professionals who can enable you to be effective on major jobs by leveraging the collective experience of Progent's group of professionals.
To promote the success of Progent's consultants, we invest significantly in making available the best tools to do the work properly. Progent will leverage information technology to an impressive degree and our state-of-the-art virtual office environment enables effortless connectivity, collaboration, and knowledge exchange with other Progent consultants — entirely from at-home or on-the-road offices. You don’t waste time or forfeit revenue because of regular drives to a physical office building, and any driving you do for in-person customer work is determined by your own time table, not ours. The most attractive benefit is that much of our consulting services can be done off-site, offering 100% productivity for income-producing hours. In fact, some of our team members do remote consulting only.
Progent's operations are set up for responding quickly and efficiently to client requirements through knowledge sharing and cooperative problem resolution. Even though our consultants work with a great deal of freedom, dispatching is centralized, client problems and solutions are meticulously tracked, recorded, and organized for convenient reference, up-to-date engineer schedules are broadcast to streamline team tasks and enable trouble escalation, and client satisfaction is continually evaluated. We reinforce the feeling of cooperation through periodic workgroup meetings and quarterly company-wide events.
The majority of Progent's consultants are situated throughout California, but Progent is attracting a quickly expanding team of network professionals throughout the United States. Progent's virtual office infrastructure does away with regional boundaries that restrict the productivity of traditional business structures. We enhance the package by providing a full benefit program to promote the physical health and financial welfare of our team members and their families.
Just as we have awesome consultants, our marketing and administration groups match the excellence that characterizes Progent. These high-performance contributors to our growth are helping us to identify and land the scores of new clients we are currently acquiring every month. Progent lately marked the delivery of services to our 1,000th client. Try typing “Cisco consultants” or “Microsoft consultants” into Google to see for yourself why we are also an effective sales operation.
Having a passion for technical excellence is a key for growth with Progent. A job in consulting will drive you to enhance your skills more than is possible in any other job in information technology. Being exposed to a continual stream of technical challenges is what makes consulting exciting. Clients choose consultants to perform the “hard stuff.” Innovative projects, advanced deployments, vexing or entrenched issues, and tricky upgrades are the foundation for our services daily. At Progent, you will not stagnate or be narrowly defined, as is sadly typical for network engineers in traditional corporate jobs. You will awake every day excited about the opportunities to come.
On the way, you will work with some wonderful people, both by building close client relationships and by working closely with other Progent team members, where you will learn from and add to their growth. Of course, technology is vital, but we are a relationship-oriented company through and through. If you do not offer strong communications skills or enjoy cooperating with a varied group of personalities, then we are probably not a good match.
If this seems good to you, we invite you to contact us about our view of the future of information technology consulting.
Get Quality of Life Benefits and Technical Success with Progent's Sophisticated Virtual Office Infrastructure Progent believes that a well architected and executed network is a pivotal factor for accelerating a firm's success, and Progent applies this belief in our corporate system environment. We have created a fault-tolerant virtual office infrastructure that enables Progent's in-house engineers and authorized contractors to offer fast and efficient support, collaborate closely on sophisticated jobs, and experience career and personal growth by acting as part of a dynamic business ethos of self motivation and independence.
Progent's Apple OS X and Windows service experts can help you combine Apple Macintosh and Windows computers into cohesive environments with full sharing and workgroup functionality. Allowing efficient cooperation among a mix of servers and workstations powered by Mac OS X and Windows calls for extensive knowledge of and experience with Mac and Microsoft products. Progent's qualifications in Microsoft and Apple service makes it possible to provide world class support to companies that rely on these technologies to maintain their competitive advantage.
Progent's Microsoft-certified support team offers computer help and information technology expertise for Microsoft Operations Manager and for the growing family of Application Management Packs that bring the benefits of MOM to a broad array of vital applications. Progent offers consulting for MOM 2005 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 to bring small information systems maximum availability, security and performance. Progent can help you benefit from Microsoft Operations Manager by performing needs analysis, deployment, setup, customization, troubleshooting, Help Desk support, security planning, and management. With over five years of experience with the NetIQ technology upon which MOM is based, Progent's network consulting experts can provide small businesses world-class support for MOM.
Progent’s experienced Cisco network security consultants offer high-level PIX and ASA Firewall consulting support covering architecture, configuration, and management of Cisco firewall and Cisco security technology. The PIX and ASA Series of Cisco firewall products delivers strong user and application policy enforcement, sophisticated attack defense, and safe connectivity services. Ranging from compact, easy-to-install desktop devices for small and home offices to scalable enterprise-class appliances, Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewalls offer a high level of protection, performance, and high reliability for IT systems of all sizes. PIX and ASA Firewalls are based on a hardened, purpose-built operating system,eliminating possible OS-specific security gaps.
Progent offers the expertise of CISM certified security professionals. The Certified Information Security Manager organization describes the basic competencies and worldwide standards of skill that information security professionals are expected to learn. CISM provides business management the assurance that those who have earned their CISM credential possess the experience and capability to deliver effective security administration and consulting services.
Progent can provide you with programmers who can customize your Microsoft Business Solutions ERP, MRP, and accounting system packages to meet your particular company requirements. Progent’s Microsoft support experts provide expertise in Microsoft AX ERP Software, Microsoft Microsoft Navision, Microsoft Dynamics SL 6.5 Accounting Software, and Microsoft Business Solutions Retail Management System. Progent also offers custom e-Commerce consulting services for secure, company-wide resource sharing plus integration with Customer Relationship Management packages.
Progent's Data Center engineers can help you select high availability data centers that match the particular requirements of your business. High availability co-location sites are particularly appealing to small businesses due to of their affordability and convenience in comparison to taking a do-it-yourself strategy. Attempting to design an in-house data center with even a basic degree of fault tolerance is financially prohibitive for most small businesses. Progent is ready to show you how to reap all the benefits of non-stop data centers and fault tolerant colo sites by providing a complete range of consulting and support services.
Progent's certified professionals provide technical support and IT consulting expertise for Exchange 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, and for the complete line of Microsoft Servers. Progent's upgrade, configuration, management, and troubleshooting services for Exchange Server include planning, deployment, documentation, onsite and remote troubleshooting, Help Desk outsourcing, expert security consulting, and comprehensive IT outsourcing.
Progent’s Microsoft qualified consultants offer small and midsize companies experienced support services for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM 2005) and Microsoft Operations Manager 2000. Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 delivers open and expandable enterprise-class system management by featuring comprehensive event management, 24x7 monitoring and alerts, reporting and tendency analysis, and system and application-specific intelligence and routines to improve the manageability of Windows Server System environments. Through internal application profiles, Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 helps you identify your system reliability problems before they grow into disasters, increase the efficiency of your IT operations via specified best practices, and support your IT operations and senior management by sharing key service level and capacity data. Progent’s MOM consulting engineers have extensive hands-on familiarity with MOM 2000 and MOM 2005 and can help your company install and customize MOM in order to maximize the availability and productivity of your IT system.
Nagios and MRTG are useful, license-free monitoring tools that run on Linux and can be used to monitor UNIX/Linux environments, MS Windows systems, or multi-platform networks where Linux and Microsoft Windows run side by side. The Nagios monitor lets network managers to track network services including POP3, HTTP, FTP, and NNTP. MRTG permits you to track the traffic through SNMP-enabled network appliances including servers, routers, and switches. Progent's system monitoring consultants can show you how to use both these programs to streamline and repair your computer network.
Years of experience with Microsoft's Exchange products has made Progent one of the most qualified computer support companies in California for configuring email solutions based on Exchange Server 2000. Progent is expert in helping small companies get all the benefits of Exchange Server under common scenarios such as upgrading from Microsoft Exchange 5.5, moving from an ISP-provided or POP3 mail environment, and outsourcing your Microsoft Exchange Server management.
Progent can show you how to plan an efficient Wireless LAN architecture, select appropriate components, and integrate wireless access points, 802.11 wireless LAN client adapters, bridges, radio antennas and various wireless appliances. Progent can also help you put together a thorough 802.11 system security strategy that is well integrated with the security plan for your overall corporate network.
