Career and Freelance Opportunities at Progent Jobs for Network Consultants, Computer Support Technicians, Security Consultants, and Online Help Professionals
Progent is seeking to find fulltime, results-oriented Microsoft accredited engineers with Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer certification; Cisco certified network engineers who have Cisco CCNP or CCIE certification; security consultants with CISSP or CISA or equivalent security certification; and high-end network architecture experts with a background in mobile solutions, wireless connectivity, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, information preservation, and virtual servers. Progent also is looking for professionals to join our team of help desk support technicians and off-site troubleshooting professionals. Also, We are looking for experienced administrators who can operate effectively in our fast-paced, virtual office culture.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is an important advance in making IT networks more secure and fault tolerant, easier to virtualize and administer, faster, and able to offer an improved platform for web publishing. Progent can help your business get the most from the improvements incorporated into Microsoft Windows Server 2008 by providing certified consulting, tech support, training, staffing, network monitoring, and security engineering services.
Progent's UNIX platform support services provide small companies and developers assistance with administering and supporting UNIX, Linux or Solaris systems that coexist with Microsoft-based networks. Progent can give your organization access to UNIX experts, consulting professionals certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security specialists with CISSP certification. This broad array of experience provides you with a convenient one-stop consulting firm to help you create and maintain a protected and robust mixed-platform network and communications infrastructure that allows UNIX and Microsoft coexistence by combining Windows with major versions of UNIX including Mac OS X, Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, BSD, SCO and SGI/Irix or major Linux platforms including RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake, Debian-GNU and Slackware.
Progent has created a comprehensive support reporting system that records and formats complete documentation for all delivered support activities. Unlike many independent consultants or small support organizations who provide minimal documentation or details of tasks done, each service provided by Progent is accompanied by full documentation. Each Progent staff member has use of the support reports transmitted by every consultant to every client. The practice of detailing and archiving support activity allows more efficient service and eliminates a slew of typical misfortunes such as when a support client is virtually held hostage to a consultant who refuses to release vital service information.
Progent offers voice and VoIP services from AT&T, Broadwing, and Speakeasy. Voice communications services offered through Progent include long distance, toll-free, local, teleconference, VoIP, and wireless. Progent can also help you to integrate voice communications services into your computer environment and your operations processes so that your company gets all the advantages of the exciting convergence of voice and data solutions. Progent can provide a full range of VoIP consulting support to give your company a competitive advantage and a seamless growth path as technology advances.
Progent offers the services of CISM qualified security professionals. The Certified Information Security Manager organization defines the basic capabilities and worldwide standards of performance that information security managers are required to learn. CISM gives business management the assurance that those who have earned their CISM certification possess the experience and capability to provide effective security management and support consulting.
Progent's CISM-certified security staff can show you how to secure your Mac network through professional support offerings such as running security tests, clean up after virus and denial of service attacks, configuring firewalls, integrating secure off-site and mobile connectivity, installing monitoring software for protection against viruses, spam, and malware, and creating a company-wide security strategy appropriate for the specific objectives of your business information system.
Les Kent has a 25-year track record of effective technology integration, executive administration, sales, and operations. He has shown a knack for developing sophisticated IT solutions in his roles as as a system architect, software developer, project manager, implementation expert, and troubleshooter for small businesses, new ventures, and global corporations.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have more than 1o years of experience delivering e-mail, electronic messaging, and email and telephony integration support for small companies as well as large corporations. Progent provides affordable Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 support to enhance email and virus protection, configure fault tolerant email environments, and facilitate remote and mobile email connectivity. Progent’s Microsoft Exchange consulting services can help you in planning and carrying out a move from an outdated SMPT server or unsupported Microsoft Email software such as Microsoft Exchange 5.5 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. In addition offers XP and Vista desktop Microsoft Email support for Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook and can show you how to integrate Microsoft Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Outlook XP. For e-mail virus defense and spam blocking, Progent offers expertise with Postini's heuristic rules analysis and Trend Micro's security products. Progent is a certified Postini aggregator. As a Postini reseller, Progent can help small companies take advantage of Postini’s enterprise-class spam blocking technology.
Microsoft Windows Active Directory requires extensive hands-on experience to integrate efficiently across an enterprise. Progent’s Microsoft certified engineers are skilled in planning, deploying, and supporting complex Enterprise AD installations. Progent’s areas of expertise with Windows 2003 AD include replication issues, multi-domain partition configurations, correcting corrupted AD objects, dealing with legacy legacy software configuration objects in production AD environments, and fixing failed installations of AD and Active Directory-associated applications.
Microsoft CRM helps mid-market businesses nurture positive customer interactions. Built-in Sales and Customer Service modules enable employees to share data to help promote selling success and offer consistent, efficient customer service. Progent can configure the optimal network infrastructure, including local and offsite wireless connectivity, to back Microsoft CRM, and Progent's Experts Team can supply your Bay Area company with a certified MS CRM professional who can help you combine Microsoft Dynamics CRM with your marketing or customer support databases.
Stealth intrusion checking is an important component of any comprehensive IT system security plan. Progent’s security professionals can run thorough intrusion tests without the awareness of your organization's in-house IT staff. Unannounced penetration checking shows whether current security monitoring systems such as intrusion detection warnings and event log monitoring are correctly set up and actively observed.
Progent’s Wireless Consulting Services provide a convenient, affordable option for small business IT systems to incorporate the latest wireless connectivity technology. Few small organizations have in-house computer groups with the resources to keep up to date on the dynamic world of wireless products and services, and even fewer have the hands-on experience to see through the hype and identify and configure the best solutions for Wi-Fi wireless LAN (WLAN), mobile access, and small business wireless security. For 802.11 WiFi environments, Progent can help you design and install 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g compatible wireless link appliances such as the Cisco Aironet wireless access point. Progent can also show you how to configure an acceptable degree of 802.11x security. For wireless messaging and wireless Internet applications for mobile users, Progent can help with handheld computers such as the Research In Motion Blackberry (RIM Blackberry) for wireless email, as well as wireless PDAs, smartphones, and Pocket PCs based on Microsoft Mobile operating systems with Activesync. Progent’s expertise with the Proxim Tsunami wireless bridge allows you to test11:10 AM 6/27/2006 and install building-to-building wireless access.
