Career and Contract Work with Progent
Questions and Answers: Jobs for Network Consultants,
Security Consultants, and Application Specialists
What does Progent do?
Progent is one of America's top independent network consulting companies for small businesses. Progent's staff of Microsoft and Cisco certified consultants concentrate on mainstream services that include Microsoft servers, desktops, and applications; Cisco network infrastructure, firewalls, and VoIP products; security consulting; and remote support and administration. Progent also offers specialized services in a wide variety of applications and technologies including Apple Macintosh support; Linux, UNIX, and Sun Solaris consulting; plus MRP, ERP, management reporting, and CRM support and custom programming.
What types of full-time jobs are available at Progent?
Progent is seeking to hire full-time MCSE-certified engineers, Cisco certified consulting professionals, security specialists, desktop support technicians, remote
troubleshooting experts, and experienced managers who can excel in Progent's dynamic business culture.
Does Progent work with independent contractors?
Progent's Experts Team provides clients with the services of specialized IT consulting professionals who have in-depth technical expertise and work experience in key areas beyond Progent's primary focus in network infrastructure and security. Experts Team consultants are sometimes freelance contractors who have been certified by Progent to cooperate with Progent's full-time staff to offer advanced, end-to-end IT solutions. Progent continually expands the Experts Team to meet the needs of our growing client base.
What are the advantages of working with Progent?
Innovative models for client acquisition, service delivery, work environment, and employee compensation have allowed Progent to become one of the fastest growing and most well respected Microsoft Partners in the United States. If you are a certified IT technician or network consultant strong people skills and a commitment to excellent service, you should consider Progent as an opportunity for enhancing your technical ability, developing a more independent lifestyle, and achieving financial success.
What is Progent's compensation model?
Compensation at Progent is based on revenue sharing. Similar to an independent consultant, your earnings are tied to your performance. Some Progent consultants choose to work at a more relaxed pace, using a self-determined schedule to allow time for personal pursuits. Other consultants focus on maximizing income and working long hours. Progent's philosophy is to let the consultant decide on an appropriate workload and Progent's marketing, sales, virtual infrastructure, and operational procedures will ensure that you are well compensated for the time you spend helping clients. Progent's top consultants are making $165K/year.
What benefit packages are available to Progent's full-time employees?
Progent's full-time employees are provided competitive options for family medical benefits.
What geographic areas are supported by Progent?
Progent's consultants who offer on-site service are in select cities throughout the United States. Progent specializes in remote network troubleshooting and management services, so opportunities are available for certified support professionals anywhere in the U.S. For situations that require on-site service, Progent's remote support consultants often team up with on-site engineers to provide clients with the most cost-effective solutions available. Progent's remote support experts are also experienced in working with a client's in-house IT staff and can guide on-site personnel to perform hands-on tasks when necessary.
Do I need certification to work with Progent?
In a word, YES. Progent is seeking consultants with industry-standard certifications for the fields in which they specialize. For example, Microsoft experts should have earned MCSE certificates, Cisco consultants should have CCIE credentials, and security specialists should have a CISSP, CISA, CISM, or equivalent security credential. Progent acknowledges that a credential is not a guarantee of excellence, but as a professional consulting firm Progent believes that clients expect and deserve to be served by experts who have taken the time and effort to earn appropriate credentials. Progent actively encourages all staff consultants to earn additional credentials by subsiding training classes and aggressively marketing the services of consultants with the top certifications.
Can I moonlight at Progent?
If you are not ready to leave your current employment but are interested in working as a part-time contractor for Progent, it is important that your existing employer permits this outside activity. If so, and if you have a technical specialty that allows you to offer in-depth expertise in an area not supported by Progent's core consulting staff, you should contact Progent to find out about contracting opportunities.
How do I apply for a position at Progent?
If you are interested in applying for a full-time job or contracting opportunity at Progent, please e-mail your resume to jobs@progent.com. If you are interested in a specific full-time job opening, please include Progent's job code for that position.
Below is a description of some available job opportunities:
Job Code P014
Sr. Microsoft Computer Consulting Expert
Progent is looking for experienced Sr. Microsoft computer consulting experts in the to assist a range of small businesses to maintain IT environments powered by Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2016, 2012, 2008, and Exchange 2007 to 2016. Important fields of expertise include system architecture, AD design and repair, Exchange-based messaging, security, and server monitoring.
More information on Senior Microsoft IT Consulting Expert Positions
Job Code P016
Desktop Engineer
Progent is looking for Desktop Support Experts to assist Progent's clients with maintenance, break/fix and project work. This is a 1099 consulting position that will be performed at Progent's client locations in the . Daytime availability is required, Monday through Friday. Our consultant will maintain and support clients of all desktop and notebook computers powered by the latest Microsoft technologies. In addition, work extensively with client's executives, management, IT staff or under the direction or guidance of our senior consultant to support the client's end users.
Details on Desktop Support Expert Positions
Job Code P018
Senior Microsoft Information Technology Consulting Expert - New York Metro, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles Areas
Progent is seeking experienced Senior Microsoft computer consultants in the New York metro, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles areas to help a range of small businesses maintain IT environments based on Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2016, 2012, 2008, and Microsoft Exchange 2007 through 2016. Key areas of expertise include system infrastructure, AD design and troubleshooting, Exchange-based messaging, security, and server monitoring.
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Senior Exchange Expert - Remote
Progent is seeking a Sr. Microsoft Exchange expert to spearhead large-scale Microsoft Exchange design and implementation initiatives. The ideal candidate would be a computer consultant with subject matter expertise in the area of Microsoft Exchange 2007 through 2019 and Office 365 Exchange Online and with a thorough understanding of Microsoft AD. This position demands a background in the consulting, system design, implementation and support of these platforms.
Details about Sr. Microsoft Exchange Expert Jobs
Job Code S25
Business Development Representative - Los Angeles and New York Metro Areas
Progent is looking for a Business Development Representative (BDR) to work as a senior sales executive who is responsible for selling the company's broad portfolio of IT outsourcing and network consulting, and application development services. Activities of the Business Development Representative include:
- Generating and explaining crucial components of consulting propositions that tie Progent's services with an organization's IT goals
- Maintaining excellent relationships with clients
- Providing ongoing client management and developing follow-on engagements
- Explaining rapidly evolving technology
If you wish to ask about any opening listed above, please e-mail your resume to jobs@progent.com. Be sure to include the code numbers of the positions of interest.
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VMware NSX Design Consultant
VMware NSX and Site Recovery Manager Technology Professional
VMware's NSX virtual network platform enables you to create entire networks in software. NSX permits virtual networks to be deployed instantly and managed with a high degree of automation independent of the physical components used by the underlying IP network. VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) supports automated recovery, application mobility, and non-intrusive site relocation, failback and re-protect. Site Recovery Manager also enables non-intrusive testing for site recovery, updates and patches and can generate audit reports to confirm full service restoration, validate Service Level Agreements and prove compliance. When integrated with VMware's NSX virtual network platform, VMware SRM can quickly restore the complete virtualized network topology at the secondary datacenter. Progent can provide the skills of a VCDX certified VMware NSX consulting expert and VMware SRM integration specialist to help you to plan, deploy, test and administer a DR system based on VMware SRM and VMware NSX.
Windows Server 2016 Stretch Clusters Integration Services
Windows Server 2016 High Availability On-site Technical Support
Progent's Windows Server 2016 disaster recovery experts can assist you to plan and deploy a disaster recovery system built around Microsoft's latest Failover Clustering technologies including Cluster OS Rolling Upgrade for non-disruptive migration to Windows Server 2016, Storage Replica for zero-data-loss Recovery Point Objective (RPO), Storage Spaces Direct for enterprise-class storage clusters using industry-standard hardware, VM Load Balancing for enhancing the performance and resilience of Failover Clusters while minimizing TCO and operational expenses, and Cloud Witness for fast, affordable creation of a failover cluster quorum witness.
Anti-Virus Support Services
Postini Consulting
E-Mail Guard is a complete solution for blocking spam and virus attacks. E-Mail Guard addresses the protection and administration of corporate email by providing constantly updated spam and virus filtering, policy administration, content testing, and protection against email-based DHA and DDoS attacks. E-Mail Guard also features monitoring, administration and reporting tools plus outbound email testing to let you fix your e-mail environment and define and regulate company email policy.
Award Winning Lync Server 2013 and Active Directory Specialists
Lync Server 2013 Front End Pool Pairing Consultants
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist you to evaluate the benefits of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 for your environment and can help you to plan and execute a rollout of Lync Server that consolidates the control of Instant Messaging and Presence and increases the output of your office employees, telecommuters, and mobile workforce. Progent's consultant's can also help you to perform an efficient migration to Microsoft Lync Server from Office Communications Server or from Microsoft Live Communications Server, interface Lync Server with Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Microsoft SQL Server, show you how to run Lync Server 2010 to improve the collaborative functions of Microsoft Office programs, and provide training and ongoing support for Microsoft Lync Server and other Microsoft technologies.
Microsoft Windows 2003 Support and Help
Services Windows Server 2003
The service background of Progent's certified Windows Server consulting team, with an average of over 10 years of support in Microsoft integration, assures you success in selecting the edition and set up of Windows 2003 Server that aligns best with your company's goals. Progent can also assist you with designing, deploying, administering and troubleshooting sophisticated information technology solutions based on Windows Server, and can assist your migration from Windows 2000 Server or Microsoft Windows NT.
SharePoint Portal Server Online Help
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2003 Network Consulting
Progent's Microsoft-certified experts can show you how to evaluate the economic justification for deploying SharePoint 2007, consult with you on the appropriate edition of SharePoint Portal Server for your circumstances, provide configuration and deployment expertise, assist you to install MS SQL Server as a back-end database manager, optimize your network integrity, integrate your standard and customized application programs to operate with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007, design a company-wide security strategy that encompasses portal solutions, and provide maintenance and Help Desk support.
iPhone and Power BI integration Specialist
iPad integration Support
Progent offers cost-effective remote consulting to assist you to design, configure, and troubleshoot any aspect of your iOS and Windows integration efforts and is available for short-term jobs to help you get past occasional technical roadblocks or major engagements to help you finish business-critical initiatives on time and within budget. Progent has experience in on-premises, cloud-based, or hybrid environments and can help you create or maintain a resilient, protected and scalable infrastructure that is best suited to your computing model. Progent can also provide online or on-premises training for individuals or groups to show you how to manage and use your iOS devices in a secure, team-oriented environment that maximizes the strategic value of your information system.
Excel Power Query Contract Programming Firm
Excel 2010 Consultancy
Progent's certified Office Excel and Office 365 Excel consultants offer a broad range of online support services to help your organization to plan, program, test, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot business applications based on any release of Microsoft Excel, including Office Excel desktop and Microsoft Office 365 Excel. Progent can assist your business to migrate your legacy Excel solutions to the latest releases of Excel, support Excel on Apple iOS-based iPhones and iPads and Google Android smartphones and tablets, and resolve compatibility issues between various versions of Office Excel. Progent offers as-needed help to clients looking for a quick solution to a stubborn issue associated with Excel and Progent can also provide comprehensive project management support for migrating or creating mission-critical application software built on Office Excel. Progent's affordable webinar training classes for Excel can be custom tailored to address the special requirements of individuals or teams.
SCCM 2016 Computer Consultants
System Center 2016 Configuration Manager Technology Consulting
Progent's Microsoft-certified consulting experts have more than 10 years of background planning, deploying, enhancing and fixing Microsoft SCOM solutions and can provide companies of any size advanced remote or onsite consulting support for System Center 2012 Operations Manager. Progent can assist you to plan an architecture for System Center 2012 Operations Manager servers that delivers the performance and resilience needed to monitor your datacenter efficiently, whether your datacenters are on-premises, in the cloud, or a mixed solution. Progent can also assist you to install and set up System Center 2012 Operations Manager management packs based on leading practices for monitoring network infrastructure and both Microsoft and third-party applications and services. Also, Progent can deliver fast online or on-premises troubleshooting to help you to fix critical issues detected by System Center 2012 Operations Manager.
Windows Server 2019 Hybrid Configuration Computer Engineer
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 IT Services
Progent's certified Windows Server 2019 consultants can help your organization to plan and carry out a cost-effective migration to Windows Server 2019 using existing deployment architecture or a new cloud-based or hybrid deployment model. Windows Server 2019 offers major enhancements in capacity, performance, manageability, Hyper-V virtualization, security and compliance, hybrid local/cloud integration, resilience, and container support.
Consult Skype for Business dial plans
Consulting Skype for Business security
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 provides Instant Messaging, Real Presence, audio and video conferencing, desktop collaboration, as well as IP-based and PSTN calling. Microsoft Lync 2010 can enhance the functionality of Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint and Office or Office 365 and simplify management through integration with Windows AD. Lync 2010 can also reduce capital and operational costs by eliminating VoIP equipment and subscription fees, PBX systems, or conventional teleconferencing solutions. Progent's Microsoft-certified IM and Presence experts can provide online and onsite support to assist your company to maintain and repair your current Lync Server 2010 deployment or assess the advantages of migrating from Lync to Skype for Business, which is the renamed and revamped version of the product. Progent can also assist you to plan and execute an efficient Skype for Business migration.
Microsoft Consulting Best Practices Computer Consulting Company
Microsoft Consulting Best Practices Network Service
Progent’s team of Microsoft and Cisco Certified experts average more than a decade of real-world professional experience, at the front lines of IT service, executing a broad range of technical tasks for an extensive array of clients. Each Progent consultant shares a refined collection of personal best practices which are combined into shared leading practices standards that Progent teaches its support team. This guarantees that you get not only expert technical capability, but also a consultant with proven approaches for using computer knowledge to solve real-world IT problems rapidly.
Microsoft Exchange On-site Support
Exchange 2013 Performance Tuning On-site Support
Exchange Server 2013 includes major improvements to the capabilities of its predecessor Exchange 2010 and introduces powerful new features as well as a revamped architecture. These enhancements favorably impact vital areas such as ease of administration, availability, compliance, cost of ownership, collaboration, extensibility, throughput, cross-version interoperability, and productivity. Progent's certified Exchange Server 2013 consultants can assist your organization to evaluate the potential business benefits of migrating to Exchange 2013, create an efficient validation and rollout plan, and educate your IT team to maintain your Microsoft Exchange 2013 solution. Progent can also provide ongoing remote consulting and support and management for Microsoft Exchange 2013.
Lync Server 2013 high availability Professionals
Engineer Lync Server 2013 Front End Pool Pairing
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist your company to assess the value of Lync Server 2010 for your environment and can help you to plan and execute a deployment of Lync Server 2010 that unifies the management of IM and Presence and improves the productivity of your in-house employees, telecommuters, and mobile workforce. Progent's consultant's can in addition assist your company to carry out a smooth migration to Microsoft Lync Server 2010 from Office Communications Server or from Live Communications Server, interface Lync Server with Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint Server, and SQL Server, show you how to use Lync Server 2010 to enhance the team-computing capabilities of Microsoft Office programs, and provide webinar training and ongoing technical support for Microsoft Lync Server and other Microsoft platforms.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Migration Planning Support and Help
Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Migration Planning Professionals
Progent can help you in any and all facets of your migration to Microsoft Exchange 2016 such as planning HA system topology for an on-premises, cloud-based or hybrid environment; licensing compliance for Exchange 2016 Server and Windows Server 2012 R2; moving mailboxes; Hyper-V design; determining storage requirements for your virtual machines, mailbox databases and logs; configuring hardware load balancing (HLB) for high-availability CAS services; planning, configuring and validating Exchange and Windows Servers and Database Availability Groups (DAGs); setting up collaboration with SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online; updating your firewall; resolving SSL issues; performing client integration with Office 2010 or greater or Microsoft Office 365; and setting up Outlook on the web (formerly Outlook Web App).
SQL Server 2014 and Hyper-V Troubleshooting
SQL Server 2014 Azure Backup Support and Integration
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 includes significant improvements in key areas such as performance, availability, compliance, and cloud integration. Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is the first release of SQL Server that includes in-memory technology that works transparently with all types of applications including OLTP, enterprise data warehousing, and business analytics. Progent's Microsoft-certified SQL Server 2014 consulting team can provide cost-effective remote and onsite services including system design, deployment, management, remediation, and application development expertise to enable organizations of any size to realize maximum business value from their SQL Server 2014 deployment.
SharePoint 2010 Professionals
Configuration SharePoint Server 2010
Progent's Microsoft consultants offer affordable remote technical support and programming services to help you to design, deploy, manage, and maintain SharePoint 2010 environments that can involve web pages that can function as portals, extranets, document management applications, wikis, data marts, business information systems, enterprise search, Visio-driven workflows, and other utilities to promote and enhance collaboration. Progent can show you how to integrate SharePoint 2010 with MS SQL Server and with third-party data sources and with Microsoft's familiar desktop applications including Excel, Word, Outlook, and Visio. Progent can assist your business to upgrade from previous releases of SharePoint or move a mix of web technologies into a unified and easily managed SharePoint 2010 environment.
Microsoft Microsoft Firewall Setup and Support
Computer Engineer ISA Server
Progent's certified Internet Security and Acceleration Server consultants have long backgrounds developing ISA Server-based security installations for IT networks with many sites, mobile workers, and mission-critical web applications. Progent's Microsoft Firewall experts can assist your company in planning and implementing a configuration of ISA Server 2000 or ISA 2004 Server that meets your information protection requirements without overly restricting your network productivity. Progent's consultants can help you migrate from Microsoft Proxy Server from ISA 2000 Server to Microsoft ISA 2006 Enterprise Edition Server or ISA 2006 Standard Edition Server.
Aironet 700 Access Point Integration Support
Cisco Experts Aironet 2600 Access Point Integration
Progent's certified wireless consultants can assist organizations of all sizes to plan, deploy, manage and troubleshoot Cisco Aironet Wi-Fi access point environments to provide the performance, range, capacity, expandability, security compliance and manageability needed for seamless access between wireless and wired network infrastructure. Progent can provide affordable remote and onsite support for legacy and new-generation 802.11ac Aironet access points and Progent can help you plan and manage deployments of indoor and outdoor/industrial Aironet access points.
Amazon MWS Development Companies
Amazon MWS programming Reporting
Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS) is a library of APIs that allows Amazon sellers to streamline their business processes by automating key sales activities such as listings, orders, payments, inbound and outbound fulfillment, and reports. By leveraging Amazon's extensive online ecosystem and automating their sales, merchants can broaden their reach, reduce their operating costs, accelerate reaction time to customers, and add to their bottom line. Progent's Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS) consultants can work with your development staff and provide application programming, workflow integration, project management support, and training so you can cut development time and costs and expedite your ROI.
Google Cloud GKE Engineers
Google Cloud Anthos Consultant Services
Progent can provide cost-effective online and onsite support to assist organizations of any size to move any portion of their critical network infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform services. This can save management hassle and hardware expense and enable the use of Google's cutting edge AI and machine learning tools. Progent can help you with every phase of Google Cloud Platform integration including requirements analysis, readiness evaluation, architectural design, pilot testing, deployment, administration, performance tuning, software license management, backup/restore solutions, and security.
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