Careers
"Cogent's competitive advantage lies in our people... their spirit, their energy and their commitment."
Make the most rewarding career decision you'll ever make. Join the Cogent Team! While many companies have been talking about cutting jobs or pausing hiring, Cogent continues to actively recruit.
We know that our people represent the future of our company, so we hire only the best. We offer you the opportunity to grow and push the limits of your potential. What you learn and accomplish in the process will help propel Cogent to even greater heights.
Join a team where you know that your high energy and talent will be recognized; where your opinion and experience will matter; where the focus is on making Cogent and its employees successful. Our work culture is team oriented where all employees are accessible to one another, regardless of their seniority. Employees belong to a team that strives to accomplish mutual goals through shared efforts and experiences.
Cogent is serious about our responsibility to take care of our people and our environment, as well as to manage our network according to the principles of an open and reliable Internet. Our market-competitive compensation and benefit plans reflect our dedication to recruit, retain and reward the best people. So come join an equal opportunity employer and help change the face of the Internet.
To apply for one of the open positions listed below, please send your resume and cover letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
We currently have open positions in the following departments:
Sales Customer Support Field Services Information Technology Real Estate
Regional Sales Vice President - Europe and Asia
Sales Director - Philadelphia, PA
Sales Director - Overland Park, KS
Director of Premier Accounts - Colocation Specialist
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Atlanta, GA
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Boca Raton, FL
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Boston, MA
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Charlotte, NC
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Columbus, OH
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Dallas, TX
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Denver, CO
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Minneapolis, MN
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - New Orleans, LA
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - New York, NY
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Orlando, FL
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Overland Park, KS
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Pasadena, CA
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Phoenix, AZ
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - San Francisco, CA
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Toronto, ON
Regional Account Manager (RAM) - Tyson's Corner, VA
National Account Manager (NAM) - Atlanta, GA
National Account Manager (NAM) - Austin, TX
National Account Manager (NAM) - Boca Raton, FL
National Account Manager (NAM) - Boston, MA
National Account Manager (NAM) - Chicago, IL
National Account Manager (NAM) - Dallas, TX
National Account Manager (NAM) - Denver, CO
National Account Manager (NAM) - Detroit, MI
National Account Manager (NAM) - Herndon, VA
National Account Manager (NAM) - Houston, TX
National Account Manager (NAM) - La Mirada, CA
National Account Manager (NAM) - Miami, FL
National Account Manager (NAM) - Minneapolis, MN
National Account Manager (NAM) - Montreal, QB
National Account Manager (NAM) - New Orleans, LA
National Account Manager (NAM) - New York, NY
National Account Manager (NAM) - Orlando, FL
National Account Manager (NAM) - Overland Park, KS
National Account Manager (NAM) - Pasadena, CA
National Account Manager (NAM) - Philadelphia, PA
National Account Manager (NAM) - San Francisco, CA
National Account Manager (NAM) - Santa Clara, CA
National Account Manager (NAM) - San Diego, CA
National Account Manager (NAM) - Seattle, WA
National Account Manager (NAM) - Sterling, VA
National Account Manager (NAM) - Toronto, ON
National Account Manager (NAM) - Tysons Corner, VA
National Account Manager (NAM) - Walnut Creek, CA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Atlanta, GA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Austin, TX
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Boca Raton, FL
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Boston, MA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Charlotte, NC
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Chicago, IL
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Columbus, OH
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Dallas, TX
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Denver, CO
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Detroit, MI
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Herndon, VA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Houston, TX
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Los Angeles, CA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Miami, FL
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Minneapolis, MN
Global Account Manager (GAM) - New Orleans, LA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - New York, NY
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Orlando, FL
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Overland Park, KS
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Pasadena, CA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Philadelphia, PA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - San Francisco, CA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Santa Clara, CA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - San Diego, CA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Sterling, VA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Toronto, ON
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Tysons Corner, VA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Walnut Creek, CA
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Washington, DC
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Bangalore, India
Global Account Manager (GAM) - London, UK
Global Account Manager (GAM) - Milan, Italy
Bilingual Global Account Manager (GAM) - Frankfurt, Germany
Bilingual Global Account Manager (GAM) - Japanese & English
Customer Support Engineer - Atlanta, GA
Fiber Technician - West Phoenix, AZ
Field Technician - Manhattan, NYC
Field Technician - Washington, DC
Logistics Assistant - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Help Desk Technician - Overland Park, KS
Software Developer PHP - Atlanta, GA
Software Developer PHP - Columbus, OH
Software Developer PHP - Herndon, VA
Software Developer PHP - Houston, TX
Software Developer PHP - Orlando, FL
Software Developer PHP - Overland Park, KS
Software Developer PHP - Washington, DC
Real Estate Manager - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Manager - Overland Park, KS
Company:
Cogent Communications is a multinational, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP, consistently ranked as one of the top five networks in the world and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the ticker symbol CCOI. Cogent specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access, private network services, IPv4 address leasing, optical transport services and data center colocation services. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network backbone provides IP services in over 228 markets globally. Since its inception, Cogent has unleashed the benefits of IP technology, building one of the largest and highest capacity IP networks in the world. This network enables Cogent to offer large bandwidth connections at highly competitive prices. Cogent also offers superior customer support by virtue of its end-to-end control of service delivery and network monitoring. Structured tenure pay increases and an uncapped commissions plan offers you unlimited earnings potential. Cogent offers a full benefits package including; Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO) (20 days per year), Short and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Holidays, Family Leave (three weeks per year), 401(k) plan with employer match, stock options, and an Employee Assistance Program.
Compensation:
[Starting / Initial] Base Salary Pay Range: [$19.23- $24.03 per hour or $40,000 – $50,000 per year].
Commission: Commissions are earned on each sale based on product type:
- 50% -150% of one month’s MRCs (monthly recurring charges)
- 1/12 of one-time NRCs (non-recurring charges) &
- 1/24 of Burst
[Tenured] Base Salary Pay Range: [$19.23 - $36.05 per hour or $40,000 - $75,000 per year] based on achievement of structured tenure based and performance based pay increases.
Specific offers within the listed pay ranges are determined by a variety of factors such as experience, education, skills, certifications and business needs.
Responsibilities:
- Identify new business opportunities within a prescribed Regional Sales Territory via sourcing and prospecting efforts through a high volume of direct calling and emailing efforts.
- Strategize with your Sales Management team on how to sell into your region’s largest commercial and retail buildings, office parks, and professional campuses.
- Compliment prospecting and selling efforts with fieldwork such as building walks, lobby events, property management relationships, and customer face-to-face meetings.
- Learn how to understand a customer’s need and then educate them on the connectivity solutions that Cogent can provide to them via consultative and relationship-building selling techniques.
- Consistently update your efforts in our Customer Relationship Management system.
- Achieve targeted monthly revenue goals.
Qualifications:
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment with revenue deadlines.
- Working knowledge of computer applications such as Microsoft Office and software applications.
- 0-2+ years of solid, sales experience.
- Strong oral and written communication skills are a must.
Work Environment:
This is an in-office position five days a week to best support your success, allowing for focused mentorship, training, and personal coaching
COVID-19 Policy:
Cogent has adopted a mandatory vaccination and booster policy that requires all U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated, including one booster shot against COVID-19. Prior to beginning employment, new employees must provide proof of vaccination or apply for and receive an accommodation to be exempt from the policy.
By submitting an application or resume for this position, I understand that is an in-office position and agree to abide Cogent’s mandatory vaccination policy.
“Cogent’s competitive advantage lies in our people...their spirit, their energy and their commitment.” - Dave Schaeffer, Founder & CEO
To apply for the Regional Account Manager position, please submit your resume and cover letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Cogent Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Company:
Cogent Communications is a multinational, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP, consistently ranked as one of the top five networks in the world and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the ticker symbol CCOI. Cogent specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access, private network services, IPv4 address leasing, optical transport services and data center colocation services. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network backbone provides IP services in over 228 markets globally. Since its inception, Cogent has unleashed the benefits of IP technology, building one of the largest and highest capacity IP networks in the world. This network enables Cogent to offer large bandwidth connections at highly competitive prices. Cogent also offers superior customer support by virtue of its end-to-end control of service delivery and network monitoring. Structured tenure pay increases and an uncapped commissions plan offers you unlimited earnings potential. Cogent offers a full benefits package including; Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO) (20 days per year), Short and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Holidays, Family Leave (three weeks per year), 401(k) plan with employer match, stock options, and an Employee Assistance Program.
Compensation:
[Starting / Initial] Base Salary Pay Range: [$19.23- $24.03 per hour or $40,000 – $50,000 per year].
Commission: Commissions are earned on each sale based on product type:
- 50% -150% of one month’s MRCs (monthly recurring charges)
- 1/12 of one-time NRCs (non-recurring charges) &
- 1/24 of Burst
[Tenured] Base Salary Pay Range: [$19.23 - $36.05 per hour or $40,000 - $75,000 per year] based on achievement of structured tenure based and performance based pay increases.
Specific offers within the listed pay ranges are determined by a variety of factors such as experience, education, skills, certifications and business needs.
Responsibilities:
- Identify new business opportunities within a prescribed Regional Sales Territory via sourcing and prospecting efforts through a high volume of direct calling and emailing efforts.
- Strategize with your Sales Management team on how to sell into your region’s largest commercial and retail buildings, office parks, and professional campuses.
- Compliment prospecting and selling efforts with fieldwork such as building walks, lobby events, property management relationships, and customer face-to-face meetings.
- Learn how to understand a customer’s need and then educate them on the connectivity solutions that Cogent can provide to them via consultative and relationship-building selling techniques.
- Consistently update your efforts in our Customer Relationship Management system.
- Achieve targeted monthly revenue goals.
Qualifications:
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment with revenue deadlines.
- Working knowledge of computer applications such as Microsoft Office and software applications.
- 0-2+ years of solid, sales experience.
- Strong oral and written communication skills are a must.
Work Environment:
This is an in-office position five days a week to best support your success, allowing for focused mentorship, training, and personal coaching
COVID-19 Policy:
Cogent has adopted a mandatory vaccination and booster policy that requires all U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated, including one booster shot against COVID-19. Prior to beginning employment, new employees must provide proof of vaccination or apply for and receive an accommodation to be exempt from the policy.
By submitting an application or resume for this position, I understand that is an in-office position and agree to abide Cogent’s mandatory vaccination policy.
“Cogent’s competitive advantage lies in our people...their spirit, their energy and their commitment.” - Dave Schaeffer, Founder & CEO
To apply for the Regional Account Manager position, please submit your resume and cover letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Cogent Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Company:
Cogent Communications is a multinational, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP, consistently ranked as one of the top five networks in the world and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the ticker symbol CCOI. Cogent specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access, private network services, IPv4 address leasing, optical transport services and data center colocation services. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network backbone provides IP services in over 228 markets globally. Since its inception, Cogent has unleashed the benefits of IP technology, building one of the largest and highest capacity IP networks in the world. This network enables Cogent to offer large bandwidth connections at highly competitive prices. Cogent also offers superior customer support by virtue of its end-to-end control of service delivery and network monitoring. Structured tenure pay increases and an uncapped commissions plan offers you unlimited earnings potential. Cogent offers a full benefits package including; Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO) (20 days per year), Short and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Holidays, Family Leave (three weeks per year), 401(k) plan with employer match, stock options, and an Employee Assistance Program.
Compensation:
[Starting / Initial] Base Salary Pay Range: [$19.23- $24.03 per hour or $40,000 – $50,000 per year].
Commission: Commissions are earned on each sale based on product type:
- 50% -150% of one month’s MRCs (monthly recurring charges)
- 1/12 of one-time NRCs (non-recurring charges) &
- 1/24 of Burst
[Tenured] Base Salary Pay Range: [$19.23 - $36.05 per hour or $40,000 - $75,000 per year] based on achievement of structured tenure based and performance based pay increases.
Specific offers within the listed pay ranges are determined by a variety of factors such as experience, education, skills, certifications and business needs.
Responsibilities:
- Identify new business opportunities within a prescribed Regional Sales Territory via sourcing and prospecting efforts through a high volume of direct calling and emailing efforts.
- Strategize with your Sales Management team on how to sell into your region’s largest commercial and retail buildings, office parks, and professional campuses.
- Compliment prospecting and selling efforts with fieldwork such as building walks, lobby events, property management relationships, and customer face-to-face meetings.
- Learn how to understand a customer’s need and then educate them on the connectivity solutions that Cogent can provide to them via consultative and relationship-building selling techniques.
- Consistently update your efforts in our Customer Relationship Management system.
- Achieve targeted monthly revenue goals.
Qualifications:
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment with revenue deadlines.
- Working knowledge of computer applications such as Microsoft Office and software applications.
- 0-2+ years of solid, sales experience.
- Strong oral and written communication skills are a must.
Work Environment:
This is an in-office position five days a week to best support your success, allowing for focused mentorship, training, and personal coaching
COVID-19 Policy:
Cogent has adopted a mandatory vaccination and booster policy that requires all U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated, including one booster shot against COVID-19. Prior to beginning employment, new employees must provide proof of vaccination or apply for and receive an accommodation to be exempt from the policy.
By submitting an application or resume for this position, I understand that is an in-office position and agree to abide Cogent’s mandatory vaccination policy.
“Cogent’s competitive advantage lies in our people...their spirit, their energy and their commitment.” - Dave Schaeffer, Founder & CEO
To apply for the Regional Account Manager position, please submit your resume and cover letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Cogent Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Company:
Cogent Communications is a multinational, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP, consistently ranked as one of the top five networks in the world and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the ticker symbol CCOI. Cogent specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access, private network services, IPv4 address leasing, optical transport services and data center colocation services. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network backbone provides IP services in over 228 markets globally. Since its inception, Cogent has unleashed the benefits of IP technology, building one of the largest and highest capacity IP networks in the world. This network enables Cogent to offer large bandwidth connections at highly competitive prices. Cogent also offers superior customer support by virtue of its end-to-end control of service delivery and network monitoring. Structured tenure pay increases and an uncapped commissions plan offers you unlimited earnings potential. Cogent offers a full benefits package including; Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO) (20 days per year), Short and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Holidays, Family Leave (three weeks per year), 401(k) plan with employer match, stock options, and an Employee Assistance Program.
Compensation:
[Starting / Initial] Base Salary Pay Range: [$19.23- $43.26 per hour or $40,000 – $90,000 per year].
Commission: Commissions are earned on each sale based on product type:
- 50% -150% of one month’s MRCs (monthly recurring charges)
- 1/12 of one-time NRCs (non-recurring charges) &
- 1/24 of Burst
[Tenured] Base Salary Pay Range: [$19.23 - $52.88 per hour or $40,000 - $110,000 per year] based on achievement of structured tenure based and performance based pay increases.
Specific offers within the listed pay ranges are determined by a variety of factors such as experience, education, skills, certifications and business needs.
Responsibilities:
- Identify new business opportunities within a prescribed Regional Sales Territory via sourcing and Hunting to identify new business opportunities within a global sales territory and target market segments of IP Transit, Content creators/hosters, Carriers/wholesalers and Netcentric companies.
- Through direct calling, email and contact efforts you will identify, qualify, and generate these new business opportunities by working directly with Key Decision Makers.
- Compliment prospecting and selling efforts through onsite customer meetings as needed.
- Use consultative and relationship building selling techniques to identify current and future connectivity solutions.
- Help Cogent customers and prospects by positioning our services for new business by leveraging the global network footprint that includes commercial and retail buildings, carrier neutral hotels, data centers and colocation facilities.
Qualifications:
- 3-8+ years of solid, B2B sales experience in a telecom arena with collocation, wholesale experience and data transit and transport.
- Proven experience with a track record of success in a direct hunting, B2B sales role and quota achievement.
- Demonstrated ability to identify, qualify and generate new business through extensive prospecting and research.
- Strong oral and written communication skills are a must.
- Ability to work in a fast paced, team environment with revenue deadlines.
- Working knowledge of computer applications such as Microsoft Office and a CRM are a plus.
- A college degree is preferred but not required.
Work Environment:
This is an in-office position five days a week to best support your success, allowing for focused mentorship, training, and personal coaching
COVID-19 Policy:
Cogent has adopted a mandatory vaccination and booster policy that requires all U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated, including one booster shot against COVID-19. Prior to beginning employment, new employees must provide proof of vaccination or apply for and receive an accommodation to be exempt from the policy.
By submitting an application or resume for this position, I understand that is an in-office position and agree to abide Cogent’s mandatory vaccination policy.
To apply for the Global Account Manager position, please submit your resume and cover letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Cogent Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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