WRA

Location: Remote Workplace: remote We’re hiring a Senior Systems Engineer as WRA builds its new internal IT & Cybersecurity functions. We are actively transitioning from an MSP model to a fully in-house model, and this role will operate under the guidance of our Director of Information Technology & Cybersecurity. This is also an excellent role for someone looking to refine their cybersecurity skillset.   In this role, you will act as the primary engineer for our cloud and SaaS platforms, including Microsoft 365, Azure infrastructure, Entra ID, endpoint management, and a variety of general platforms used by each of our departments. Initially, most of your time will focus on standing up new tools and assisting in the migration of select tools used by our MSP. Afterwards, your general duties will shift to engineering Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft 365/Entra ID, endpoint management and building automations.  You will be highly autonomous and will work closely with your Director to maintain and improve our current technology stack. Our 100-person workforce is highly distributed, and your priority is engineering our tools to enable our staff to do their best work securely, efficiently and consistently.  WRA has offices in the San Francisco Bay Area (San Rafael, Petaluma, and Emeryville) and in San Diego. This position may be performed fully remotely by candidates located in California, Colorado, Arizona, or Oregon but travel to our offices may be necessary 1 – 2 times per year on average.   Candidates in the Denver metro area are especially encouraged to apply. In this role, you will be responsible for: Cloud Infrastructure Own our Azure environment, including Azure Virtual Desktop and virtual servers, which enables our CAD, GIS and Accounting teams. This includes image management, patching, right-sizing, scaling and scheduling, backups, performance optimization, and software versioning. Deploy actionable virtual machine monitoring to measure performance (CPU, GPU, memory, disk and session latency), idle capacity and active use time, and implement alerts to monitor these metrics. Perform root-cause analysis of virtual infrastructure concerns and propose solutions. Administer our Microsoft 365 environment, including Exchange, SharePoint & OneDrive, Teams and data governance. Engage with your Director and our specialized departments to ensure their tools are appropriately sized, configured and performant. Co-manage our SaaS and cloud infrastructure backup platforms, including for Microsoft 365, Azure virtual machines and other platforms. Identity & Access Management (IAM) Administer Entra ID and SSO, including conditional access, authentication, dynamic groups, and guest access governance. Own employee identity lifecycle automations for onboarding, offboarding and role changes. Maintain SCIM provisioning across our SaaS applications. Endpoint & Mobile Device Management Manage our Windows and limited Mac fleet by administering our endpoint management platform, including device enrollment, Autopilot, compliance & configuration policies, app deployments and system patching. Manage our mobile device configuration and application policies. AI & Automations Automate IT processes using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph and other platforms to reduce or eliminate manual administrative tasks and to ensure consistent quality. Collaborate with your Director and other stakeholders to improve our implementation of Claude AI, including Connector configurations, Skills and Design. Cybersecurity Partner with your Director to build new security operations capabilities from product selection and concept trials through implementation and administration. Alongside your Director, administer our security stack, including our managed detection and response platform, email security, DNS and web filtering, and vulnerability management. Participate in our incident response process, including investigations and root-cause analyses, and apply technical containment measures as directed or delegated. Assist in strengthening our infrastructure to be compliant with industry-standard benchmarks such as CMMC and NIST SP 800-171. General IT Support Work with our IT Operations Specialist as needed and serve as a final escalation point for complex IT Support requests. Participate in an on-call rotation for critical but rare IT outages and other emergent duties. Change Management & Documentation Maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, and system configuration documentation. Documentation must be considered a deliverable – not a “nice to have.” Follow industry-standard Change Management practices for all system changes. To be successful in this role, you will need: Experience & Location At least 6 years of direct experience supporting a hybrid or remote workforce of at least 50 employees as an engineer. Comfortable working fully remote with travel to our offices in California as described above. Able to demonstrate past history of performing duties in a high-trust role. Technical Skills Strong history of managing mission-critical Azure Virtual Desktops and application-specific servers. Deep, hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID, including conditional access, provisioning, identity governance and general administration. Experience managing a distributed fleet of endpoints and mobile devices using Intune, NinjaOne, WorkspaceOne or comparable tools. Proven track record of utilizing PowerShell to administer Microsoft 365 and Azure. How You Work A zero-trust security mindset demonstrated through the methods you provide IT service and engineer solutions. Excellent customer service skills and the ability to translate complex technical issues into plain language that anyone can understand. Physical Requirements Able to perform physical duties that may include lifting up to 50 lbs, climbing ladders indoors, crawling under furniture and reaching behind wall-mounted equipment. Bonus Points for experience with or having: Supporting CAD and GIS applications, such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS and spatial datasets. Supporting Egnyte, Deltek VantagePoint, Elevia or markup tools like Bluebeam and Adobe Acrobat. Microsoft certifications, including (but not limited to) AZ-104, AZ-140, AZ-305, AZ-700, SC-200, SC-300, SC-401, MS-102 or MD-102. Familiarity with industry-standard frameworks, such as CMMC L1/L2, NIST SP 800-171, CCPA, SOC 2, ITSM, or ITIL. Executing platform migrations using third-party tools and/or PowerShell. Integrating IAM automations into ITSM platforms such as Jira, Freshservice, Zendesk or SolarWinds. Supporting the implementation of data retention policies. Administering UniFi Network and Protect. WRA has an established internal leveling system for our staff that maps to salary bands that have been informed by market data. Our leveling system is dependent on years of relevant industry experience, education, and the level of responsibility and autonomy at which you’re expected to operate.  We have posted a salary range that corresponds to the appropriate level for this position. In your first conversation with our recruiter, we will discuss leveling and compensation with you to make sure that our expectations are aligned.   *The salary range for this position is $130,000 – $145,000  Beyond salary, here’s how we take care of our people:  Health coverage: Medical plans through Anthem and Kaiser Permanente (options vary by state). WRA pays 100% of employee-only premiums for our base medical plans and for Guardian dental and vision. You can buy up to another plan or add a spouse, domestic partner, ordependents at your own cost.

Location: Southern California Workplace: hybrid The Southern California Natural Resources Director is a principal-level role that partners closely with the Executive Committee to provide leadership across staff, clients, and projects throughout the region, consistent with WRA's Strategic Plan. The role's primary responsibility is growing the Southern California business through proactive, competitive business development and high-level project delivery. This requires close coordination with the Conservation Strategies team and other Southern California staff including restoration engineers and compliance managers, as well as with the Vice President of Operations and Strategic Growth to help implement WRA's regional growth plan. Beyond these collaborative efforts, the Director will build their own book of business across project types such as restoration, mitigation, and permitting.  This role is focused on three main areas of impact (proportion of time spent in parentheses): 1. Expanding the Southern California Market (35%) Expand our business in Southern California through new and existing client relationships, focusing on our core service lines including mitigation planning, restoration design and implementation, biological resource surveys, regulatory permitting, and compliance monitoring. Work with marketing support staff to establish and execute new client relationship strategies. Guide business development efforts from other WRA staff in the Southern California market, capitalizing on entrepreneurial spirit. 2. Principal oversight of project delivery (50%) Provide senior technical oversight on restoration, mitigation, and permitting projects with a focus on Southern California projects. Work with the Director of Project Delivery to ensure timely and quality delivery of complex, cross-functional projects. Oversee environmental service deliverables such as biological assessments, wetland delineations, regulatory permitting packages Support project managers with senior level strategy and client relationship development as needed on projects. Staff Management (15%) Manage  technical staff, with a focus on those in Southern California region. Provide leadership to all Southern California staff including mentoring and coaching to foster best practices and increase staff engagement and collaboration. Address staffing issues that emerge in the Southern California region proactively and support professional development. Minimum Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree with major course work in biology, ecology, environmental science, or a related interdisciplinary field. 15+ years of experience leading client relationships and project teams in environmental consulting. Senior technical oversight experience on restoration, mitigation, and/or wetlands or species permitting projects. Demonstrated ability to win new work and expand client base in an environmental consulting firm, including working with marketing support staff to establish and execute new client relationship strategies. Experience with business planning, business development planning, and strategic plan execution Experience with complex project management, business development, staff development, and environmental consulting industry best practices. Effective team leader and communicator with a commitment to mentoring and coaching. Experience in creating a collaborative and inclusive team environment. A valid driver’s license and reliable transportation (while WRA has fleet vehicles that can be reserved for field use, during busy field seasons a truck may not be available) . Desirable Qualifications: Advanced degree in biology, ecology, environmental science, or a related interdisciplinary field. Experience building strong teams through thoughtful hiring, ongoing performance coaching, and sound judgment on personnel issues. Strong financial literacy and experienced in management of project profitability. This is a Hybrid/Remote position based in the Southern California region, spanning San Diego, Riverside, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties. Regional day-travel within this region may occur as part of client relations and project management, as well as some travel throughout California. Presence in the San Diego office is expected 1-2 times per month.   WRA has an established internal leveling system for our staff that maps to salary bands that have been informed by market data. Our leveling system is dependent on years of relevant industry experience, education, and the level of responsibility and autonomy at which you’re expected to operate.  The salary range for this position is $155,000 - $208,000. In your first conversation with our recruiter, we will discuss leveling and compensation with you to make sure that expectations are aligned.   Who are we?  WRA’s an employee-owned environmental consultancy. We are a tenacious team of planners, engineers, and scientists, and we aim to leave the lands we love better than we found them.   Our clients and partners hire us because we’re skilled at navigating through challenging projects involving wildlands, parks, community spaces, and infrastructure. We bring over four decades of expertise, long-standing relationships, and connections to our local communities to make sure that projects are pursued in responsible ways where both people and the environment thrive.   As an organization, we believe that independence and interdependence are not mutually exclusive. We invest in systems, processes, and employee programs to support our staff’s collective engagement and success. At the same time, we encourage our employees to operate with an ownership mindset, taking responsibility for outcomes and being true to our commitments.  WRA’s company vision is to cultivate a sustainable future where people and the environment thrive, and that effort starts first with our staff. We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment, and we have developed flexible policies, internal practices, and are investing in programs that prioritize learning and sustainability. We aim to create conditions that allow employees to prioritize their families, lead healthy and balanced lives, and to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We believe that by creating an exceptional workplace, our employees will be able to do their best work and be able to meaningfully contribute to the sustainability of the environment and the communities in which we live.  WRA is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to creating a diverse environment. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

Location: Remote within California Workplace: remote We're currently hiring a Senior Regulatory Permitting Specialist in the Sacramento/Central Valley region. On Team 12, you will work closely with WRA's Principals, Directors, and executive leadership to develop, manage, and deliver multifaceted regulatory projects primarily throughout California's Central Valley and Foothills. As WRA continues to expand our presence in this region, this is a unique opportunity to join WRA at a pivotal point in our growth, helping build out our presence and practice in the Central Valley and Foothills from the ground up.    In this role you will collaborate with clients, regulatory agencies, and interdisciplinary WRA teams to develop innovative solutions, lead complex consultation processes, and support successful project implementation. This is a remote position within the state of California; however, candidates residing in or near the greater Sacramento/Central Valley region will be prioritized throughout the process. We will consider candidates within the state of California who have established relationships in the region and are willing to travel regularly to field sites, client and agency offices, and WRA office locations as needed to support project work. This position reports to Rob Schell, Wildlife and Fisheries Director. In this role, you will: Work with Principals as well as Director and Executive-level staff, including subject matter experts, engineers, attorneys, clients, prime or subconsultants to develop a project from idea, through planning and permit consultations in support of critical infrastructure and development in California's Central Valley and Foothills Merge technical expertise with regulatory experience to guide and advise clients on project due diligence, design, opportunities and constraints to develop and deliver a permitting strategy, schedule, and budget that reflects client priorities Coordinate, delegate, and oversee multidisciplinary teams, stakeholders, staff, and subconsultants on the preparation of technical studies necessary to support the permitting process Oversee or directly prepare permit applications Proactively manage budgets, prepare scopes of work and change orders. Identify and communicate project risks to Principal-level staff Oversee and mentor early career professionals on regulatory processes, project management, and professional development Participate in internal and external thought leadership at conferences or professional technical groups through publications, presentations, white papers, panel discussions, or similar To be successful in this role, you will need: A bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, engineering, policy, or related field At least 10 years of professional experience working in the consulting field At least 6 years of expertise preparing and consulting on 401, 404, 1600 LSAA, USFWS/NMFS Section 7 or Section 10 consultations, CDFW 2081 ITPs Proven experience building and managing across multidisciplinary teams Proven track record in a supervisory or leadership role Demonstrated experience in Transportation, Water, or Mine/Quarry Markets At least 5 years of project management experience, including preparing scopes of work, budgets and change orders At least 5 years working in California’s Central Valley or Foothills regions A growth mindset Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical information to a lay audience A valid driver’s license, reliable transportation (while WRA has fleet vehicles that can be reserved for field use, during busy field seasons a truck may not always be available) and willingness to travel to field sites and meetings The ability to walk, hike, and work outside for long periods of time Desired but not required skills: Specialized expertise with Mitigation, SMARA, FERC Business Development experience Experience working on competitive proposals Strong leadership skills WRA has an established internal leveling system for our staff that maps to salary bands that have been informed by market data. Our leveling system is dependent on years of relevant industry experience, education, and the level of responsibility and autonomy at which you’re expected to operate.  The salary range for this position is $108,000 - $146,000 which represents 2 job levels that WRA is open to considering for this role. In your first conversation with our recruiter, you may discuss leveling and compensation to make sure that expectations are aligned. Additionally, while the position is being advertised as a Senior Regulatory Permitting Specialist, based on leveling conversations, we may determine that Regulatory Permitting Specialist is the appropriate title for you. There will be opportunities to discuss this toward the end of the interview process; however, if you wish to discuss titles earlier in the interview process, please do so with your recruiter.  Who are we?  WRA’s an employee-owned environmental consultancy. We are a tenacious team of planners, engineers, and scientists, and we aim to leave the lands we love better than we found them.   Our clients and partners hire us because we’re skilled at navigating through challenging projects involving wildlands, parks, community spaces, and infrastructure. We bring over four decades of expertise, long-standing relationships, and connections to our local communities to make sure that projects are pursued in responsible ways where both people and the environment thrive.   As an organization, we believe that independence and interdependence are not mutually exclusive. We invest in systems, processes, and employee programs to support our staff’s collective engagement and success. At the same time, we encourage our employees to operate with an ownership mindset, taking responsibility for outcomes and being true to our commitments.   WRA’s company vision is to cultivate a sustainable future where people and the environment thrive, and that effort starts first with our staff. We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment, and we have developed flexible policies, internal practices, and are investing in programs that prioritize learning and sustainability. We aim to create conditions that allow employees to prioritize their families, lead healthy and balanced lives, and to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We believe that by creating an exceptional workplace, our employees will be able to do their best work and be able to meaningfully contribute to the sustainability of the environment and the communities in which we live.  WRA is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to creating a diverse environment. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

Location: Anywhere Workplace: hybrid WRA’s an employee-owned environmental consultancy. We are a tenacious team of planners, engineers, and scientists, and we aim to leave the lands we love better than we found them.  Our clients and partners hire us because we’re skilled at navigating through challenging projects involving wildlands, parks, community spaces, and infrastructure. We bring over four decades of expertise, long-standing relationships, and connections to our local communities to make sure that projects are pursued in responsible ways where both people and the environment thrive.  As an organization, we believe that independence and interdependence are not mutually exclusive. We invest in systems, processes, and employee programs to support our staff’s collective engagement and success. At the same time, we encourage our employees to operate with an ownership mindset, taking responsibility for outcomes and being true to our commitments. If you think you'd be a great fit for WRA but don't see a job listed on our website that's an exact match, apply here for your dream job. Tell us how you could add value to our team, the strengths and experience you bring, and your ideal projects and responsibilities. Be sure to include any certifications or permits that you hold or are in the process of attaining. If there's a fit, we'll be in touch soon. WRA’s company vision is ‘cultivating a sustainable future where people and the environment thrive,’ and that starts with our staff. We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment, and we have developed flexible policies, internal practices, and are investing in programs that prioritize learning and sustainability. We aim to create conditions that allow employees to prioritize their families, lead healthy and balanced lives, and to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We believe that by creating an exceptional workplace, our employees will be able to do their best work and be able to meaningfully contribute to the sustainability of the environment and the communities in which we live.” WRA is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to creating a diverse environment. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.