Systems Engineer

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)