Network Solutions Engineer

** U.S. BASED CANDIDATES ONLY **

About SafelyYou

SafelyYou’s passionate mission is to empower safer, more person-centered care across senior living through world-leading AI, industry-changing hardware, and remote expert clinicians, significantly improving outcomes for residents while increasing peace of mind for families and reducing costs for communities.

Originating in 2015 as the doctoral research of CEO George Netscher—and inspired by his own family's experience with Alzheimer's disease—SafelyYou was spun out of UC Berkeley’s Artificial Intelligence Research Lab, one of the top five AI research groups in the world. And today, our company is solving critical challenges in senior living, from resident falls and ER visits to staffing concerns, length of stay, and NOI. All helping ensure that communities can focus on improved care for residents while still reaching their financial goals.

SafelyYou is one of five most innovative fall technologies referenced in the Senate Falls Report (2019), a winner of the McKnight’s Tech Partner of the Year, and has been named to Fortune’s Impact 20 list, which recognizes companies making people’s lives better through innovation.
 

Your Role at SafelyYou

We are a start-up seeking an experienced and execution-focused Network Solutions Engineer who is committed to making a positive impact on people living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. In this role, you'll support our solutions and how they are successfully deployed at our customer facilities. Your activities will span from supporting sales demos, evaluating network assessments, and new installations to troubleshooting, diagnosis, and responding to support cases. As the liaison with our customers, your communication skills and professionalism will be critical. Your expertise in network management and unwavering commitment to quality will ensure customer delight as we work together to improve lives through technology.

Additionally, this role requires experience in leading network requirements for product enhancements, ensuring seamless integration of new features and optimizing system performance. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management and engineering, to provide network-related insights that shape product development.

In this role, you will:
 

• Develop requirements for feature initiatives specific to scaling on premise hardware deployed on customer networks
• Lead the evaluation and definition of network requirements for product enhancements, ensuring seamless integration and performance optimization.
• Conduct network assessments to support new installations and product deployments.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers regarding network-related issues and enhancements.
• Support sales demos or inquires with customer IT management to answer any questions related to implementation and network infrastructure requirements to support SafelyYou services
• Own WIFI network assessment process, requirements, and vendor expectations for assessment delivery and remediation quotes
• Develop network remediation processes with vendor and customer IT to ensure quality outcomes and timely execution.
• Own network remediation plans and implementations with vendors. Ensure quality installation and post implementation validation is met.
• Support the installation and configuration of our on-premises equipment within our customer’s facilities and environments
• Support the configuration and activation of our on-premises equipment
• Support the configuration of our “out of band” access infrastructure
• Help with the installation of our sensors
• Guarantee that all installations are fully tested end-to-end and ready for production
• Act as primary lead for network related cases 
• Develop playbooks for troubleshooting to enable Tier 1 and Tier 2 to support
• Evaluate current playbooks and systems for process improvement opportunities
• Work with Engineering to develop tools to monitor and support implementations and service availability
• Support the on-call rotation for critical issues when Tier 1 is unable to recover critical services for our customers.
• Use our SLAs as guidelines to improve our support processes and response
• Give the customer the best experience throughout the process in both written and verbal communications
• Participate in creating SOPs, knowledge-base articles, and cross-training other team members to support the entire service experience. 
   

Required Skills:
 

• Ability to develop network requirements for future product development and scale services while considering the complexities of customer networks 
• Provide professional interaction with the customer in both written and verbal communication 
• LAN and WLAN network architecture, advanced knowledge of DHCP, VLAN, static routing, and IP addressing
• Hands-on experience with WiFi site surveys and RF analysis processes and reports to ensure optimal coverage, reliability, and capacity
• Hands-on experience integrating with customer’s network security and compliance technology across different platforms and vendors
• Advanced Linux System management, including NVIDIA GPU, network interface configuration, and troubleshooting
• Working knowledge of SSM, Docker, and Grafana, ability to assess a system's health and diagnose issues using reporting and common CLI
• Knows how to communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences with a high degree of professionalism
• Apply system management and hardware installation skills to troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve issues in a timely manner
• Leverage Linux skills and attention to detail to ensure a perfect network deployment process every time
• Maintain service uptime SLA and interfacing with customers
• Identify metrics to increase quality of services to maintain SLAs
• Interact with customers and vendors with community onboarding and ongoing customer support
• Drive discipline in documenting evolving processes that require adaptability and nimbleness
• Perform on-call rotation support
• Collaborate with other teams to drive new processes that scale customer support that elevates the customer experience and service stability
   

The Ideal Candidate

• Minimum 3+ years of related work experience with deploying hardware within a customer’s network and remotely managing deployment
• Minimum 6+ years of related work experience as a Linux System Administrator
• Proficient knowledge of configuring servers, switches, camera devices, routers, VLANs, NAT/PAT
• Obsessed about service availability and service quality.  Relentless about driving closure to and solving thematic issues that negatively impact the customer journey or business.  
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, such as Information Systems, Network Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Proficient with system administrator concepts and best practices using Linux commands and AWS SSM/SSH
• A curious mind that leans in via researching, troubleshooting and solving problems that may not be documented or is novel with low to no supervisory direction
• Strong customer communication and service skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment
• Nice to haves: In good standing Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) certification, ability to automate and perform QA on workflows via scripts (Ansible, Python), previous project mangement experience

 

Why Join Us? You Can Make a Difference!

SafelyYou offers a competitive compensation package, including but not limited to:

• A mission-driven company culture
• Fully remote
• Competitive salary & benefits, including fully paid employee premiums for Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Company Equity: An opportunity to share in the company’s success through ownership, allowing you to directly benefit from the growth and impact you help create.
• 401(k) Program
• Company laptop
• Monthly Education, Well-being & WFH stipends
• Unlimited PTO
• Growth potential
• Company retreats
• Medical & Family/Parental Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Jury Duty Leave
• Reproductive Loss Leave
• Professional development opportunities

At SafelyYou, we believe that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace makes us a more relevant, competitive, and resilient company. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce that celebrates diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

We value all the perspectives our team members bring to the table, and that is why we don’t look for culture fit, but culture add. We want to hear from YOU! We encourage you to apply even if you do not fit 100% of the technical requirements.