Senior IT Network Engineer (Menlo Park CA or Durham, NC) #4506

Posted:
1/20/2026, 3:36:47 AM

Location(s):
Menlo Park, California, United States ⋅ Durham, North Carolina, United States ⋅ California, United States ⋅ North Carolina, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
IT & Security

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care.

We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.

GRAIL is headquartered in the bay area of California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.

For more information, please visit grail.com

GRAIL is seeking a Senior IT Network Engineer to join our IT Infrastructure team. In this role, you will be a hands-on technical contributor responsible for building, operating, and supporting secure, scalable, and highly available network infrastructure across AWS and hybrid environments. You will play a critical role in enabling reliable connectivity for GRAIL’s cloud platforms, on-premise systems, and mission-critical applications that support early cancer detection.

This role emphasizes deep technical execution and operational ownership. You will design, implement, monitor, and troubleshoot AWS networking—primarily Amazon VPC–based architectures—while also supporting on-premise and data center networking using Juniper and Aruba platforms and Palo Alto firewalls. You will partner closely with Platform, Security, SRE, and Application teams to ensure performance, availability, and security across the network stack.

This is a hybrid role based in either Menlo Park, CA (moving to Sunnyvale, CA in Fall 2026) or Durham, NC. Our current flexible work arrangement policy requires that a minimum of 60%, or 24 hours, of your total work week be on-site. Your specific schedule, determined in collaboration with your manager, will align with team and business needs and could exceed the 60% requirement for the site.
The expected, full-time, annual base pay scale for this position is $109K-$144K.

This role may be eligible for other forms of compensation, including an annual bonus and/or incentives, subject to the terms of the applicable plans and Company discretion. This range reflects a good-faith estimate of the range that the Company reasonably expects to pay for the position upon hire; the actual compensation offered may vary depending on factors such as the candidate’s qualifications. Employees in this role are also eligible for GRAIL’s comprehensive and competitive benefits package, offered in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. This package currently includes flexible time-off or vacation; a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match; medical, dental, and vision coverage; and carefully selected mindfulness programs.

GRAIL is an equal employment opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a workplace where every individual can thrive, contribute, and grow. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, , or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. Additionally, GRAIL will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with applicable law and provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at [email protected] if you require an accommodation to apply for an open position.

GRAIL maintains a drug-free workplace. We welcome job-seekers from all backgrounds to join us!

GRAIL

Website: https://grail.com/

Headquarter Location: Menlo Park, California, United States

Employee Count: 501-1000

Year Founded: 2016

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Series D

Industries: Biotechnology ⋅ Health Care ⋅ Health Diagnostics ⋅ Medical ⋅ Medical Device