Staff Network Engineer (Menlo Park, CA) #4507

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.

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As a Staff Network Engineer at GRAIL, you will be a hands‑on technical leader responsible for building, operating, and evolving our cloud and hybrid network infrastructure. You’ll spend a significant portion of your time designing, implementing, and troubleshooting secure, scalable, and highly available network solutions in AWS (centered on Amazon VPC), while also owning critical on‑prem and data center networking (Juniper/Aruba) and Palo Alto firewalls.

You will both execute (design, configure, implement, monitor, and debug) and provide architectural leadership, standards, and mentorship across teams. A key part of the role includes robust monitoring, logging, dashboarding, and capacity planning to ensure reliable, predictable network performance.

This is a hybrid role based in Menlo Park, CA (moving to Sunnyvale, CA in Fall 2026). Our current flexible work arrangement policy requires that a minimum of 80%, 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.

Expected full time annual base pay scale for the Menlo Park / Sunnyvale, CA area is $135K-$179K. Actual base pay will consider skills, experience and location.

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 rc@grailbio.com 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!