Data Analytics Engineer 1 # 4878
GRAIL · Durham, NC
$86,000–$106,000from the description
Jul 19, 2026
Durham, NC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level data analyst role at a healthcare company focused on early cancer detection. Day-to-day work involves gathering and cleaning data from multiple sources, conducting exploratory analysis, and building reports and dashboards that surface actionable insights for internal business partners. The position suits a recent graduate or early-career analyst comfortable with SQL, Python, or R and basic BI tools, working in a regulated healthcare environment.
Junior level · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 7 people in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (operations research analysts). range 4–10
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $111,509 (middle half $80,707–$146,870). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled 'Data Analyst 1', explicitly framing it as an entry-level position with 0–2 years of experience required.
SQL, Python, and R are listed together in the Required Qualifications as interchangeable ('SQL, Python, R, or comparable analytical tools'). SQL is captured as the primary with Python and R as alternatives for that gate; Python and R are also listed separately as preferred since they appear again in the Required section's second skills list alongside Power BI/Tableau, but with softer 'exposure to' framing.
Power BI and Tableau appear in the Required Qualifications section but are framed as 'exposure to analytical tools such as … Power BI/Tableau', indicating familiarity rather than a hard gate; treated as preferred accordingly.
The Preferred Qualifications section lists only soft skills and work-style attributes — no additional named technologies.
The role is hybrid (minimum 60% on-site in Durham, NC), not fully remote.
Regulatory knowledge (GMP, HIPAA, GDPR, CLIA, FDA 21 CFR, etc.) is listed as a required awareness area but names no specific software tool, so it is omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily BI/reporting-oriented (dashboards, reports, descriptive analysis) pointing to 15-2031, but the mention of Python/R and ML-adjacent context at a genomics company creates some ambiguity with 15-2051.
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