Senior Data Specialist

Senior Data Specialist

Employment Type:

Full-Time, Experienced

Department: eDiscovery

CGS seeks an experienced Senior Data Specialist with extensive knowledge of litigation discovery processes to assist in the EDRM workflow for a large Federal agency initiative.

We seek candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others.

• Performs file manipulation, loading, conversion services, database indexing, and quality checks of loads.
• Develops, evaluates, and modifies methodologies and procedures for manipulating files for use with COTS products and litigation support applications.
• Responsible for ensuring that incoming productions are made pursuant to the applicable ESI specifications.
• Performs advanced tasks related to exporting data from contractor and client databases, including identifying data for export, confirming red actions and other markups, ensuring that exports comply with applicable ESI specifications, and quality checking exported data.
• Supports client attorneys, investigators, and paralegals by tracking and processing incoming documents, subpoena returns, and data; creating, loading, and managing document review databases; producing documents to opposing parties in litigation; and tracking produced documents. Applications used include Everlaw, Relativity, Eclipse, Trial Director, NUIX, LAW, EZManage, Case View, Metadata Assistant, Beyond Compare, eScan‑IT, Case Map, Text Map, Time Map, Camtasia, and other applications as directed.
• Under guidance from the client attorneys, manages documents and data, including the use of document review tools. Documents and data include physical documents, a wide range of ESI, discovery, forensic images, subpoena returns, PDFs, audio/video files, pictures, forms, email, and others as required to support the client attorneys.
• Contractor will work with the Litigation Support Manager to ensure that incoming productions are made pursuant to the applicable ESI specifications and, when deficiencies are found, provide detailed notice of deficiencies.
• Coordinate with the client’s Technology Service Center regarding litigation support projects that are outsourced to the client.
• Ensure all exports for productions are made pursuant to applicable ESI specifications and/or the requirement of the requesting party or client personnel using the guidelines utilized by the Litigation Support Unit. Work with Litigation Support Manager and client attorneys when issues may arise in discovery negotiations with defense counsel.
• Work with the Litigation Support Specialist in modifying and manipulating files for use with COTS products and litigation support applications.

• Undergraduate degree preferred (computer science or related field).
• Knowledge of litigation discovery process and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) workflow.
• Knowledge of Government’s IT environment, including office automation networks, PC and server‑based applications.
• Working knowledge of personal computers, including Windows, document review software, and encryption methods.
• Experience with LAW, IPRO, Relativity or other document processing platforms.
• Familiarity with ICONECT, Relativity, MS Office Suite, and West Live Note valued.
• At least two years’ experience performing eDiscovery roles including electronic files processing (EFP), image and data file conversion, data culling using review tools, quality assurance, database loads and retrieval, and data analysis.

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

• $80,000 - $100,000 a year

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.