IT Data Specialist II – eDiscovery

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Job Title:

IT Data Specialist II - eDiscovery, Job Category:
Service Contract Act, Time Type:
Full time, Minimum Clearance Required to Start: DOJ MBI, Employee Type:
Regular, Percentage of

Travel Required:

None, Type of Travel:
None.

Work in the District's Litigation Support Unit, modifying and manipulating files for use with COTS products and litigation support applications such as NUIX, LAW, Eclipse, Everlaw, Relativity, MS Office Suite, Adobe Creative Cloud, USAfx, , and Camtasia Studio. Ensure incoming case material is provided pursuant to the applicable ESI specifications, and when deficiencies are found, provide the prosecutor and legal support staff with detailed notice.

Ensure that all exports for productions are made pursuant to applicable ESI specifications and/or the requirements of the requesting party or USAO personnel using the guidelines utilized by the Litigation Support Unit. Assist with tracking of discovery intake, Discovery Log, Discovery Production, hand-on file manipulation, loading, and conversion services, creating and modifying files for upload, typically into COTS products, and performing individual file conversion in support of electronic file processing.

Receive and process electronic files, including email files and other files in their native formats, digital image files, even load-ready data and image files. Convert audio/video files to formats applicable for production or trial presentation. Process, export in specified electronic formats, and load or import data into COTS products and litigation support applications. Processing of electronic discovery will include scanning, importing electronic files, and OCRing documents using eDiscovery processing software.

Perform quality assurance of all electronic file processing services to include exporting electronic files to various formats and loading and updating databases.

• Perform file manipulation, loading, conversion services, database indexing, and quality checks of loads.
• Develop, evaluate, and modify methodologies and procedures for manipulating files for use with COTS products and litigation support applications.
• Ensure that incoming productions are made pursuant to applicable ESI specifications and, when deficiencies are found, provide the Senior Data Specialist with detailed notice.
• Perform advanced tasks related to exporting data from contractor and DOJ 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.
• Assist with tracking discovery intake and production, and with loading and conversion of electronic files for upload to litigation support applications.

• Knowledge of litigation discovery process and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) workflow.
• Knowledge of the government IT environment, including office automation networks, PC and server-based applications.
• Working knowledge of Windows PCs, document review software, and encryption methods.
• Experience with LAW, IPRO, Relativity, or another document processing platform.
• Familiarity with ICONECT, Relativity, MS Office Suite, and West Live Note is valued.
• At least two years of experience performing eDiscovery roles, including electronic file processing, image and data file conversion, data culling using review tools, quality assurance, database loads and retrieval, and data analysis.

• Undergraduate degree, preferably in computer science or a related field.
• Coursework in technical disciplines such as programming, scripting, systems administration, and database management.
• Ability to perform quality control analysis and report data issues.
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to perform tasks accurately and quickly.
• Customer-focused, congenial, and professional attitude for working on site with government clients.
• eDiscovery experience and demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills are a plus.

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