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eDiscovery Technical Advisor

Posted Oct 01
Full Time
Washington, District Of Columbia

The Contractor shall provide professional technical eDiscovery litigation services. These tasks are designed to ensure a consistent, repeatable, and legally defensible process for identifying, preserving, collecting, and producing ESI in response to discovery requests. Personnel assigned to this task must have the ability to adjust to changing priorities and work well under pressure. At the Government’s discretion, available funding, and need this position will be surged to support an increase in criminal discovery requests.

Responsibilities

The ETA Task includes but is not limited to the following:

  • Contractor shall provide expertise in identifying, preserving, collecting, processing, and producing ESI in support of civil and criminal litigation, select FOIA requests, Congressional requests and other inquiries.
  • Contractor shall provide expertise specifically in criminal discovery support to include identifying, preserving, collecting, processing, and producing ESI.
  • Contractor shall serve as the expert technical user of the available electronic discovery applications, which include Enterprise Vault, Discovery Accelerator, Legal Hold Management Tool (LHMT) and the Veritas eDiscovery Platform.
  • Contractor shall work with the litigation team to develop a discovery plan which documents the electronic discovery search parameters (e.g., date range, key words and custodians) for a particular case.
  • Contractor shall use electronic discovery software applications to collect data from various FBI storage locations on FBI IT systems (e.g., MS-Exchange servers, shared drives, desktops, text and instant messages) in accordance with the discovery plan, to support OGC attorneys, paralegal specialists, Information Management Division personnel and case agents who are responsible for responding to pre-trial discovery motions, requests, subpoenas related to civil and criminal matters, congressional inquiries, FOIA requests and other inquiries.
  • Contractor shall analyze search/collection results for data gaps.
  • Contractor shall administer data inputs into an electronic discovery review platform (i.e. eDP), which includes, but is not limited to: creating cases; adding collected source data; handling user access rights; uploading data logs; de-duplicating collected source data; identifying data gaps; merging/verifying data; and assuring electronic discovery production quality in Bates numbering and load file creation.
  • Contractor shall coordinate electronic discovery collection results with FBI units responsible for processing discovery for review/redaction/release.
  • Contractor shall adhere to polices and technical procedures for use of available electronic discovery software applications and provide agency attorneys, paralegals, and other users of the FBI's electronic discovery review platform with training and other technical assistance.
  • Contractor shall provide information and advice on instructions regarding the FBI's process for identifying, preserving, collecting, analyzing, and organizing ESI, including the use of electronic discovery software programs.
  • Contractor shall provide ad hoc support to end users of the electronic discovery review platform repository
  • Contractor shall document electronic discovery plans and procedures for each individual case.
  • Contractor shall facilitate requests for legal hold implementation, amendment, and/or lift that are submitted by various requesters in LHMT.
  • Contractor shall provide eDiscovery collections on criminal cases.

Qualifications

  • An active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required for consideration*
  • One year of experience using eDiscovery software to perform collection of ESI.
  • Knowledge of legal frameworks that define civil, criminal, or FOIA electronic discovery practices.
  • Two years’ experience working on IT network architecture, such as MS Exchange, file servers, and SharePoint.
  • Demonstrated ability to write database queries and troubleshoot returns (e.g., evaluation of query audit logs for errors).
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively under the pressure of rigid time frames and multiple concurrent deadlines.
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate with others and manage complex relationships with all stakeholders.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, particularly in translating legal requirements into technical requirements and to provide end-user training to non-technical users.
  • Demonstrated experience performing eDiscovery collections.