Senior Associate, Digital Forensics

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Practice Overview:

At Bright Labs, an Ankura Company, we tailor our services to support our clients’ requirements across a variety of matter sizes and types. Our team of eDiscovery and digital forensic advisors provide consulting expertise and end-to-end project management across the full information lifecycle from identification through production, including managed review for investigations, or litigation. Our consultants work collaboratively with clients to design efficient workflows, proactively identify and mitigate risk, apply quality control checkpoints, solve technological challenges, and provide cost-effective solutions. Our eDiscovery and digital forensics advisory team have significant experience with a broad range of industry-standard technologies and procedures. Also, our professionals have served in some of the largest and most globally recognized eDiscovery investigations. For every unique engagement, we carefully customize our approach to ensure an efficient and well-planned deployment of resources and technology.

Role Overview:

As a Senior Associate, you will be work closely with the project team to become familiar with the clients' big-picture objectives and challenges and execute on critical project deliverables to ensure these objectives are met on time and with the highest quality.  With this knowledge you will be responsible for designing and executing efficient, innovative analytical workflow solutions to address their issues. 

The role will be 5 days a week in our Washington, DC office.  You will be responsible for forensically imaging various electronic devices such as desktop computers, laptops, iPad, iPhones, Androids and cloud sources like M365, Gmail, and various cloud repositories.  This role is also responsible for forensic receiving and shipping physical to and form our lab and completing our chain of custody information.

Responsibilities:

• Preservation and analysis of electronically stored information (“ESI”) using industry standard tools and practices

• Secure transfer of digital evidence while maintaining chain of custody;

• Maintain integrity of electronically stored information for admission in a court of law;

• Proactive research and recommendations of technology solutions and process improvements that will ensure continued defensibility;

• Day-to-day client engagement activities, including interaction with client personnel, internal Ankura team members, and other stakeholders involved in a given engagement;

• Providing project support to team leads and clients:

• Delivering daily updates of projects engagements to team leads;

• Responding to client requests and setting clear expectations to internal and external stakeholders;

• Conducting quality control checks to ensure accuracy of tasks/deliverables related to searches, review workflow, productions, processing and exports;

• Work with team leads to learn and take ownership of project tasks.

• Coordinating with client contacts to provide project deliverables, progress, timelines and advise on strategy, workflow and best practices;

• Designing and implementing intelligent workflow solutions to quickly identify the key facts, details, and merits of the case.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree. Preferred degree digital forensics, engineering, computer science, information technology, data analytics, or work experience in a related field

• 1-3 years of experience working in the Digital Forensics and related space

• Experience with forensic software: EnCase, Forensic Email Collector, Cellebrite Inseyets, Cellebrite Digital Collector, Cellebrite Inspector, Linux-based forensic tools, Magnet Axiom, Magnet Axiom Verakey, or similar forensic toolkit

• Email Systems: Microsoft Purview, Google Vault, Mimecast, Web Mail, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes/Domino, and email archive platforms

• Cloud-based storage and chat collaboration platforms such as SLACK,  Dropbox, Box, etc.

• Experience with eDiscovery Review/Processing Platforms is a plus: Relativity, Brainspace, Disco, Nuix, Law, MindsEye

• Experience with physical media storage and tracking is a plus.

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in California, Colorado, or New York, Ankura is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to the said markets and considers a broad range of factors including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The range does not include additional benefits outside of salary. At Ankura, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each role. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range is between $65K-155K; this range is not a promise of a particular wage.

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