eDiscovery Project Coordinator

Amentum is seeking an eDiscovery Project Coordinator to join our team supporting a new team at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC. This position is expected to work full-time onsite in Washington, DC. This position reports to a Project Manager. Responsibilities/Duties: - The eDiscovery Project Coordinator is a senior level position and is responsible for coordinating technical aspects such as assisting with strategic and legal aspects for all assigned projects and matters involving electronic discovery. - Serves as the primary point of contact throughout the discovery lifecycle, applying in-depth knowledge and experience to provide expert consultation and advice on technology and best practices. - Consults with case teams to effectively develop and apply technical strategies, requirements and goals in order to develop and implement project plans, including data collection, processing, document review, document production and trial. - Acts as the primary point of contact and liaison for electronic discovery issues between the legal team and the contractor(s) to ensure proper communication between the parties. - Advises legal team on technology options to respond to specific discovery needs including but not limited to recommendations for products to perform early case assessment, document search, and document reviews in the most efficient, timely, and cost-effective manner. - Participates in legal proceedings, i.e. 26(f) conferences, prepares affidavits, and testifies as to the defensibility of the government’s eDiscovery process. - Ensures standard procedures for electronic discovery and litigation support projects are consistently applied across the life of the case. - Develops cost estimates and advises on maximizing efficiencies and cost reductions. - Oversees the creation of statistical reports providing information on collection, filtering, processing, review and productions. - Delegates appropriate workflow tasks, including data management, constructing search queries, processing, production and quality control. - Coordinates efforts of others in response to discovery requests and provides regular reports and metrics as to the status of each phase of the project. - Stays abreast of emerging electronic discovery litigation support technology and processes. - Maintains current knowledge of available software applications and in area(s) of expertise. - Conducts regular briefings on new technology and process improvements with regard to electronic discovery. Qualifications: - Minimum 5 years’ experience providing eDiscovery services and litigation support on complex and large cases involving complex eDiscovery challenges. - Must have demonstrated exceptional written and verbal communication skills. - Must have experience handling financial crimes/non-compliance cases. - Must possess detailed planning and organizational skills and have a thorough understanding of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM); especially data collection, review, analytics and production. - Candidate must possess solid, broad knowledge of Information Technology infrastructures including networks and other sources of data. - Prior knowledge and experience managing eDiscovery projects and related technologies required. - Advanced experience planning eDiscovery efforts, managing client expectations, and working with clients to minimize their risk exposure. - Must be proficient in a wide range of technologies and be knowledgeable as to eDiscovery industry “best practices” including an understanding of multiple tools and processes associated with large scale complex eDiscovery response. - Must have general knowledge of forensics. - Must have expertise in all search related technology (terms, prompts, AI, etc.). - Must have expertise in litigation technology tool usage (Relativity, Nuix, Axiom, etc.). - Must be highly organized and a problem solver. - Must establish compliance with all directives for secured handling of documents. -…