Cyber eDiscovery Consultant

About Cognicion LLC

Cognicion LLC is a boutique eDiscovery services and information management provider. They are actively seeking a skilled Cyber eDiscovery Consultant to join their team.

Role Overview: Cyber eDiscovery Consultant

As a Cyber eDiscovery Consultant, you will be responsible for the delivery of post-cyber event eDiscovery projects to clients. This involves providing oversight and day-to-day tactical support in the analysis, culling, and reporting on compromised documents. You will supervise document review and create and quality check client Notification Lists. This role supports Senior Consultants and managers through effective project management, coordinating team resources, assisting with project-related tasks, and ensuring high levels of client service.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Manages Cyber eDiscovery projects and provides day-to-day support to the Cyber eDiscovery team.
• Collaborates with other Cyber team members and managers to execute technical workflows for Cyber projects, including data mining and review at the direction of outside counsel and clients.
• Understands, oversees, and executes Cyber eDiscovery workflow processes and procedures that meet project specifications and adhere to best practices.
• Manages protocols involving forensic vendors, legal teams, and clients for transferring exfiltrated data.
• Handles mass extraction workflows and notification reports, including data normalization, deduplication, and validation.
• Develops, recommends, and coordinates the implementation of new procedures across multiple projects to ensure efficient, defensible best practices and quality processes.
• Continuously refines workflows to increase efficiencies to maximize project team effectiveness and profitability.
• Anticipates and identifies issues, escalating those with significant impact on project processes.
• Prepares project metrics and statistics from various resources and provides reporting as requested.
• Stays abreast of emerging industry best practices and tools to identify, evaluate, and recommend ongoing enhancements to the organization’s protocols and procedures.
• Works with the business development team to promote the Cyber eDiscovery service line internally and externally by speaking to Cognicion’s capabilities and value.

Qualifications

Cognicion LLC is looking for candidates with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 1 year of experience as an eDiscovery Project Manager, a Cyber eDiscovery Project Manager, or as a Review Manager.
• 1 year of experience handling Cyber eDiscovery projects preferred.

Technical Skills and Experience

• Strong project management experience with on-time deliverables, problem-solving skills, and high attention to detail.
• Up-to-date knowledge of cyber security and incident response industry standards, including data collection formats, document analysis and culling, review QC standards, and notification reporting.
• Advanced knowledge of cyber data analysis technologies and tools such as Relativity, Everlaw, Canopy, TreeSize, and Excel.
• Ability to create, apply, and edit metadata overlays.
• Power BI and VBA experience encouraged but not required.
• Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA) preferred but not required.
• Extensive knowledge of the concepts, principles, management, and processing of electronically stored information (ESI), including the use of various ESI management tools and applications.

Key skills/competency

• Cyber eDiscovery
• Project Management
• Incident Response
• Data Analysis
• Relativity
• ESI Management
• Workflow Optimization
• Client Service
• Document Review
• Forensic Data