Risk Advisory, Digital Forensics, Director

Ankura•Irvine, CA

63d•$85,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. 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 Director, 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 Forensics Lab in Irvine, California. Senior Associate or Director level will be considered and will be evaluated throughout the interview selection process.

Requirements

Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree. Preferred degree digital forensics, engineering, computer science, information technology, data analytics, or work experience in a related field
5+ 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.

Nice To Haves

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.

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