Senior eDiscovery Technician

About the role

CGS is seeking a Senior eDiscovery Technician to join the legal organization of a large Federal agency. CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve government’s most dynamic problems with cutting‑edge technology. The role supports government innovation, collaboration, and anticipates the needs of others while offering a supportive environment and professional growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Log the production in the Agency's eDiscovery Tracking System.
• Digest the cover letter (which may be several pages long) and provide a brief description of the production.
• If the media received is encrypted and no password is provided, call the producing party to obtain the password.
• Determine if the cover letter contains substantive information that would qualify it for loading into Relativity.
• Virus‑scan the production off‑network using multiple virus‑protection tools; follow protocol to address or reject any issues.
• Once the production is confirmed “clean,” copy it to the Agency's network.
• Follow specific protocols when handling various document types (whistleblower, RFPA, MOU, International, BSA, audio files, transcripts, laptops, paper, etc.).
• Analyze productions to determine required processing and applicable protocol.
• Analyze data to ensure completeness.
• If the data is “load ready,” inspect it for all components; if incomplete, communicate the issue to the Litigation Support Specialist.
• Monitor for incoming productions arriving via email.
• Monitor the Agency's FTP site for productions delivered via FTP.
• Scan and OCR small amounts of paper documents in preparation for loading into Relativity.
• Coordinate off‑site scanning for productions containing multiple boxes of paper.

Qualifications

• Three years of eDiscovery technical experience in compiling, analyzing, and synthesizing information to support project tasks.
• Bachelor’s degree (or three additional years of directly relevant work experience may be substituted).
• Knowledge of information resources.
• Excellent analytical capabilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure and tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple tasks as defined in the responsibilities.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
• Ideally: Experience with Government software policies and procedures.
• Ideally: Client‑facing communication experience.
• Ideally: Federal Agency‑issued security clearance.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and observance of State/Federal holidays

Pay

$69,888 – $100,949.33 per year

Schedule

Full Time, Mid‑Level