Electronic Discovery / Litigation Support Specialist

FSA has a full-time Electronic Discovery / Litigation Support Specialist position at the U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of CA in Fresno. The job title is Records Examiner / Analyst; the duties are those of a database manager. The REA supports the Litigation Support Manager and the district regarding litigation support and the electronic discovery needs of the office. Duties include:

• Assist with the hands-on file manipulation, loading, and conversion services. Create and modify files for upload, typically into COTS products, and performs individual file conversion in support of electronic file processing.
• Receive and process electronic files, including email files and other files in their native formats, digital image files, even load-ready data and image files; digitize audio and video tapes, conversion of audio/video files to formats applicable for production or trial presentation; process, export in specified electronic formats and will load or import data into COTS products and litigation support
• Processing of electronic discovery will include scanning, importing electronic files, and OCRing documents using eDiscovery processing software; exporting electronic files to various formats and loading and updating databases.
• Work with the Litigation Support Team in modifying and manipulating files for use with COTS products and litigation support applications.
• Perform quality assurance of all electronic file processing
• Work with the Litigation Support Team to ensure that incoming productions are made pursuant to the applicable ESI specifications and when deficiencies are found, provides Litigation Support Manager with detailed notice of
• Ensure that all exports for productions are made pursuant to applicable ESI specifications and/or the requirement of the requesting party or USAO personnel using the guidelines established by Litigation Support Manager.
• Ensure high quality, timely, and cost-effective methods are followed through established procedures.
• Provide some helpdesk support in all litigation support software
• Provide training to users as necessary to enable users to utilize the litigation support applications.

Requirements:

• Willingness to take on a steep learning curve and passion for continuous learning is the most important attribute a candidate can bring to this position.
• 2-year or 4-year degree (or current student) in Business/Management Information Systems, Information Systems/Technology, Computer Science/Engineering, or a closely related field can be very helpful.
• Knowledge of networked computers, the Windows operating system, and Microsoft applications is required.
• Experience with Windows servers, Active Directory, and permissions management is helpful but not required.
• Knowledge of database design and the litigation discovery process is helpful but not
• Experience with document review software, such as Relativity, IPro, Logikcull, OpenText, Everlaw, etc. is helpful but not required. Experience with discovery processing applications, such as eScanit, CloudNine LAW, Everlaw, Relativity, NUIX, etc. is helpful but not required.
• Experience writing queries in SQL or scripts in Javascript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Bash, Powershell, VBA, etc. is helpful but not required
• This position requires U.S. Citizenship and a 7 (or 10) year minimum background investigation.

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