Forensic Project Analyst

Forensic Project Analyst role at Contact Discovery Services

Contact Discovery Services - Washington, DC

Location:

Hybrid in Washington, DC

Start Date:

Negotiable

The Forensic Project Analyst oversees the planning, scheduling, and delivery of forensic projects, ensuring accuracy and timely completion. The ideal candidate will be an energetic self-starter who can work within a team environment as well as independently as the situation requires. This role bridges forensic expertise with eDiscovery project management discipline, coordinating resources and client communication throughout the engagement lifecycle.

• Work closely with all other departments to complete complex projects in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
• Serve as primary point of contact for forensic projects with clients, legal teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Manage multiple concurrent forensic engagements, including scoping, timelines, and deliverables.
• Personally provide or schedule consultation with case teams for forensic workflows.
• Use industry standard processes to facilitate data collections at the direction of the client.
• Understanding and experience in working with both traditional data sources such as email and modern data sources such as cloud storage providers, mobile devices, and short message data.

• Collaborate with forensic analysts on data collections (onsite, remote, and cloud) and analysis.
• Ensure adherence to chain of custody and evidence handling best practices.
• Validate forensic tool usage and maintain compliance with industry standards.

• Develop and maintain project plans, escalation paths, and communication protocols for forensic team.
• Document forensic processes for defensibility and transparency; prepare client‑facing reports.

• Identify potential risks (project deadlines, data loss, downtime, compatibility issues) and assist leadership implement mitigation strategies.
• Oversee quality control checks before client delivery.
• Provide guidance on forensic workflows and assist in SOP development.

• Coordinate scheduling and pre‑sales support, project initiation meetings, clarify roles of forensic team members, and set expectations for collaboration.
• Maintain forensic team schedule and continuously coordinate team members to support forensic involvement on projects cross‑departmentally.

• Bachelor’s degree in Digital Forensics, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years’ experience in forensic data collection with proficiency utilizing forensic tools (Axiom, EnCase, Cellebrite, FTK Imager).
• 3+ years’ experience with project management; PMP or similar certification preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively & tactfully both verbally and in written format to all relevant technical & non‑technical stakeholders including attorneys, client support staff, and internal team members.
• General knowledge of litigation lifecycle or experience managing litigations.
• Proficiency with Windows operating systems and the Office product suite.
• Ability to demonstrate superior organizational skills with an acute attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure in time‑sensitive situations and prioritize multiple projects with similar deadlines.
• Knowledge of litigation support industry including evolution of product offerings and changing dynamics/expectations.
• Ability to work extended hours when necessary to ensure client deadlines are met.
• Must be willing to travel regularly on short notice; must have valid passport for occasional international travel.

• Understanding of the electronic discovery reference model (EDRM).
• Possess at least one industry standard certification (EnCE, CCE, CCFE, GCFE, GCFA, CCO, CCPA, CCME, etc.).
• Experience working with structured data exported from various platforms including analysis, custom scripting, and data manipulation to develop reports for client use.
• Understanding of (Robo/Rich) copy tools, BAT (Power Shell) scripting, and Active Directory.
• Experience with scripting, programming/coding, database languages (SQL, VB, HTML,…