Director of Forensics and eDiscovery

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Job Function:

Technology Enterprise Strategy & Security

Job Sub Function:

Security & Controls

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan New Jersey United States of America

Job Description:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Forensics and eDiscovery to lead a combined team that delivers defensible electronic discovery collection services and forensic data collection and analysis in support of legal matters A&D projects employment matters insider-risk investigations and cybersecurity events. This role is responsible for operational delivery technical strategy team mentorship process governance and stakeholder engagement with Legal Global Security HR and business units to ensure timely compliant and cost-effective handling of electronically stored information (ESI) and forensic evidence.

Major Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Strategy: Lead a team of analysts in performing targeted and broad forensic data collections and advanced forensic analysis (file system memory endpoint mobile cloud) for litigation employment investigations insider-risk inquiries cybersecurity incidents and preparation of defensible forensic deliverables.
• Stakeholder Communication: Collaborate closely with Legal Privacy Cybersecurity HR and business stakeholders to scope matters prioritize work and deliver findings in support of decision-making.
• Digital Forensics: Conduct technical forensic analysis and deep dive root cause analysis of electronic devices and artifacts.

Other Duties:

• Team Development: Mentor and develop team members fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Tool Evaluation and Selection: Define and continually improve collection and analysis processes and playbooks to ensure defensibility reproducibility and chain-of-custody integrity. Oversee technical toolset selection deployment and optimization (forensic and eDiscovery platforms collection utilities imaging tools cloud connectors).
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and vulnerabilities in systems and processes and coordinate mitigation of them.
• Metrics: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of forensic and eDiscovery services and initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• A bachelors degree is required.
• 12 years of relevant technical experience.
• Deep understanding of digital evidence principles (preservation chain of custody admissibility and defensibility).
• File systems and storage concepts (NTFS FAT exFAT Ext variants APFS VHD/VMDK RAID arrays).
• Operating systems internals (Windows macOS Linux and mobile OS architectures (iOS Android)).
• Cloud-based collections and forensic analysis (Microsoft 365 AWS Azure other cloud-based business applications).
• Memory forensics and volatility concepts (live response RAM acquisition analysis).
• Common artifact locations and timelines (logs registry browser/data stores email cloud metadata).
• Scripting and automation: Python PowerShell Bash for custom parsers triage and repeatable workflows.
• Strong knowledge of eDiscovery lifecycle ESI preservation chain-of-custody and defensible collection methodologies.
• Privacy data protection and relevant regulations (e.g. GDPR HIPAA) as they affect evidence handling.
• Demonstrated experience supporting litigation regulatory matters employment investigations or insider-risk cases.
• Excellent writing and communication skills with ability to explain technical findings to legal and business audiences.
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence and MLbased forensic analysis and automation tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A minimum of 12 years of digital forensic experience.
• A minimum of 6 years leading and managing digital forensic or related teams including junior senior and manager level skillsets.

Leadership:

• Lead and mentor: coach technical staff develop career paths and build bench strength through structured development plans.
• Build high-performing teams: recruit onboard retain and scale teams while fostering psychological safety and accountability.
• Make decisions under pressure: prioritize investigations and resource allocation during active incidents with incomplete information.
• Grow capability: identify skills gaps implement training programs and institutionalize knowledge transfer (playbooks runbooks).
• Influence & develop others: provide constructive feedback manage performance improvement plans and promote technical leadership.
• Sustain quality in complex environments: enforce QA processes peer review and reproducible evidence handling.
• Advocate for continuous learning: champion certifications rotations cross-training and certifications.

Analytical:

• Strong investigative mindset: hypothesis-driven analysis source triangulation and validation of findings.
• Ability to construct clear reproducible timelines and correlate multi-source artifacts (endpoint network cloud logs).
• Root-cause analysis capability to determine intrusion vectors user actions or data exfiltration paths.
• Pattern recognition for anomalous behavior and ability to prioritize high value leads in large datasets.
• Attention to detail with aptitude for spotting subtle indicators that affect legal outcomes.
• Excellent executive intelligence writing and briefing skills.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Business Process Design Creating Purpose Crisis Management Critical Thinking Cybersecurity Developing Others Inclusive Leadership Information Security Auditing Information Security Management System (ISMS) Information Technology (IT) Security Assessments Information Technology Strategies Leadership Organizing People Performance Management Presentation Design Process Optimization Security Architecture Design Security Policies

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

The anticipated base pay range for this position is: $150000- $258750

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical dental vision life insurance short- and long-term disability business accident insurance and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans employees are eligible to participate in the Companys consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Companys long-term incentive program. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation 120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington 56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay including Floating Holidays 13 days per calendar year Work Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave 10 days Volunteer Leave 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. Experience:

Director