ALS Lab Manager

Amentum; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) retirement benefits with match

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum seeks a knowledgeable eDiscovery leader to guide lab data processing and production support for DOJ operations in Washington, DC. You will oversee delivery, QA, and compliance with ESI specifications while coordinating with attorneys and staff across the EDRM lifecycle.

Ideal candidates have extensive Relativity experience, strong data processing skills, and a proven track record in managing teams and complex discovery projects within government IT environments.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years in eDiscovery including processing, conversion, culling, QA, and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for lab data processing and production deliverables.
• Ensure timely, accurate completion of technical work orders and queue priorities.
• Assist with queue requests and coordinate with attorneys and staff on ESI specifications.
• Advise attorneys and staff on EDRM phases: Data Collection, Processing, Hosting, Review, Analytics, Production.
• Manage an eDiscovery team at a client-site lab and ensure deliverables meet quality standards.
• Collaborate to create effective search strategies and oversee work order queue.
• Participate in Rule 26(f) conferences.

Skills

eDiscovery leadership

Relativity expertise

Data processing

Team management

EDRM knowledge

Query & production planning

Education

Undergraduate degree in CS or related field

Tools

Relativity

iConect

Venio

Concordance

MS Office Suite

LiveNote

LAW

Job description

Amentum is seeking a knowledgeable resource with broad knowledge of the governments IT environment and Relativity experience to join a team of legal professionals in providing support to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington DC.

Successful candidate will:

• Serves as technical lead and responsible for delivery of lab data processing services, generating outgoing productions, not limited to qc of coding fields
• Ensures timely and accurate completion of technical work orders. Align priorities in data processing queue.
• Assist with completing request in the queue.
• Consults with attorneys and support staff on best practices for conforming to ESI specifications
• Responsible for ensuring that incoming productions are made pursuant to the applicable ESI specifications and outgoing productions are compliant with applicable stipulations
• Advises attorneys, paralegals, and case managers on all phases of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM); especially: Data Collection, Processing, Hosting, Review, Analytics, and Production.
• Manage team of eDiscovery professionals situated in a client-site eDiscovery laboratory
• Advises attorneys, paralegals, and case managers on all phases of the electronic discovery
• Ensures successful completion of work, timeliness of deliverables, and quality control
• Collaborate with teams to create search strategies
• Manage work order queue
• Participates in Rule 26(f) conferences

Required Qualifications:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain MRPT facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for MRPT facility credentials/authorization at this work location.
• At least eight years of experience performing eDiscovery roles including but not limited to electronic files processing (EFP), image and data file conversion, data culling using review tools, quality assurance, database loads and retrieval, and data analysis and review.
• At least five years of experience at the management/supervisory level
• Thorough knowledge of the litigation discovery process, and the EDRM workflow
• Working knowledge and certifications of document review software such as iConect, Relativity, Venio or similar tools
• Undergraduate degree required, preferably in computer science or related field
• Extensive Relativity experience.
• Extensive data processing experience.
• Requires broad knowledge of the Government's IT environments, including office automation networks, and PC and server based databases and applications.
• Experience with litigation support tools such as LAW, IPRO, Concordance, MS Office Suite, and LiveNote highly valued.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Preferred skills:

• Ability to lead a technical team, and to give it direction, will be very important
• Ability to analyze attorneys' needs, and to design and implement a whole system solution responsive to those needs will be very important.

Compensation Details:

$120,000.00 - $132,000.00

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good‑faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax‑saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara‑O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

Original Posting:

08/17/2026 - Until Filled

Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

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