Consulting Associate/Cyber Incident Response eDiscovery (Forensic Services practice)

Charles River Associates; United States; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training programs

Comprehensive benefits package

Immigration support

Job summary

Charles River Associates is seeking a Consulting Associate to join the Cyber Incident Response & eDiscovery team in Chicago, Boston, Washington, DC, or New York. In this role, you will support high-profile cyber incident response matters, data breach investigations, and complex eDiscovery engagements.

Working alongside experienced consultants, attorneys, and clients, you will help identify and analyze potentially impacted information, transforming complex datasets into actionable insights.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in eDiscovery, cyber incident response, digital forensics, data privacy, investigations, or a related field.
• Experience administering Relativity workspaces and utilizing core review, analytics, and reporting features; certifications are a plus.
• Experience managing document production workflows and executing quality control procedures.
• Experience processing data using tools such as Nuix, Relativity, or similar platforms.
• Experience conducting search term analysis and related reporting methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work effectively with large and complex datasets.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data reporting.
• Awareness of privacy regulations, data protection concepts is a plus, but not required.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiples projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel occasionally, as required (minimal travel expected).

Responsibilities

• Support and lead workstreams related to cyber incident response and data breach investigations involving sensitive data.
• Process, organize, and analyze large datasets using industry-standard eDiscovery and forensic technologies.
• Conduct data analysis and data mining to identify personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), and other sensitive data types.
• Manage and administer review databases, including data loading, workspace configuration, user management, and reporting.
• Conduct quality control procedures to ensure the accuracy of deliverables.
• Prepare client-facing updates and reports.
• Serve as a day-to-day resource for senior consultants by providing support throughout engagements.
• Coordinate with cross-functional project teams to manage competing priorities and meet critical deadlines.
• Contribute to corporate initiatives as needed, such as recruiting, training, business development support, etc.

Skills

eDiscovery

Cyber IR

Relativity

Nuix

Data analysis

Excel

Privacy awareness

Travel

Tools

Relativity workspace

Nuix

Job description

Consulting Associate/Cyber Incident Response eDiscovery (Forensic Services practice)

Boston, MA, United States; Chicago, IL, United States; Dallas, Texas, United States; New York, NY, United States; Washington, DC, United States

About Charles River Associates

Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations, and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns.

Practice Overview

CRA’s Forensic Services practice primary purpose is to support our clients’ commitment to integrity and reliability. Our work involves assisting companies and their counsel in independently responding to allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct and non-compliance. We are foremost in deploying cross-trained teams of forensic professionals to assist our clients in swiftly gaining deeper insights and greater value. Our commitment to our clients is to help them better anticipate and manage challenging events, to ultimately become more resilient.

Position Overview

We are seeking a Consulting Associate to join our Cyber Incident Response & eDiscovery team in Chicago, Boston, Washington, DC, or New York. In this role, you will support high-profile cyber incident response matters, data breach investigations, and complex eDiscovery engagements. Working alongside experienced consultants, attorneys, and clients, you will help identify and analyze potentially impacted information, transforming complex datasets into actionable insights.

Using CRA's eDiscovery technology suite, you will process, organize, analyze, and report on large volumes of structured and unstructured data to support regulatory, legal, and investigative objectives.

The role offers significant opportunities for professional development through formal training, mentorship, and exposure to complex client engagements.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Support and lead workstreams related to cyber incident response and data breach investigations involving sensitive data.
• Process, organize, and analyze large datasets using industry-standard eDiscovery and forensic technologies.
• Conduct data analysis and data mining to identify personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), and other sensitive data types.
• Manage and administer review databases, including data loading, workspace configuration, user management, and reporting.
• Conduct quality control procedures to ensure the accuracy of deliverables.
• Prepare client-facing updates and reports.
• Serve as a day-to-day resource for senior consultants by providing support throughout engagements.
• Coordinate with cross-functional project teams to manage competing priorities and meet critical deadlines.
• Contribute to corporate initiatives as needed, such as recruiting, training, business development support, etc.

Desired Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in eDiscovery, cyber incident response, digital forensics, data privacy, investigations, or a related field.
• Experience administering Relativity workspaces and utilizing core review, analytics, and reporting features; certifications are a plus.
• Experience managing document production workflows and executing quality control procedures.
• Experience processing data using tools such as Nuix, Relativity, or similar platforms.
• Experience conducting search term analysis and related reporting methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work effectively with large and complex datasets.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data reporting.
• Awareness of privacy regulations, data protection concepts is a plus, but not required.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiples projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel occasionally, as required (minimal travel expected).

Career Growth and Benefits

• CRA’s robust skills development programs , including a commitment to offering 100 hours of training annually through formal and informal programs, encourage you to thrive as an individual and team member. Beginning with research and analysis skill building, training continues with technical training, presentation skills, internal seminars, and career mentoring and performance coaching from an assigned senior colleague. Additional leadership and collaboration opportunities exist through internal firm development activities.
• We offer a comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package, wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being, and in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers.

Work Location Flexibility

CRA creates a work environment that enables our colleagues to benefit from being together in the office to best deliver on our promise of career growth, mentorship and inclusivity. At the same time, we recognize that individuals realize a range of benefits when working from home periodically. We currently expect that individuals spend at least 3 to 4 days a week working in the office (which may include traveling to another CRA office or to client meetings), with specific days determined in coordination with your practice or team.

Our Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Associates is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Salary and other compensation

A good-faith estimate of the annual base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $126,500. Stating pay within this range may vary based on factors such as education level, experience, skills, geographic location, market conditions, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position may be eligible for additional bonus incentive compensation.

CRA offers a comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements, which include: medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) retirement plan with employer match; life and disability insurance; paid time off (vacation, sick leave, holidays); paid parental leave; wellness programs and employee assistance resources; and commuter benefits.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in Charles River Associates’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.