Defensible eDiscovery Data Collector

Charles Schwab; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and sabbatical after 5+;

Parental leave and family benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Charles Schwab is expanding its eDiscovery team and seeks a Forensic eDiscovery Collection Specialist. You will perform defensible collections across endpoints, mobile, cloud, and enterprise sources, preserving evidentiary integrity and chain of custody.

You will collaborate with legal, business, and IT teams to scope collections, apply approved tools, and document methodologies. The role emphasizes quality controls and data security in litigation and regulatory workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent work experience may be considered.
• Minimum two years of experience in eDiscovery, digital forensics, DFIR, information security investigations, enterprise data acquisition, or related fields.
• Strong understanding of eDiscovery processes, including the EDRM, legal holds, retention, and data privacy requirements.
• Hands-on experience collecting across endpoints, mobile, cloud, and enterprise sources using tools such as Relativity, Exterro, WinSCP, Cellebrite, EnCase.
• Knowledge of chain of custody, evidence handling, hashing, forensic imaging, secure transfer, and collection documentation standards.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and commitment to data integrity and quality control.
• Excellent written, verbal, and technical documentation skills; discretion with confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Conduct defensible preservation and collection of ESI from enterprise systems, email, cloud, and collaboration sources.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to scope collection efforts and resolve access and technical questions.
• Use approved tools to perform imaging, targeted collection, hashing, export, and validation with chain-of-custody control.
• Maintain detailed evidence inventories and collection notes with methodologies and validation data.
• Preserve data integrity, security, and confidentiality during collection and transfer.
• Perform quality-control checks, validation, and reconciliation of collected data.
• Securely stage, encrypt, transfer, and reconcile data for RelativityOne and downstream workflows.
• Develop and improve collection methodologies, procedures, and job aids.

Skills

eDiscovery

Digital forensics

DFIR

Information security investigations

Enterprise data acquisition

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT / CS / related field

Tools

Relativity

Exterro

WinSCP

Cellebrite

EnCase

Microsoft 365

Job description

Charles Schwab is expanding its eDiscovery team and seeks a Forensic eDiscovery Collection Specialist. You will perform defensible collections across endpoints, mobile, cloud, and enterprise sources, preserving evidentiary integrity and chain of custody.

You will collaborate with legal, business, and IT teams to scope collections, apply approved tools, and document methodologies. The role emphasizes quality controls and data security in litigation and regulatory workflows.