eDiscovery Data Migration Engineer/Specialist

Sky Tech Services; Woodlawn (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sky Tech Services seeks an experienced eDiscovery Data Migration Engineer/Specialist to support complex legal data transitions between enterprise eDiscovery platforms. You will migrate case workspaces, ESI, metadata, and productions while preserving chain of custody and defensibility.

Responsibilities include executing end-to-end migrations for Actera eDP and Casepoint SaaS, maintaining data integrity with hashing, and coordinating with legal, IT, and operations teams to minimize litigation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Execute end to end platform-to-platform migrations across COTS solutions, including Actera eDP (Clearwell) and Casepoint SaaS.
• Migrate active/archived matters, custodial collections, productions, transcripts, and review work product with full preservation of tags, redactions, search histories, and workspace configuration.
• Maintain strict data integrity using digital hashing and chain of custody validation methods.
• Map, transform, and normalize metadata and specialized load files to meet target platform requirements.
• Perform QA/UAT activities, including sampling, reconciliation checks, and validation audits.
• Develop phased migration plans to minimize impact on litigation workflows and user access.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end platform-to-platform migrations across eDiscovery tools.
• Migrate matters, custodial data, productions with full metadata preservation and chain of custody.
• Ensure data integrity with hashing and validation methods.
• Transform metadata and load files to target platform specs.
• Coordinate QA/UAT and migration planning with stakeholders.

Skills

eDiscovery migration

ETL workflows

Legal tech engineering

Actera eDP (Clearwell)

Casepoint eDiscovery

Metadata handling

Load files (DAT, OPT)

Scripting (Python, PowerShell, SQL)

Chain of custody

Data privacy

Cross-functional collaboration

US Public Trust Clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

5+ years of relevant experience

Tools

Relational databases

Concordance load files

Job description

eDiscovery Data Migration Engineer/Specialist

Description of Work:

Experienced eDiscovery Data Migration Engineer/Specialist to support complex legal data transitions between enterprise eDiscovery platforms. The ideal candidate brings hands on expertise migrating case workspaces, ESI, metadata, review work product, and productions while ensuring chain of custody integrity and strict legal defensibility. This role supports active and archival matter migration efforts, collaborating with legal, IT, and operations stakeholders to deliver secure, auditable, and efficient data transfer initiatives.

Key Required Skills:

• 3–7+ years of hands on experience in eDiscovery data migration, ETL workflows, or legal technology engineering.
• Strong subject matter expertise with Actera eDP (Clearwell) and Casepoint eDiscovery environments.
• Advanced proficiency with EDRM concepts, metadata handling, relational databases, and structured load files.
• Working knowledge of scripting and automation tools (Python, PowerShell, SQL).
• Experience conducting defensible, auditable migrations with documented chain of custody and full metadata preservation.
• Understanding of legal holds, retention policies, and data privacy requirements.
• Ability to work effectively with legal, IT, security, and operations stakeholders.
• Ability to obtain and maintain US Public Trust Clearance

Basic Qualifications: Future Roles and Responsibilities.

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Execute end to end platform to platform migrations across COTS solutions, including Actera eDP (Clearwell) and Casepoint SaaS.
• Migrate active/archived matters, custodial collections, productions, transcripts, and review work product with full preservation of tags, redactions, search histories, and workspace configuration.
• Maintain strict data integrity using digital hashing and industry standard chain of custody validation methods.
• Map, transform, and normalize metadata and specialized load files (.DAT, .OPT, Concordance formats) to meet target platform requirements.
• Perform QA/UAT activities, including sampling, reconciliation checks, and validation audits to ensure complete and accurate migrations.
• Develop phased migration plans to minimize impact on ongoing litigation workflows and user access.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams to ensure compliance with legal hold, privacy, and data retention requirements.

Desired Skills

• Concordance load file experience
• Experience supporting large scale complex litigation or government investigations
• Familiarity with secure data transfer protocols and cloud SaaS migration best practices

Local candidate with availability to work on site 5 days/week at the client site in Woodlawn, MD.