Job Description

Klinedinst PC is seeking a Jr. Data Analyst who exhibits top-notch critical thinking, exceptional substantive skills, and the desire to provide exceptional service to work in both our eDiscovery and Information Technology departments. This critical role will be collaborating alongside the CIO, IT Staff, and the eDiscovery Administrator supporting the firm’s eDiscovery and IT related data manipulation needs.

The Jr. Data Analyst may at times also work directly with attorneys, paralegals, and secretaries in all of the firm’s West Coast offices, as well as personnel in related office services, information technology and the firm’s management team in order to accomplish data driven needs of the office.

This position will be supported through guidance, mentoring, and training. At Klinedinst, we empower our staff and attorneys alike to maximize their performance and potential, serving clients and gaining meaningful opportunities for professional growth along the way.

The core essential duties and responsibilities included in this role include:

• A fundamental understanding of data life cycles and data mapping.
• Create, maintain, and archive databases residing in the firm’s eDiscovery environment as well as layered infrastructure.
• Familiarity with AWS Glacier backup services.
• Familiarity with Converged and Hyperconverged environments.
• Ability to learn and adapt to new software advances easily.
• Receive and analyze incoming data in preparation for loading and processing.
• Strong documentation ability to record and keep complicated indexes of archival data and provide high level reporting of data sets.
• Ability to identify data gaps and work with large data sets.
• Understanding of Data Governance and Data Governed Environments.
• Understanding of SQL servers.
• Basic understanding of forensically sound copying tools.
• Ability to remain organized and function at a high-level in deadline driven environment where priorities will often compete.
• Perform advanced document services tasks using Export/PDF tools, batch utilities, and diagnostic software.
• Conceptual understanding of data migrations.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None are required.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Multi-tasking, strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills, excellent team player and the ability to work under pressure are required.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common legal, medical, scientific and technical resources, financial reports, internet research, and legal documents. Verbal and written communication skills should be exemplary. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, regulatory agencies, members of the firm, and the business community. Ability to effectively present information to supervisors, management, attorneys, clients and opposing parties.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compare rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, perform independent analysis, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Due to the time constraints associated with the nature of litigation and the competing priorities of the organization’s workload, this position is regularly required to deal with strict deadlines requiring increased efficiency and, at times, may result in increased stress. This position requires independent authority in the management of multiple projects and may require work in excess of forty (40) hours per week.

This is a valued member of our team, and we want to hear from you! No communications from recruiters, please.

Company Description

Klinedinst is the go-to firm for clients looking for litigation, trial experience, transactional representation, and legal counsel. The firm was founded in 1983 by John D. Klinedinst in San Diego. Today, the firm’s offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, Orange County, and Seattle service domestic and international clients across the entire West Coast. What sets Klinedinst apart is the relationship members of our team foster with each and every client. Klinedinst serves as a strategic partner to business leaders, helping to achieve business objectives and create proactive solutions to resolve the many legal challenges that businesses are confronted with every day. Mission: To provide the highest quality legal services and advocacy to achieve our clients' goals. To be the best. To grow a forward-focused firm where diverse, talented individuals handle sophisticated and challenging work, strive to reach their potential, and build successful careers. To create a positive, welcoming workplace that values and respects employees while providing growth opportunities for all. To positively impact the legal, business, and personal communities in which we live and work.