eDiscovery & ESI Management Professional

At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it’s at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a motivated and detailed individual to join our team as an eDiscovery & ESI Management Professional.  The role requires a high level of organization, a strong understanding of legal hold, eDiscovery, and the ability to work collaboratively within a fast-paced environment. 

Our Impact:

The eDiscovery and ESI Management team (EEM) is a unit of Legal supporting the eDiscovery process across the full lifecycle, from legal hold identification and preservation to data collection, processing and hosting. 

Your Impact:

In this position, you will assist legal teams and other partners in ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements while maintaining data integrity and confidentiality.  Responsibilities would also include:

• Preservation and Legal Hold Identification
  • Assist in identifying and implementing legal holds for relevant data custodians, ensuring data preservation policies are followed
  • Help track and manage legal hold process, ensuring that custodians are notified, and appropriate actions are taken to preserve relevant data
  • Maintain records related to legal hold, including issuing, releasing and tracking of all legal hold when litigation or investigations are initiated or concluded.
• Hosting/Managed Review
  • Support the setup and management of data in eDiscovery hosting platform (e.g. Reveal, Relativity)
  • Ensure data is organized, tagged, and searchable, and perform quality checks to ensure that data is ready for review
  • Assist in managing user permissions and roles within hosting platforms

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent work experience) in a relevant field such as Information Technology, Computer Science or Legal Studies or equivalent and 2+ years of related experience.
• Basic understanding of eDiscovery workflow, especially Legal Hold Processes and Hosting/Managed Review
• Familiarity with eDiscovery software tools (e.g. Relativity, Reveal)
• Strong technical proficiency with an understanding of data formats, metadata, and document management systems

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Combination of technical skills, legal knowledge, strong communication and work ethics
• Detailed with strong organizational and analytical skills
• Manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work collaboratively with the team and also independently with little supervision

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical and mental disability, pregnancy, ethnicity, genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal, state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac’s business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.

CA Applicants:  Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit www.BountyJobs.com and register with our referral code: MAC.

Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Non-Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $80,000 - $120,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.