Sr. Automation Engineer (director)

About The Role

FTI Consulting's Technology Consulting practice is seeking a skilled Automation Engineer (Director Level) with experience providing customized programming solutions to solve client needs of first impression. Our Forensic Automation and Cognitive Technology Services teams are built to streamline digital investigations, enhance electronic evidence discovery, and accelerate decision-making across forensic, legal, and investigative domains. The ideal candidate will have a combination of background and experiences across information governance, digital forensics, electronic discovery, and data analytics. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your technical expertise and leadership skills to drive business growth and deliver high-quality services to our clients.

What You’ll Do

Collaborate with stakeholders to scope project goals, define success metrics, and communicate insights in a clear, compelling manner

Act as a forensic technology lead in delivering end-to-end machine learning and data science solutions to enterprise clients across various industries Design, develop, and deploy predictive models, statistical algorithms, and custom machine learning pipelines using customized programming techniques. Present technical findings and recommendations to non-technical audiences including C-suite stakeholders and law firm partners

Build reusable quantitative components, templates, and accelerators using to enable scalable delivery across client engagements

Develop and deliver training programs for clients and internal teams on forensic automation and cognitive technologies

How You’ll Grow

We are committed to investing and supporting you in your professional development and we have developed a range of programs focused on fostering leadership, growth and development opportunities. We aim to promote continuous learning and individual skills development through on-the-job learning, self-guided professional development courses and certifications. You’ll be assigned a dedicated coach to mentor, guide and support you through regular coaching sessions and serve as an advocate for your professional growth.    As you progress through your career at FTI Consulting, we offer tailored programs for critical professional milestones to ensure you are prepared and empowered to take on your next role.

What You Will Need To Succeed

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics) or related field.

Fluency in Python and hands-on experience creating customized solutions leveraging advanced Python packages (e.g., scikit-learn, PyTorch, statsmodels) Experience with APIs and ability to independently collect, integrate, and analyze data from cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)

Demonstrable expertise navigating cloud-based enterprise systems (e.g., M365, Google Workspace, Slack)

Hands-on experience developing, tuning, and validating machine learning models, including hyperparameter optimization, feature selection methods, cross-validation, error analysis, bias–variance tradeoff management, model interpretability, and robustness and performance monitoring

Strong communication skills with the ability to align client needs with functional solutions, and effectively communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholder

Client-facing consulting experience

Experienced managing people on fast-moving, high-profile engagements

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field

3+ years of experience in industries or services related to the Electronic Discovery Reference Model, and familiarity with forensic technology software (e.g., EnCase, Axiom, Cellebrite, NUIX, Relativity, and Reveal)

Fluency in R, particularly as it relates to data visualization and statistical programming

Deep expertise in machine learning algorithms (regression, classification, clustering, time series, NLP, etc.) and statistical modeling

Pay: $123,000.00 - $182,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Professional development assistance

Referral program

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10036