Devon Canora

Sr. Manager, Data Engineering & Analytics  For our direct client in Northern New Jersey, a prestigious global firm, we seek an experienced technology & database leader to lead the data and analytics applications within a large global application platform.  This is a long-term contract role 12-36 months+ ) and requires 3 days/week onsite to work with the team.  In this role, the candidate will lead the technology roadmaps and technology strategy, design, delivery, and evolution of enterprise data platforms and analytics solutions. This role owns technical direction and strategy, delivery outcomes, and team leadership for data initiatives that support business decision-making, operational efficiency, and long-term data strategy. This is a hands-on leadership role—setting architecture and standards, managing delivery across vendors and internal teams, and serving as the senior technical partner to business and IT stakeholders. Key Responsibilities

• Build and own the technology strategy for the D&A portfolio.
• Own the end-to-end data engineering and analytics solution portfolio, from strategy through implementation and ongoing optimization
• Lead and mentor data engineers and consultants, providing technical direction, standards, and delivery oversight
• Establish and cultivate relationships with key stakeholders in the company's international offices.
• Partner with business leaders and product owners to translate objectives into scalable data architectures and roadmaps
• Define and evolve enterprise data platforms leveraging Microsoft Fabric, Azure data services, Databricks and complementary cloud technologies
• Oversee design and implementation of data ingestion, transformation, analytics, and reporting pipelines
• Establish and enforce best practices for data governance, security, quality, and compliance
• Manage delivery with internal teams and external development partners, ensuring timelines, quality, and ROI
• Evaluate emerging data, analytics, and AI/ML technologies and lead proof-of-concept initiatives where appropriate
• Support executive reporting, KPI frameworks, and advanced analytics use cases across multiple business domains

Required Qualifications

• 10–15+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics, or data architecture, with leadership responsibility
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale data platforms and modernization initiatives
• Strong expertise with cloud data ecosystems (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP experience a plus)
• Hands-on understanding of Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, data lakes, data warehouses, and modern analytics architectures
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, Spark, and data integration frameworks
• Experience managing vendors, budgets, and cross-functional delivery teams
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business and executive stakeholders

Preferred Experience

• Financial services, fintech, or regulated enterprise environments
• Exposure to AI/ML, MLOps, or GenAI pilots within analytics platforms
• Background establishing centers of excellence or data standards at scale

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Job Title: Senior Director - Azure Software Product Development Location: Northern NJ (Hybrid, 3+ days/week onsite) Type: Contract-to-Hire (3–6 months conversion window) Overview: For our direct client, a leading global professional services company, we seek a high-caliber IT leader to help drive the next phase of growth for a large-scale software product development initiative. This role is ideal for a strategic, execution-focused professional with deep experience managing complex, Azure-based product development programs across global teams. Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a large, multi-track software development program, managing multiple solution teams across various application development streams.
• Define and evolve the product vision in alignment with business strategy and customer needs.
• Drive planning, execution, and delivery across Azure-based development projects, ensuring alignment with technical and business goals.
• Collaborate closely with global stakeholders, engineering, and product leadership to ensure cohesive execution.
• Promote a culture of teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement within a hybrid work environment.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience leading complex, enterprise-scale software development programs.
• Proven success delivering cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Strong global delivery experience, including working with distributed teams and international stakeholders.
• Background in product management and product strategy, ideally in a consulting or enterprise SaaS environment.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Must be able to work onsite in the Northern NJ office at least 3 days per week.

Engagement Details:

• Initial contract with intention to convert to full-time after 3–6 months.
• High-visibility role working directly with executive leadership.
• Opportunity to shape the future of a strategic product for a world-class organization.

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Associate Director, Digital Marketing 

For our direct client, a highly successful, well-established company at a pivotal moment in its digital evolution and launching major new e-commerce initiatives, we seek an experienced digital marketing leader to join their team.  This newly created Associate Director - Digital Marketing role is a key position with terrific growth potential, to help modernize the customer journey and drive measurable growth.

This is a hands-on digital leadership role for someone who can set strategy and execute—owning website performance, conversion optimization, testing, and digital initiatives while working closely with IT, media partners, and creative teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and drive the digital conversion and optimization strategy, improving lead quality, funnel performance, and conversion rates.

• Lead website strategy and ongoing enhancements, including UX, content effectiveness, and performance optimization.

• Partner with paid media teams to ensure SEM, SEO, display, and social efforts effectively support the pre-purchase journey.

• Design and execute A/B and multivariate testing across websites, landing pages, and digital funnels.

• Translate data into clear insights, KPIs, and recommendations for senior marketing leadership.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Brand, Creative, Customer Acquisition, and IT to deliver integrated digital initiatives.

• Play a central role in the company’s upcoming eCommerce launch and evolution.

• Manage and hold accountable external partners (media agency, UX consultants, web vendors).

• Lead and develop a small team while remaining deeply hands-on.

Experience and Skills Desired:

• 7–10+ years of progressive experience in digital marketing within a consumer-facing environment.

• Strong background in CRO, website optimization, analytics, and digital testing.

• Experience influencing or partnering on paid media strategy (hands-on planning is a plus).

• Working experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud / CRM platforms; GA4 required, Tableau a plus.

• Proven ability to run complex digital projects end-to-end, not just manage agencies.

• Comfortable working closely with technical teams and external partners.

• Leadership style that is collaborative, practical, and not overly corporate.

• Experience in luxury goods, hospitality, travel or premium consumer brands strongly preferred

Why This Role:

• Newly created position with real ownership and visibility

• Opportunity to shape the future of digital and eCommerce for a respected luxury brand

• Hybrid work model (3 days onsite) and strong benefits, great company culture with long-term company tenure and employee loyalty.  Relocation needs will be considered.  Company HQ is in the Norwalk, CT area and 3 days onsite is genuinely needed for collaborating with team members and stakeholders.  

If you’re a digitally fluent marketer who enjoys building and optimizing customer journeys—and wants to make a tangible impact at a premium company—this role is worth exploring.

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Data Architect - Contract - Onsite For our direct client in the Greenwich, CT area, we seek an experienced Data Architect consultant to lead a structured data warehouse initiative. This engagement will assess current departmental data environments, design a scalable target-state architecture, and deliver a proof of concept. This is a milestone-driven project focused on roadmap design, ETL strategy, governance foundation, and executive-ready documentation to support phased implementation. Project Objectives

• Assess existing data architecture, platforms, and data flows across departments
• Design a centralized data warehouse architecture (cloud, hybrid, or on-prem)
• Define ETL/ELT integration framework to consolidate disparate data sources
• Establish foundational data governance and security model
• Deliver a proof of concept

Key Responsibilities Current-State Assessment

• Conduct interviews with data owners and technical stakeholders
• Inventory data sources, platforms, and integration points
• Identify gaps, redundancies, and risks across systems

Target-State Architecture

• Design future-state data warehouse architecture
• Define conceptual and logical data models
• Recommend tooling and platform strategy
• Outline ETL/ELT ingestion and integration patterns

Governance & Security

• Define data ownership, stewardship, and access models
• Establish data standards and governance principles
• Recommend security and risk mitigation practices

Proof of Concept & Roadmap

• Develop proof of concept integrating 2-3 departments
• Define measurable success criteria
• Deliver implementation roadmap with milestones
• Provide documentation and knowledge transfer

Required Experience

• Proven experience as a Data Architect with strong ETL/ELT expertise
• Experience designing enterprise data warehouse or lakehouse architectures
• Strong data modeling skills (conceptual & logical)
• Experience integrating legacy and modern systems
• Familiarity with modern cloud data platforms (Azure preferred)
• Experience establishing data governance frameworks
• Strong stakeholder communication and executive presentation skills

Preferred

• Experience in decentralized or multi-department environments
• Exposure to analytics modernization or AI-ready architecture planning
• Relevant cloud or data platform certifications

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Job Title: AI Lead We are partnering with a leading global organization to identify an AI Lead - Platform Intelligence & Applied AI to join its enterprise delivery team. This role is primarily remote, with occasional on-site meetings as needed. Candidates must be comfortable working Eastern Time business hours.

This is a full-time contract engagement (40 hours per week) open to credentialed professionals located within the United States. Candidates should be prepared to complete standard background screening and verification processes in accordance with applicable laws and company policies.

Role Overview

We are seeking an AI Lead to serve as the technical authority and strategic driver for how artificial intelligence is designed, implemented, and continuously evolved within our enterprise advisory delivery platform.

This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic vision, ensuring the platform leverages modern AI capabilities in a scalable, reliable, and enterprise-ready manner. The AI Lead will maintain a hands-on understanding of emerging AI technologies while translating research and market advancements into practical solutions that enhance the platform’s intelligence and capabilities.

You will help define how models are used, how intelligence is orchestrated, how contextual data is assembled, how agents operate, and how AI performance, trust, and quality are measured at scale. Key Responsibilities AI Strategy & Market Intelligence

• Continuously evaluate developments in:

  • Large language models (LLMs) and foundation models

  • Agent frameworks and orchestration architectures

  • Retrieval, memory, and contextual intelligence techniques

  • AI evaluation, safety, and governance frameworks

• Translate emerging AI capabilities into:

  • Platform design principles

  • Proofs of concept and experimental initiatives

  • Scalable, production-ready capabilities

• Provide strategic guidance to leadership on the adoption and integration of new AI technologies.

Model & Intelligence Management

• Define and manage the strategy for model usage across the platform, including:

  • Model selection and benchmarking

  • Versioning and lifecycle management

  • Performance, cost, and latency optimization

  • Redundancy and fallback strategies

  • Abstraction layers supporting multi-vendor model integration

• Establish best practices for:

  • Prompt and instruction design

  • Tool and function calling

  • Structured outputs and deterministic system behavior.

Semantic Routing & Orchestration

• Design and evolve the platform’s semantic routing layer, including:

  • Intent detection and task classification

  • Intelligent routing to appropriate models, agents, or workflows

  • Context-aware decision-making based on workspace state

• Define orchestration patterns for:

  • Multi-step and parallel execution

  • Long-running and asynchronous tasks

  • Human-in-the-loop workflows

• Ensure routing logic is transparent, testable, and continuously optimized.

Agent Architecture & Execution

• Define the organization’s AI agent strategy, including:

  • When agents should be used versus workflows or direct model calls

  • Agent composition, memory design, and tool integration

  • Guardrails and behavioral constraints

• Partner with engineering teams to implement:

  • Agent frameworks and runtime infrastructure

  • Monitoring, debugging, and performance management capabilities

• Ensure agents are:

  • Predictable, auditable, and secure

  • Aligned with delivery methodologies and service workflows

  • Safe for enterprise and client-facing environments.

Workspace Context & Retrieval Architecture

• Own the design of contextual intelligence and retrieval architecture, including:

  • Document ingestion, chunking, and enrichment pipelines

  • Vector, keyword, and hybrid retrieval approaches

  • Context assembly across client data, internal knowledge, and engagement artifacts

• Define standards for:

  • Source attribution and transparency

  • Data isolation, privacy, and compliance

  • Relevance, freshness, and system performance

• Continuously evaluate emerging approaches to memory, retrieval, and grounding.

AI Evaluation, Testing & Trust

• Establish and maintain the platform’s AI evaluation and testing framework, including:

  • Scenario-based and task-based evaluation methodologies

  • Regression testing for prompts, agents, and routing logic

  • Comparative benchmarking across models and configurations

• Define performance metrics for:

  • Accuracy, relevance, and consistency

  • Cost efficiency and latency

  • User trust, explainability, and reliability

• Collaborate with engineering and risk teams to ensure:

  • Full observability into AI system behavior

  • Safe deployment processes and controlled experimentation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working with modern AI systems, machine learning platforms, or intelligent application architectures.

• Strong understanding of large language models, agent architectures, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) frameworks.

• Experience designing and implementing AI-driven enterprise platforms or intelligent systems.

• Demonstrated ability to translate emerging AI technologies into scalable production solutions.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineering, product, and business stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree required in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related technical field.

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Our direct client, based in White Plains, NY, is seeking a Senior Java Developer who embraces AI-augmented development practices. You will be a part of the transformational journey to deliver best in class systems to support company's business lines, across all channels. The Senior Developer is to collaboratively drive the development and support of client's critical business systems for internal and external systems, while leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity and code quality. This role requires deep technical knowledge of high volume and highly transactional systems. Hybrid working model, 4 days per week on site is expected. Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product Owners, QA, PMO, DevOps and other developers to define requirements, design, and develop mission critical applications
• Utilize AI development tools to enhance coding efficiency, code review, testing, and documentation processes
• Analyze, design and develop application solutions and enhancements that meet requirements
• Ensure adherence to programming and enterprise architectural standards
• Complete work assignments and perform appropriate follow up to ensure that tasks are completed on time
• Collaborate with product owners, application users, creative team and other developers to define requirements, design, and develop the web application
• Assist in the rollout of new applications, problem fixes, and enhancements of software
• Work alongside AI-enthusiastic technical leads to continuously improve development workflows

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in computer science, engineering or similar field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years programming with Java (backend development focus), JEE, Web Services
• Experience with webservice/API development using Java-based enterprise technologies and tools using Java 8 and above, Microservices architecture, Spring and REST
• Must be able to code in prevailing technologies including Java, Spring, SQL including conceptual knowledge with cloud native solutions from AWS
• Proven abilities delivering code with CI/CD development methodologies
• Experience with modern development tools (ideally Eclipse/Intellij, Git, Maven, CI servers, Azure DevOps (or other tools), code review tools)
• Knowledge of Domain-Driven Design concepts and designing and developing Microservices using the Spring ecosystem
• Knowledge of developing Spring Data access application with AWS RDS or NoSQL data stores
• Conceptual Experience with API design and implementation
• Conceptual Knowledge with container orchestrators and container engines (Docker, AWS ECS)
• Analytical, problem-solving mindset
• Self-driven with minimal supervision
• Experience working on a production-critical system
• Openness to learning and integrating AI tools into development workflow

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience augmenting development with AI tools (e.g., Amazon Q, GitHub Copilot, or similar platforms) for code generation, review, and optimization
• Experience with developing within a Cloud environment with good knowledge of cloud infrastructure like AWS is a plus
• Python scripting experience
• Angular experience strongly preferred for any frontend development needs
• Experience with ecommerce, retail, and financing is a plus

Apply today for immediate consideration! This is an immediate interview and hire opportunity, and an on-site interview at the White Plains, NY office will be required.

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VP, Cloud Infrastructure & Security Engineer For our direct client, a financial firm in midtown NYC, we seek an experienced Information Security Lead to join the IS team. This is an infrastructure-first role with embedded security, not a governance, compliance, or SOC leadership position. The ideal candidate is a cloud infrastructure engineering leader who builds scalable, automated environments and integrates security directly into platform architecture and DevOps workflows. The role combines hands-on architecture, automation, and technical leadership, working closely with DevOps, Engineering, and Risk teams. Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and evolution of AWS-based cloud infrastructure
• Design scalable, resilient production environments
• Drive infrastructure automation using Terraform or similar IaC tools
• Improve monitoring, observability, and platform reliability
• Embed security controls into infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines
• Identify and remediate cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities and misconfigurations
• Partner with DevOps, Engineering, and Risk teams to deliver secure platform capabilities
• Mentor a small team of engineers and influence cross-functional stakeholders

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering (AWS preferred)
• Experience designing and operating production cloud platforms
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• Deep understanding of AWS networking, IAM, logging, and monitoring
• Experience integrating security controls into DevOps workflows
• Scripting/automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar)
• Financial services or regulated industry experience preferred
• AWS certifications are a plus.

Compensation The base salary range for this role is $160,000 to $180,000. Our client offers a compensation package which includes salary, equity for all full-time employees, and an annual performance bonus. Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes an employer matched retirement plan, subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision and unlimited paid time off (PTO). Employees in this role will work in the office Monday-Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Benchmark IT, LLC and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy here: https://bmarkits.com/privacy-policy/

Information Security Analyst - Long Term Contract - Remote

We are partnering with a leading global organization to identify an Information Security Analyst to join its global security team. This role is primarily remote, with occasional on-site meetings as needed. Candidates must be comfortable working Eastern Time business hours.

This is a full-time contract engagement (40 hours per week) open to credentialed information security professionals located within the United States.

Due to the sensitive nature of this role and the environment it supports, all candidates will be subject to a thorough verification process, including confirmation of identity, employment history, credentials, and background screening in accordance with applicable laws and company policy. Candidates should be prepared to participate in standard compliance and security vetting procedures required for access to enterprise systems and data. Key Responsibilities

• Lead security operations for the platform, with a focus on identifying, monitoring, and responding to potential threats.

• Implement and manage security monitoring tools and incident response procedures to ensure rapid detection and remediation of security events.

• Conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration testing to proactively identify and address security weaknesses.

• Ensure the platform complies with internal security policies, industry standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Implement and govern GitHub and GitHub Advanced Security within Agile and DevOps pipelines, embedding DevSecOps best practices and tooling such as CodeQL code scanning, secret scanning, dependency and software composition analysis (SCA), infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scanning, and secure CI/CD processes with branch protection policies.

• Proactively identify, triage, and remediate vulnerabilities while continuously improving the organization’s secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

• Apply AI capabilities across the firm’s AI ecosystem, including the aIQ Chat agent environment, by quickly adopting and integrating emerging AI models and tools.

• Design and maintain secure AI workflows and governance guardrails, including data protection, access controls, prompt safety, model risk management, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of Information Technology and Information Security experience, with a background in software security and software development using Agile and DevOps methodologies and tools.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security, Business Administration, or a related field. Professional certifications such as CIPP and/or CISSP are preferred.

• Experience documenting processes and reviewing or developing technical architecture and cloud security architecture best-practice materials; Microsoft Azure experience is preferred.

• Strong understanding of modern attack vectors, emerging threats, and remediation strategies.

• Familiarity with computer forensics practices, incident investigations, and evidence handling is preferred.

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AI & Data Strategy Consultant – Financial Services – Hybrid Onsite For our direct client, a financial firm in midtown NYC, we seek an experienced AI  & Data Strategy Consultant to do some initial discovery and then implement some practical, firm-wide AI and automation. This engagement focuses on identifying high-impact, realistic AI use cases across asset management, finance, and reporting, working primarily with unstructured deal data (PDFs, Excel models, Word documents stored in SharePoint and shared drives). The client is not pursuing a large-scale data re-architecture and is seeking a pragmatic practitioner who can lead discovery, validate feasibility, and define actionable next steps. This position requires 3-4 days/week initially in the Midtown NYC office, in order to conduct discovery sessions and work with the client team.   Responsibilities

• Lead a structured AI discovery effort across asset management, finance, and reporting teams
• Assess unstructured data sources (SharePoint, shared drives, deal folders) and current workflows
• Identify and prioritize high-value AI and automation opportunities with clear ROI
• Evaluate approaches for search and insight extraction across historical deal data
• Define and, where appropriate, prototype practical solutions (e.g., secure AI search, RAG-based insights, workflow automation)
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and an external IT/AI advisor to ensure feasibility, security, and governance
• Present clear findings, recommendations, and proposed pilot initiatives to senior leadership

Desired Skills & Experience

• Hands-on experience applying AI in private equity, real estate, asset management, or financial services
• Strong understanding of working with unstructured data using modern AI techniques
• Experience in Microsoft-centric environments (SharePoint, Excel, Microsoft 365; Copilot Studio a plus)
• Ability to operate in ambiguous environments and lead discovery before solution design
• Practical, business-oriented mindset with skepticism toward AI “hype”
• Proven ability to deliver solutions that reduce manual effort and improve accuracy

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