Your way to $100k today in IT
I receive IT opportunities from recruiters every week. Here are five recent leads worth a closer look. Match the work to your skills, check the terms, and contact the recruiter directly.
October 22, 2026 edition. Selected from recruiter emails received October 8–22, 2026. The $100k goal is a career target, not a promise: one role below lists a salary above $100k; four do not disclose compensation. These are recent recruiter leads; current availability has not been independently confirmed.
Technical Lead / Automation Architect
Remote · Full-time permanent
Lead automation architecture across Ansible, Airflow or equivalent orchestration, Git-based delivery, Linux, and Windows Server. Own technical design and repository structure, review code, coordinate framework changes, and guide upgrade, rollback, testing, and knowledge-transfer work.
Pay: Recruiter-listed salary: $155,000/year with benefits.
Recruiter: Salman Arshad · Synchrony Systems Inc.
Email: salman.arshad@synchronycorp.com
Phone: +1 732 605 4032
Received: 2026-10-20
Senior Platform Engineer
USA hybrid · 12+ months
Build CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure across Azure or AWS. The role covers containers with ECS, Docker and Fargate; infrastructure as code with CloudFormation, Terraform or CDK; networking, observability, and Python or PowerShell automation. Oil and gas experience and team leadership are preferred.
Pay: Compensation not provided; confirm the rate and hybrid location with the recruiter.
Recruiter: Kaushambhi Pandey · ClifyX Inc.
Email: kaushambhi@clifyx.com
Phone: +1 732 909 2631
Received: 2026-10-22
Platform Engineer (DevOps)
Remote · Contract to hire · W2 · Listed offices: Columbia, MD; Lisle, IL; Minneapolis, MN
Support cloud platforms, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, and production operations while handling Salesforce deployments through Gearset. The recruiter specifically requires Gearset and New Relic experience and wants a hands-on platform engineer with Salesforce delivery skills. GCP is preferred; AWS or Azure experience is considered.
Pay: Compensation not provided; confirm pay, remote eligibility, and conversion terms.
Recruiter: Arun Kumar · Tekfortune Inc.
Email: arun.kumar@tekfortune.com
Phone: +1 551 287 6140
Office: +1 732 508 4470 ext. 1008
Received: 2026-10-21
CW Systems Engineer
Dallas, TX · Investment banking client
Manage VMware vSphere infrastructure including ESXi, vCenter and vSAN, alongside Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration and production troubleshooting. Work includes virtual networking and storage, migrations, monitoring, and automation. Python, Ansible, Bash or PowerCLI experience is useful; strong Linux depth is emphasized.
Pay: Compensation and contract duration not provided; confirm with the recruiter.
Recruiter: Bala Chanda · ICONMA
Email: bala.chanda@iconma.com
Phone: +1 248 537 1147
Received: 2026-10-22
DevOps Engineer
Chandler, AZ · Hybrid · Full-time
Build secure database and infrastructure platforms in a regulated banking environment. Support CockroachDB and Oracle/Exadata, deploy databases on Kubernetes or OpenShift, automate patching and vulnerability remediation, and contribute to CI/CD and resilient hybrid-cloud architecture.
Pay: Compensation not provided; confirm salary, benefits, and onsite requirements.
Recruiter: Ravi Yadav · EXL NEO
Email: ravi.yadav@exlneo.com
Phone: +1 832 743 6467
Received: 2026-10-20
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