On Dice, filtered to Workplace = Remote, your profile has real, live inventory right now — including the rare unicorn: a fully-remote, full-time role that requires a Secret clearance and lists Ansible + Linux as the core skills (ASM Research, below). That single listing is the highest-fit match found anywhere in this search.
The split is clear: cleared remote roles on Dice are full-time W2 at ~$100–130K+Dice · TOMORROW HIRE (primary, verified)100% Remote (USA), $100,000–$130,000/yr, "Must already have an active Secret clearance or Public Trust."
dice.com/job-detail/79a0d8db…; commercial Ansible/Linux contracts run $42–80/hr W2 or C2CDice · verified live listingsInnovative IT Linux+Ansible W2 $50–60/hr; Brilliant Infotech Ansible W2-or-C2C $60–65/hr; Cleo/Brilliant senior automation $70–80/hr.. Your clearance is wasted on the commercial track — lead with it on the cleared roles where it's worth a $15–40K premium.
The 100%-remote trap to dodge: some Dice roles tagged "Remote" actually require you to live near a site — e.g. an Ansible role that's remote only if you're "within 60 minutes of a Federal Reserve office."Dice · Brilliant Infotech (primary, verified)Verbatim residence restriction despite "Remote" tag.
dice.com/job-detail/dd4a3b7e… Read the residence line on every "remote" post before you invest time.
Five main cards re-verified live on 2026-06-25. ASM Research DevOps/Linux Admin still live (updated 9 hours ago — Secret + 100% remote unchanged, HERO); System One SRE (7a5d1ed5) re-verified live (posted 2 days ago, Ansible+Terraform+AWS, Public Trust, W2/C2C, 100-week term); VIVA USA DevOps (5599f0e0) re-verified ($53–58/hr W2, confirm 100% remote with recruiter); Innovative IT Linux System Admin re-verified (updated 1 day ago, $50–60/hr W2, 100% remote); Brilliant Infotech Ansible geo-tether still live. GDH Linux Administrator (0de05b2f) moved from main to contract bench — still live ($43–45/hr, W2/C2C, clearance-eligible). NEW main card: Radyant Inc DevSecOps/Tooling Engineer (36ddaa8f, posted today, fully remote 12-month contract W2/Independent, Ansible + CI/CD + Kubernetes + Terraform + DevSecOps, clearance OR prior federal agency experience required). NEW to bench: INSPYR Solutions System Administrator (c5ed133e, posted 1 day ago, Remote W2 $55–65/hr, 6 months, Linux RHEL/CentOS+Ansible+Python, no clearance); Take2 Consulting Network Systems Engineer (273ce99c, posted 1 day ago, FT $120–130K, Active Secret required, Red Hat Linux + network/SOC/Qualys focus — cleared but network-primary, "Vienna VA area preferred" soft geo). Prior dropped roles remain off the list.
The bullseye. The only role found that combines true 100% remote + active Secret + Ansible/Linux as the actual job: "Secret clearance required," "U.S. citizenship required," Ansible Core (YAML), CI/CD, Python/Bash, enterprise Linux (DNF/YUM)Dice · ASM Research (primary, verified)Full Time, "Remote" with "No travel required." 3+ yrs enterprise Linux; Ansible Core, Jenkins/Groovy, CI/CD, REST APIs. "Secret clearance required" + "U.S. citizenship required."
dice.com/job-detail/b1d9cff9…. ASM Research is an established federal IT contractor — your clearance + Red Hat pedigree is exactly their target. Apply first, today.
Fresh this morning (posted ~7 hours ago). Strong skills overlap and zero clearance friction: Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, GitLab, Packer, Python/Bash, Linux + Windows, AWS cloud — supporting SBA Disaster Lending Platform modernization; "must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance," W2 and C2C both available, 100-week termDice · System One (primary, verified 2026-06-24)Contract W2 / Corp to Corp, 100 weeks (~2 years). Fully remote; no geo-restriction beyond U.S. work authorization. Ansible Automation Platform + Terraform + GitLab + Packer + Linux/Windows + Python/Bash + 4 yrs AWS. "Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance" (no sponsorship). Government contract — SBA Disaster Lending Platform. Rate not posted.
dice.com/job-detail/7a5d1ed5…. Your active Secret easily clears the Public Trust bar — here your clearance is a free differentiator, not a gating requirement. The 100-week term means real stability. No posted rate, but government SRE contractor roles at this skill level typically run $75–95/hr W2 — negotiate accordingly.
Fresh posting (June 20). Mandatory skills hit the target: Ansible playbooks, Kubernetes cluster architecture, CI/CD, Jenkins, GitLab, Terraform, Rancher, DevSecOps platform experience — $53–58/hr W2Dice · VIVA USA INC (primary, verified June 22)Contract W2, 12 months. "Contractor can choose either 100% remote or hybrid with minimum of 40% of time on site." Mandatory: Kubernetes, Ansible playbooks, CI/CD, Jenkins, Nexus, Terraform, Rancher, DevSecOps. No clearance requirement.
dice.com/job-detail/5599f0e0…. One catch: the listing says you can choose 100% remote OR hybrid (40% onsite) — email the recruiter first to confirm pure remote is still on the table. No clearance premium here, but the skills breadth (Ansible + Kubernetes + Terraform + DevSecOps) maps well to your automation depth.
Dead-center on skills: RHEL, Ansible, RPM, JBoss/Fuse, Docker — "Need certification in Red Hat"Dice · Innovative IT Solutions (primary, verified)"Remote," Contract W2, $50–60/hr, no travel. Linux/RHEL, Ansible, TCP/IP, RPM, JBoss/Fuse, Docker. Red Hat certification required.
dice.com/job-detail/7f556bfc…. Commercial (no clearance premium) but a clean skills match and your Red Hat certs make you a slam-dunk. Same shop also has a "Sys Admin Linux" at $42–52/hr.
Fresh posting (today). Strong Ansible + IaC stack: CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI), Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, Bash, AWS/Azure/GCP, security scanning (SAST/DAST/SCA) — "need security clearance OR prior experience with federal agencies" + U.S. citizenship requiredDice · Radyant Inc. (primary, verified 2026-06-25)Contract W2 / Independent, 12 months. Fully remote, no travel required. Ansible + Jenkins/GitLab CI + Docker + Kubernetes + Terraform + Python/Bash + AWS/Azure/GCP + SAST/DAST/SCA tools. "Need security clearance OR prior experience with federal agencies." U.S. citizenship required. Rate: Depends on Experience.
dice.com/job-detail/36ddaa8f…. The clearance bar is "OR prior federal experience" — your Secret clears it definitively and positions you above candidates relying on the experience pathway alone. Your IBM + Red Hat federal background maps cleanly. At this skill level (Ansible + K8s + Terraform + DevSecOps) W2 contracts typically run $70–90/hr — negotiate from that floor since no rate is posted.
Strong Ansible + W2/C2C flexibility, but it fails your 100%-remote bar: remote only "within 60 minutes of a Federal Reserve office"Dice · Brilliant Infotech (primary, verified)"Contract W2" and "Contract Corp To Corp," $60–65/hr, 7+ yrs. Ansible playbooks/roles/modules, Python/Bash, CI/CD, Linux/Unix, AWS/Azure. Residence restriction: within 60 min of a Federal Reserve office (Boston, NYC, Philly, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, KC, Dallas, SF). No travel.
dice.com/job-detail/dd4a3b7e… in one of 12 cities. Only pursue if you live near one — otherwise it's the trap, not the target. Listed here as the worked example of "fake remote."
For W2/C2C volume while the cleared apps cook: GDH — Linux Administrator (moved from main — Remote, $43–45/hr, W2/C2C, Ansible+Linux+multi-cloud, clearance-eligible + US citizen required; 0de05b2f) · INSPYR Solutions — System Administrator (NEW today — Remote W2, $55–65/hr, 6 months, Linux RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu+Ansible+Python, SIEM+patch mgmt; no clearance req; c5ed133e) · Innovative IT — Sys Admin Linux (Remote, W2, $42–52/hr, Ansible/RHEL/Docker — same company's second role, apply alongside the $50–60/hr card above) · System One — Systems Admin / Cyber Security Engineer (2e12d6f6, Remote W2/1099, 24 weeks, Linux+Ansible+Python+Bash, cybersecurity hardening + patch mgmt; no clearance req, no C2C) · Take2 Consulting — Network Systems Engineer (NEW today — FT, Active Secret required, $120–130K/yr, Red Hat Linux + network/SOC/Qualys/Zabbix — cleared role but network-primary not Ansible; "Vienna VA area preferred" is a soft geo, confirm fully remote with recruiter; 273ce99c) · Leidos — Senior Network Security Engineer (FT, truly 100% remote, Active Secret required, $92,300–$166,850/yr — Ansible+Terraform in toolkit but core role is network security / Palo Alto / BGP; partial skills fit — lead with your clearance) · Radiance Technologies — Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Remote, FT, DoD, Linux+SELinux+Ansible+K8s+Python/Bash — "ability to obtain TS/SCI" required; active Secret is a strong upgrade-path baseline) · Note: Brilliant Infotech's $70–75/hr Senior Infrastructure Automation role has the same Federal Reserve geo-tether as the Ansible Engineer card below — skip unless you live near one of those 12 cities. Find current listings via the saved search in §④.
Dice is the right board for this profile — highest volume of Ansible/RHEL contract and cleared roles, with W2/C2C clearly tagged. The trick is filtering hard and reading the fine print.
| Move | How |
|---|---|
| Lock the remote filter | On any search, set Workplace Type = Remote. This is the URL param filters.workplaceTypes=Remote — bookmark searches with it baked in so you never see hybrid noise. |
| Verify "remote" on every detail page | Dice's "Remote" tag is set by the poster and is often geo-tethered (e.g. the Fed-office role above). Open the detail page and Ctrl-F for "within," "onsite," "must reside," "local to." If it names a city, it's not 100% remote. |
| Run two streams in parallel | Cleared stream: search Secret clearance Ansible + Remote → full-time W2, your clearance premium. Contract stream: search Ansible Linux + Remote + Contract → W2/C2C cash flow. |
| Set daily alerts & apply within 24h | These postings expire in days (3 of the strongest from this search were already gone). Create Dice email alerts on both searches; the verified-fresh ones convert best. |
| Filter employment type | Dice tags W2, Corp To Corp, Independent, Full-time explicitly. Since you're open to either, leave it wide — but know cleared roles skew FT/W2 and commercial Ansible skews C2C. |
Keep ClearanceJobs running as a secondary stream for the cleared side — but per your call, Dice is the spine here.
All figures are posted rates pulled from live Dice listings on 2026-06-25 — not survey averages. Your target: $70–80/hr C2C on the contract track, or $110–140K full-time on the cleared track.
$70–80/hr C2C annualizes to roughly $145–166K at full utilization — but on C2C you carry your own benefits, taxes, and gap-time, so price above the W2 equivalent. The cleared full-time roles trade a bit of cash for stability + clearance maintenance. rates verified · annualization is illustrative
Dice is heavily ATS-driven — recruiters keyword-search the résumé database. Mirror the exact terms in the postings or you won't surface.
CompTIA Security+ (CE) is the gating cert for cleared roles — most are tagged DoD 8570 / 8140 IAT Level II, which Security+ satisfies. The verified Innovative IT role also flat-out requires a Red Hat certification. If your RHCE/RHCSA are current and you hold Security+, put all three in the top third of the résumé; if Security+ is lapsed, that's a ~2-week fix worth doing before mass-applying.
Active Secret + Open to Remote. Save two alerts: Secret clearance Ansible · Remote and Ansible Linux · Remote · Contract. Recruiters search this DB directly.