On Dice, filtered to Workplace = Remote, your profile has real, live inventory right now. Cleared Ansible hero (re-verified 2026-07-02): Radyant Inc DevSecOps/Tooling Engineer — Ansible + Terraform + K8s + CI/CD + DevSecOps, 100% remote, W2 or independent, 12 months, explicit clearance-or-federal-experience bar. New main card today: Stefanini Automation Developer — posted 14 hours ago (2026-07-02), $95–100/hr Contract Independent, Ansible 5+ yrs required (playbooks/roles/Galaxy/AAP) + Python 5+ yrs + Bash 10+ yrs, "Remote in Richmond VA" (no geo-restriction stated in listing — verify 100% remote with recruiter), no clearance bar, highest posted rate on today's board. REDLEO SOFTWARE INC Linux Vulnerability Remediation Engineer (d4fdc815) re-verified live (now 1 day old, 100% remote FT, RHEL 7/8/9/10 + Chef/Ansible). VIVA USA DevOps (5599f0e0, $53–58/hr W2) now 12 days old — moved to bench; still live but apply fast. ⚠ General Dynamics Lead DevSecOps (d1b04082, $212,500–$287,500/yr) re-verified live but 10–25% travel stated — still disqualified from main list. ECCO Select Senior Ansible Automation Engineer (b88b5ca4) expired 410 Gone today — removed from bench. Note: ASM Research (Secret + 100% remote + Ansible core) expired 2026-06-28 — high-fit listings go fast on Dice.
The split is clear: cleared remote roles on Dice are full-time W2 at ~$100–130K+Dice · verified cleared remote roles (2026-06-28)Take2 Consulting FT Active Secret $120–130K/yr; Leidos FT Active Secret 100% remote $92,300–$166,850/yr. Cleared W2 contract premium over commercial track consistently runs $15–40K/yr.
dice.com/job-detail/273ce99c…; commercial Ansible/Linux contracts run $42–87/hr W2 or C2CDice · verified live listings (2026-06-29)Innovative IT Sys Admin Linux+Ansible W2 $42–52/hr; Brilliant Infotech Ansible W2-or-C2C $60–65/hr; GDH DevSecOps (Active TS required) W2/C2C $83–87/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.
Re-verified live on 2026-07-02. Radyant Inc DevSecOps/Tooling Engineer (36ddaa8f) re-verified live (7 days old), BEST MATCH hero. New main card today: Stefanini Automation Developer (87e70872, posted 14h ago, $95–100/hr Contract Independent, Ansible 5+ yrs + Python 5+ yrs + Bash 10+ yrs, "Remote in Richmond VA" — no stated geo-restriction, verify 100% remote with recruiter). REDLEO SOFTWARE INC Linux Vulnerability Remediation Engineer (d4fdc815) re-verified live (now 1 day old, 100% remote FT, RHEL 7/8/9/10 + Chef/Ansible). System One SRE (7a5d1ed5) re-verified live (9 days old, Ansible+Terraform+AWS, Public Trust, W2/C2C, 100-week term). Brilliant Infotech geo-tether re-verified live (still geo-tethered, fake-remote example). VIVA USA DevOps (5599f0e0) re-verified live but now 12 days old — moved to bench; still live, apply fast. New bench entries today: Info Way Solutions Senior SRE Linux (01095a5b, posted 19h ago, $50–60/hr W2/C2C, fully remote, Ansible required, 7+ yrs Linux, 12 months); Visionary Innovative Technology Solutions Linux Vuln Remediation Engineer (24b5fa16, 100% remote, RHEL 7/8/9/10 + Chef/Ansible, no clearance, DOE). Expired today: ECCO Select Senior Ansible Automation Engineer (b88b5ca4) — 410 Gone, removed from bench. Ohm Systems SRE (a8e4afb1) re-verified live (updated 1 day ago). GDH DevSecOps (f6b35854, Active TS required) and IT First Source Ansible & PowerShell Developer (e13075a0) re-verified live. Tandym Tech Cyber Security Engineer (5c4325a3, $60–65/hr, updated 1 hour ago) re-verified live.
Top cleared Ansible match — re-verified 2026-07-02: 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 2026-07-02)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 active Secret immediately outranks every non-cleared candidate, and your IBM + Red Hat federal history gives you both angles. The previous hero (ASM Research, Secret + 100% remote + Ansible core) expired 2026-06-28 — this remains the closest live cleared match. At this skill level (Ansible + K8s + Terraform + DevSecOps) W2 contracts typically run $70–90/hr — negotiate from that floor since no rate is posted.
Posted 1 day ago (2026-07-01) — re-verified live 2026-07-02: RHEL 7/8/9/10 enterprise infrastructure, vulnerability remediation, Qualys scanning, "automation experience with Chef and/or Ansible in production" required, Bash + Ruby scripting — 100% remote, no travel, FTDice · REDLEO SOFTWARE INC. (primary, verified 2026-07-02)Full-Time. 100% Remote, No Travel Required. RHEL 7/8/9/10 enterprise server expertise, vulnerability remediation and patch management, Qualys scanning, Chef and/or Ansible automation in production, Bash and Ruby scripting. 6–10 years of strong hands-on RHEL experience required. No clearance mentioned.
dice.com/job-detail/d4fdc815…. Your 10+ years RHEL administration + IBM + Red Hat background is an exact match for the experience bar — this role is squarely in your wheelhouse. No clearance premium here, but the RHEL depth + Ansible production automation requirement means you walk in with every stated qualification. REDLEO is a staffing company — expect a recruiter call; negotiate rate at screen (comparable commercial RHEL/Ansible FT roles run $90–110K on the coasts). No rate posted, so anchor high.
Strong skills overlap and zero clearance friction — re-verified 2026-07-02: 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 2026-07-02)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.
Freshest high-rate find — posted 14 hours ago (2026-07-02): Ansible playbooks, roles, Galaxy, Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), Python 3.x 5+ yrs, Bash/Shell/Unix 10+ yrs, sed/awk/grep, Git, Infrastructure as Code principles — $95–100/hr Contract IndependentDice · Stefanini (primary, verified 2026-07-02)Contract Independent, $95–100/hr. Listed as "Remote in Richmond, VA, US" — no geo-restriction explicitly stated in listing. Ansible 5+ yrs: playbooks, roles, Galaxy, AAP. Python 3.x 5+ yrs. Shell/Bash 10+ yrs. Text processing (sed, awk, grep). Git. IaC principles. "W2 candidates preferred" note from recruiter despite Contract Independent type — clarify at outreach.
dice.com/job-detail/87e70872…. The skill bar is an exact match: Ansible is the core requirement (5 yrs, AAP-level), Python 3.x and deep Bash are mandatory — your 10+ yrs Linux + deep Ansible automation hits every line. Highest posted rate on today's board by a wide margin. Flag to confirm: (1) Is "Remote in Richmond VA" truly location-agnostic? (2) The listing says "Contract Independent" but recruiter note says "W2 preferred" — resolve employment type before screen. Apply today; this will move fast at that rate.
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: NEW 2026-07-02 — Info Way Solutions — Senior SRE (Linux) (posted 19h ago, $50–60/hr W2/Independent/C2C, 12 months, fully remote, Ansible+Python/Ruby+AWS+Docker/K8s required, 7+ yrs Linux, FedRAMP compliance experience nice-to-have; 01095a5b — Ansible is a required skill, solid multi-cloud SRE fundamentals match) · NEW 2026-07-02 — Visionary Innovative Technology Solutions — Linux Vulnerability Remediation Engineer (posted 1 day ago, FT, 100% remote no travel, RHEL 7/8/9/10 + Chef/Ansible required, Qualys scanning, Bash+Ruby, no clearance, rate DOE; 24b5fa16 — near-identical skill profile to the REDLEO main card; apply to both if roles are distinct) · MOVED FROM MAIN CARD 2026-07-02 — VIVA USA INC — DevOps Engineer (posted 2026-06-20, now 12 days old, $53–58/hr W2, 12 months, Ansible playbooks mandatory + K8s+Terraform+Rancher+Jenkins+GitLab+DevSecOps; 5599f0e0 — "contractor can choose 100% remote or hybrid 40% onsite"; confirm pure remote before applying; still live, apply fast before it expires) · REDLEO SOFTWARE INC — Automation / Orchestration / Security Engineer (posted 2026-07-01, FT, 100% remote no travel, Ansible/Itential/Aria Orchestrator (one required), Python, REST/JSON APIs, OAuth2/mTLS, SIEM/IAM/endpoint security, AWS/Azure/GCP, no clearance; dfecdba0) · Tandym Tech — Cyber Security Engineer (posted 7 days ago, $60–65/hr FT, fully remote, Linux+Windows sysadmin+cybersecurity, SIEM, patch management, Bash/PowerShell/Python, Ansible listed as desired; re-verified live 2026-07-02 — updated 1 hour ago; 5c4325a3 — Ansible desired not required, but strong Linux+security overlap) · ⚠ General Dynamics (GDIT) — Lead DevSecOps Systems Engineer (d1b04082, $212,500–$287,500/yr FT W2, Ansible required, re-verified live 2026-07-02 — DISQUALIFIED: 10–25% travel stated; revisit if travel requirement drops) · Ohm Systems, Inc — Site Reliability Engineer ($55–60/hr W2 contract, 12 months, Ansible+Terraform+K8s+OpenTelemetry/Prometheus/Grafana observability, fully remote no travel, no clearance; re-verified live 2026-07-02 (updated 1 day ago); a8e4afb1) · IT First Source — Ansible & PowerShell Developer (posted 2 days ago, FT, fully remote no travel, 5+ yrs Ansible+PowerShell, Windows+Linux admin, no pay posted, no clearance; re-verified live 2026-07-02; e13075a0 — Ansible is core but role skews Windows/PowerShell) · GDH — DevSecOps Engineer (posted 2026-06-29, $83–87/hr W2/C2C, Ansible+GitLab/Jenkins+Concourse+CircleCI+Terraform+AWS+Python, fully remote; f6b35854 — requires Active Top Secret clearance, not just Secret; top contract rate on bench; re-verified live 2026-07-02) · GDH — Linux Administrator (Remote, $43–45/hr, W2/C2C, Ansible+Linux+multi-cloud, clearance-eligible + US citizen required; 0de05b2f) · INSPYR Solutions — System Administrator (Remote W2, $55–65/hr, 6 months, Linux RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu+Ansible+Python, SIEM+patch mgmt; no clearance req; c5ed133e) · Kainos Innovative Solutions — Senior OpenShift Platform Architect (Remote Contract W2, Ansible+Red Hat Linux+OpenShift+K8s+DevSecOps, rate DOE; b3bcd71b) · System One — AWS Cloud Platform Architect (Remote W2 only/no C2C, 100 weeks, Public Trust required, Ansible+Terraform+K8s+AWS, DOE; b73ba42e) · Sunrise Systems — X86 Compute Infrastructure Engineer (Remote W2/Independent, $65–80/hr, 12 months, Ansible+Linux+VMware+Dell x86; no clearance; ecbca8d2) · Mitchell Martin — Systems Administrator/Engineer ($62.34–76.19/hr W2/C2C, Ansible+RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu, 12 months, no clearance; 8e22c3f0 — "Merrifield VA / hybrid setting" in fine print despite remote header; confirm 100% with recruiter before applying) · Spry Methods — DevSecOps Engineer (Top Secret clearance required, Ansible explicitly required, Terraform+Docker+K8s+GitHub Actions, FT, no pay posted; a487217c — geo-ambiguous: "Remote in Washington WA" / "On-site" employment type; verify 100% remote before applying) · Systems Staffing Group — OpenShift Platform Engineer (OpenShift+K8s+Ansible+Linux+Python+Bash+GitLab/CI/CD, W2, 12 months, 100% remote no travel, no clearance, rate DOE; 2798f15a) · ⚠ Defense Unicorns — Platform Engineer (Secret + DoD 8570 IAT-II required, Ansible preferred, $123,250–$166,750 FT — FAILS 100%-remote bar: 10–25% travel stated; 6d5f006a — revisit if travel drops) · Innovative IT — Sys Admin Linux (Remote, W2/Independent, $42–52/hr, Ansible/RHEL/Docker; f3866762) · 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 (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; 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. Expired: ECCO Select Senior Ansible Automation Engineer (b88b5ca4) — 410 Gone, removed 2026-07-02; Synergy Business Innovation (a177045a) — 410 Gone, removed 2026-07-01. 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 2026-07-02 — not survey averages. Note: Stefanini Automation Developer (87e70872, $95–100/hr Contract Independent) is the new top posted rate on today's board — Ansible-primary, verify remote before applying. GDH DevSecOps ($83–87/hr, Active TS required) is second-highest. General Dynamics Lead DevSecOps (d1b04082, $212,500–$287,500/yr) re-verified live but disqualified for travel. Your target: $70–100/hr C2C on the contract track, or $110–140K+ full-time on the cleared/senior track.
$70–100/hr C2C annualizes to roughly $145–208K 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.