On Dice, filtered to Workplace = Remote, your profile has real, live inventory right now. Cleared Ansible hero (re-verified 2026-07-01): 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: REDLEO SOFTWARE INC Linux Vulnerability Remediation Engineer — posted 19 hours ago, 100% remote FT, RHEL 7/8/9/10 + Chef/Ansible required, vulnerability remediation + Qualys, no clearance bar. ⚠ General Dynamics Lead DevSecOps (d1b04082, $212,500–$287,500/yr) re-verified live but 10–25% travel now stated — disqualified from main list; moved to bench. Synergy Business Innovation Sr. Systems Administrator (a177045a) expired 410 Gone today — removed. Note: ASM Research (Secret + 100% remote + Ansible core) expired 2026-06-28; Innovative IT ($50–60/hr W2, 7f556bfc) expired 2026-06-29 — 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 2026-07-01. Radyant Inc DevSecOps/Tooling Engineer (36ddaa8f) re-verified live (now 7 days ago), BEST MATCH hero. New main card today: REDLEO SOFTWARE INC Linux Vulnerability Remediation Engineer (d4fdc815, posted 19h ago, FT, 100% remote no travel, RHEL 7/8/9/10 + Chef/Ansible required, Qualys). ⚠ General Dynamics Lead DevSecOps (d1b04082) re-verified live but 10–25% travel now stated — disqualified, moved to bench. System One SRE (7a5d1ed5) re-verified live (8 days ago, Ansible+Terraform+AWS, Public Trust, W2/C2C, 100-week term). VIVA USA DevOps (5599f0e0) re-verified live (11 days ago, $53–58/hr W2, confirm 100% remote with recruiter). Brilliant Infotech geo-tether re-verified live (still geo-tethered). New bench entries today: REDLEO SOFTWARE INC Automation/Orchestration/Security Engineer (dfecdba0, FT, 100% remote, Ansible listed, posted today); Tandym Tech Cyber Security Engineer (5c4325a3, $60–65/hr FT, fully remote, Ansible desired). Expired today: Synergy Business Innovation (a177045a) — 410 Gone, removed. GDH DevSecOps (f6b35854, Active TS required) re-verified live. Ohm Systems SRE (a8e4afb1) and IT First Source Ansible & PowerShell Developer (e13075a0) re-verified live. Prior expired/geo-tethered drops remain off the list.
Top cleared Ansible match — re-verified 2026-07-01: 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 2026-07-01)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 19 hours ago — freshest skills-match on today's board: 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 2026-07-01)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 2026-07-01: 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 2026-07-01)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.
Posted June 20 (11 days ago) — re-verified 2026-07-01. 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 2026-07-01)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.
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 2026-07-01 — REDLEO SOFTWARE INC — Automation / Orchestration / Security Engineer (posted today, 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 — security orchestration focus; solid if you can show Python + Ansible automation) · NEW 2026-07-01 — Tandym Tech — Cyber Security Engineer (posted 6 days ago, $60–65/hr FT, fully remote, Linux+Windows sysadmin+cybersecurity, SIEM, patch management, Bash/PowerShell/Python, Ansible listed as desired; 5c4325a3 — not Ansible-primary but strong Linux+security overlap) · ⚠ General Dynamics (GDIT) — Lead DevSecOps Systems Engineer (d1b04082, $212,500–$287,500/yr FT W2, Ansible required, re-verified 2026-07-01 LIVE — DISQUALIFIED: 10–25% travel now stated; revisit if travel requirement drops) · Ohm Systems, Inc — Site Reliability Engineer (posted 2026-06-30, $55–60/hr W2 contract, 12 months, Ansible+Terraform+K8s+OpenTelemetry/Prometheus/Grafana/Splunk observability, fully remote no travel, no clearance required; a8e4afb1) · IT First Source — Ansible & PowerShell Developer (posted 2026-06-30, FT, fully remote, 5+ yrs Ansible+PowerShell, Windows+Linux admin, no pay posted, no clearance; 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 the board, AWS certs required) · 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 — "Vienna VA" is employer HQ, no residency requirement stated) · 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 — listing shows "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" but "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 today: Synergy Business Innovation (a177045a) — 410 Gone. 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 2026-07-01 — not survey averages. Note: General Dynamics Lead DevSecOps (d1b04082, $212,500–$287,500/yr) re-verified live but disqualified due to 10–25% travel — not a usable data point for your remote band. GDH DevSecOps ($83–87/hr, Active TS required) remains the top posted contract rate. Your target: $70–87/hr C2C on the contract track, or $110–140K+ full-time on the cleared/senior 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.