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.
All five main cards re-verified live on 2026-06-27. ASM Research DevOps/Linux Admin still live (updated 8 hours ago — Secret + 100% remote unchanged, HERO); System One SRE (7a5d1ed5) re-verified live (4 days ago, Ansible+Terraform+AWS, Public Trust, W2/C2C, 100-week term); VIVA USA DevOps (5599f0e0) re-verified live (7 days ago, $53–58/hr W2, confirm 100% remote with recruiter); Innovative IT Linux System Admin re-verified (3 days ago, $50–60/hr W2, 100% remote); Radyant Inc DevSecOps/Tooling Engineer re-verified (3 days ago, Ansible+CI/CD+K8s+Terraform, clearance or federal exp, W2/Independent). Brilliant Infotech geo-tether still live ($60–65/hr). Two new bench entries today: Mitchell Martin Systems Administrator/Engineer (8e22c3f0, posted today, $62.34–76.19/hr W2/C2C, Ansible+RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu, 12 months, no clearance — "Merrifield VA / hybrid setting" in fine print, confirm 100% remote before applying); Spry Methods DevSecOps Engineer (a487217c, 4 days ago, Top Secret clearance required, Ansible explicitly required, Terraform+Docker+K8s, FT, no pay — geo-ambiguous "Washington WA / On-site," verify remote status before applying). Defense Unicorns Platform Engineer (6d5f006a) checked: Secret + Ansible preferred + $123K–167K FT, but 10–25% travel stated — fails 100%-remote bar. Previously-tracked bench entries (GDH 0de05b2f, INSPYR c5ed133e, Kainos b3bcd71b, System One AWS b73ba42e, Sunrise Systems ecbca8d2, Take2 273ce99c) remain on bench. 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 2026-06-27)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 2026-06-27)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 2026-06-27)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 (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 (NEW 2026-06-27 — posted today, $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 (NEW 2026-06-27 — 4 days ago, 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) · ⚠ 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, $42–52/hr, Ansible/RHEL/Docker — same company's second role, apply alongside the $50–60/hr card above; 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 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 2026-06-27 — 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.