Senior Security Engineer - Remote (M&A & Integration)

The Planet Group; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Planet Group is seeking a Senior Security Engineer for a 12-month remote engagement in the United States. The role centers on M&A cybersecurity due diligence, risk assessment, and integration planning across endpoints, identity, networks, cloud, PKI, and email security.

You will lead technical assessments, validate configurations, develop Day 1/Day 100 integration roadmaps, and collaborate with target-company admins and security teams to produce executive risk reports and budget-aligned

Qualifications

• Minimum eight years of progressively responsible cybersecurity experience.
• Experience in M&A due diligence or post-acquisition integration preferred.
• Expertise across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and infrastructure security.
• Experience with PKI/certificate management and TLS hardening.
• Strong ability to translate technical findings into executive risk discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead security due diligence assessments for target companies.
• Validate security configurations across endpoints, networks, and cloud.
• Develop Day 1 and Day 100 integration plans and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with target-company admins, security teams, consultants, and stakeholders.
• Produce executive-level risk assessments, remediation roadmaps, and budget inputs.

Skills

M&A cybersecurity due diligence

End-to-end security engineering

Threat hunting

Identity and access management

Zero Trust

PKI management

Tools

CrowdStrike

Zscaler

Splunk

MDM

WAFs/SSL inspection

Job description

The Planet Group is seeking a Senior Security Engineer for a 12-month remote engagement in the United States. The role centers on M&A cybersecurity due diligence, risk assessment, and integration planning across endpoints, identity, networks, cloud, PKI, and email security.

You will lead technical assessments, validate configurations, develop Day 1/Day 100 integration roadmaps, and collaborate with target-company admins and security teams to produce executive risk reports and budget-aligned