Cloud & Application Security Engineer; Hybrid

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Texas Roadhouse is looking for legendary, passionate Roadies to join our Support Center team in Louisville, KY. If you’re ready to bring your energy, partnership, and heart to a place where fun meets purpose, you’ve come to the right place. Come see why our Roadies love their jobs!

Step into a high‑impact role where you’ll be shaping the security foundation of modern cloud environments and next‑generation applications. As a Cloud & Application Security Engineer, you’ll design and implement cutting‑edge security controls, harden cloud workloads, collaborate with talented engineering teams, and champion secure development practices across the organization. If you love cloud security, Dev Sec Ops , and staying ahead of emerging threats, this role puts you right at the center of innovation.

• Build and maintain security controls across cloud platforms (Azure preferred)—IAM, networking, logging, monitoring, container security, workload protection, and more.
• Partner with developers to embed security into the SDLC (secure coding, code reviews, dependency scanning, automated testing).
• Perform threat modeling and deliver actionable remediation guidance.
• Manage and optimize application and API security tools such as WAFs (Cloudflare preferred), API gateways, secret management, and cloud‑native security solutions.
• Support secure architecture design for cloud apps, microservices, containers, serverless, and PaaS workloads.

• Conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration testing across cloud workloads, applications, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor and analyze events through SIEM, CSPM, CWPP, and other threat‑detection platforms.
• Respond to cloud/application security incidents and assist with forensic analysis.
• Continuously strengthen automated security controls within CI/CD and cloud platforms.

• Develop and maintain security policies, standards, and reference architectures.
• Conduct posture reviews, configuration assessments, and risk evaluations.

• Work closely with engineering, Dev Ops, architecture, and product teams to ensure secure solution delivery.
• Mentor junior cybersecurity team members.
• Stay ahead of emerging cloud threats, application security trends, and new technologies.

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience.
• Preferred: ISCCSP, GIAC (GCSA/GCLD), OSCP, CISSP, CCSK, or other advanced security certifications.
• 3+ years in cloud security, application security, Dev Sec Ops , or related engineering roles.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Azure security (Azure AD, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, NSGs, App Gateway, etc.).
• Solid understanding of SDLC, secure coding, OWASP Top 10, and security tooling (SAST/DAST/IAST, dependency scanning).
• Experience securing CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins).
• Familiarity with container and Kubernetes security.
• Background in cloud/app security assessments, threat modeling, and code review.
• Ability to analyze logs and telemetry for cloud and application environments.
• Knowledge of IaC security (Terraform, Bicep, ARM).
• Availability:
  Must be able to support occasional evening or weekend overtime as needed.

• CSPM tools
• WAF and API security platforms
• Container and serverless security tooling
• SIEM and cloud-native threat detection
• Secure coding and SDLC tooling
• Power Shell and Python automation
• Experience with Service Now or similar ITSM systems

As our founder Kent Taylor said, "We’re a people‑first company that just happens to serve steaks." We believe in taking care of the whole Roadie: from professional development opportunities to a robust benefits package. Our culture is just one reason why many of our leaders started as servers, managers, and line cooks, and have grown Legendary careers with us. Here’s a taste of what we offer:

• Best‑in‑class benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 100% paid maternity leave
• Generous time off including vacation, parental, donor, and bereavement…