IT Security Engineer Senior

Ready to Love Your Job?   

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!  

Why This Role Rocks
As a Senior IT Security Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of protecting our cloud environment, applications, and development pipelines. You’ll design and implement modern security solutions across Azure, partner closely with developers to embed security into everything we build, and play a key role in strengthening our overall cybersecurity posture. If you enjoy solving complex problems, influencing secure design, and staying ahead of evolving threats—this is your seat at the table.

*This is an onsite position working a hybrid schedule at the Texas Roadhouse Support Center located in Louisville, Kentucky.

What’s On Your Plate

• Design and manage security controls across Azure (IAM, networking, containers, logging, monitoring, workload protection)

• Embed security into the SDLC (secure coding, code reviews, automated testing, dependency scanning)

• Lead threat modeling efforts and recommend risk-reducing solutions

• Implement application and API security tools (WAF, API gateways, secrets management)

• Support secure architectures across microservices, containers, serverless, and PaaS

• Conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration testing across cloud and CI/CD pipelines

• Monitor security events (SIEM, CSPM, CWPP) and respond to incidents

• Strengthen automated security within CI/CD and cloud platforms

• Develop security policies, standards, and cloud reference architectures

• Partner with DevOps, engineering, and product teams to build secure solutions from the ground up

• Mentor team members and stay ahead of emerging threats and technologies

Your Recipe for Success

• 7 years in cloud security, application security, DevSecOps, or similar

• Strong Azure security experience (Azure AD, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, NSGs, App Gateway)

• Solid understanding of SDLC, OWASP Top 10, and security testing tools (SAST/DAST/IAST)

• Experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)

• Knowledge of container/Kubernetes security and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)

• Skilled in threat modeling, assessments, and log analysis

• Scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, or Bash)

Bonus Points For:

• CSPM tools, WAF/API security, SIEM platforms, serverless security, and ITSM tools like ServiceNow

Why You'll Love Your Job    

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 leave  

• Wellness perks like on-site personal trainers, massages, a full gym, and a registered nurse  

• Convenience services like car detailing, dry cleaning, and even spray tans  

• Financial support with 401(k), tuition reimbursement, stock units, and holiday bonuses  

• Delicious perks from Willie’s Joynt—our full-service café serving up legendary meals  

Support Center employees who meet benefit eligibility receive a comprehensive total rewards package starting the first day of the month after 31 days of employment.   

This job description includes essential functions and basic duties and is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as appropriate. This document is not a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.  

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, pregnancy, gender identity, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, citizenship, national origin, or any other legally-protected status. We encourage and welcome all applicants to apply.