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Want to love your job? We’re hiring at the Texas Roadhouse Support Center! Flexibility, teamwork, and fun are some of the reasons our employees are proud to be Roadies. Apply today and join our team! Requirements We offer a comprehensive total rewards package on the first day of the month following 31 days of employment to Support Center Employees that meet our benefit eligibility requirements. The total rewards package includes, but is not limited to, the following: • A choice of medical plans that are best in class • Dental and Vision Insurance • Paid Vacation, Parental, Donor, Bereavement and 100% Paid Maternity Leave • Adoption Assistance • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability • Life, Accident and Critical Illness Insurance • Identity Theft Protection • Employee Assistance Program • Business Travel Insurance • 401(k) Retirement Plan • Flexible Spending Accounts • Tuition Reimbursements up to $5,250 per year • Quarterly Restricted Stock Units Program • Annual holiday bonus We also offer a variety of services for our Support Center employees! Car detailing and oil changes in the parking lot, on site haircuts, workout gym with personal trainers, spray tans, dry cleaning delivery service, chair massages just to name a few! We also have a Registered Nurse in the building to help with our wellness initiatives and keep us healthy. Willie’s Joynt is our full-service café that serves breakfast and lunch and prepares delicious TO GO meals. We love taking care of our Roadie family and making our company a LEGENDARY place to work! As our founder, Kent Taylor once said, “We are a people company that just happens to serve steaks.” Check us out, you won’t be disappointed! Position Overview As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer at Texas Roadhouse, you will take a leadership role in managing cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and VMware platforms, ensuring that cloud solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with business objectives. You will lead complex cloud deployments, optimize platform performance, and mentor junior engineers. Additionally, you will play a key role in driving automation initiatives, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and providing advanced support for critical infrastructure. Responsibilities • Cloud Infrastructure Leadership and Optimization: • Lead the design, deployment, and optimization of cloud platforms, focusing on delivering secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure solutions. • Contribute significantly to the Architecture Review Board to ensure that infrastructure aligns with enterprise architecture standards and long-term business goals. • Support and Incident Resolution: • Provide advanced support for advanced cloud infrastructure issues, troubleshooting high-level platform problems and providing guidance to Level 1, 2 and 3 engineers. • Use tools like New Relic and ServiceNow to monitor platform performance and proactively resolve incidents before they impact business operations. • Works on solutions to remediate problems long term. • Advanced Automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC): • Drive automation initiatives using advanced Terraform and Ansible solutions to streamline cloud deployments, reduce manual interventions, and ensure infrastructure consistency. • Lead the development and optimization of CI/CD pipelines, focusing on automating infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and maintenance. • Platform Security, Compliance, and Governance: • Ensure platform compliance with security policies and regulatory requirements by managing identity management, access controls, and encryption. • Conduct platform security audits, working with the security team to ensure that infrastructure follows industry best practices (aligned with NIST, PCI, and CIS). • Collaboration and Mentorship: • Mentor and guide junior engineers in cloud platform best practices, automation techniques, and troubleshooting methodologies. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support platform initiatives, ensuring that infrastructure solutions align with business performance, availability, and security requirements. • Capacity Planning and Documentation: • Lead capacity planning efforts, ensuring cloud resources are optimized to meet both current and future business demands. • Maintain comprehensive documentation for platform configurations, operational procedures, and automation scripts, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles. Qualifications • BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). • 7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure), with a strong focus on virtualization, automation, and security. • Advanced proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible, and ARM templates. • Demonstrated expertise in cloud security, compliance, and identity management (e.g., Entra ID). • Strong leadership and collaboration skills, with experience leading cross-functional projects. Required Certifications • AWS Solutions Architect – Professional • Azure Solutions Architect Expert • Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional • Automation with Ansible (RH294) 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.

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