Jobs at Illinois Secretary of State

Provide legal advice and counsel to Driver Services, Illinois State Archives and BAIID Division; review and revise legislation and administrative rules; conduct complex legal research and investigations; supervise and mentor subordinate legal staff; prepare legal memos, reports, and testimony; liaise with agencies, legislators, and outside entities on statutory interpretation and compliance.

Source, screen, and build talent pipelines; collaborate with HR and hiring managers to recruit specialized roles (notably IT); maintain candidate tracking and metrics; refine recruiting practices; ensure positive candidate experience and onboarding support.

Manage and administer IBM z/VM virtualization environments supporting statewide mainframe services. Install, configure, monitor, and tune z/VM and zLinux systems; manage users, minidisks, and spool; enforce RACF security; configure AT-TLS/SSL; participate in DR testing and runbook creation; troubleshoot outages and work with vendors and teams.

Supervises and directs statewide shipping and postal services operations including staff management, workflow and policy implementation. Leads management studies, drafts legislation, prepares division budgets and complex administrative reports, coordinates with departmental management, and implements program changes. Performs related administrative duties, may travel, and must meet physical requirements (lift up to 25 lbs).

Provide professional archival reference services to the public and government agencies; research and retrieve records; assist patrons with microfilm/microfiche and copying; create finding aids, indexes and guides; manage genealogical publications; develop outreach programs and exhibits; process and transcribe archival holdings; perform other assigned archival and records management duties.

Provide legal counsel to Driver Services, Illinois State Archives and BAIID Division; review and revise legislation and administrative rules; conduct complex legal research and investigations; counsel directors and staff on statutory interpretation and compliance; supervise and mentor subordinate attorneys and support staff; represent the office in meetings and on committees; occasional travel and light physical tasks required.

Lead and manage a statewide division administering Article 9 UCC filings: supervise staff, set work standards, coordinate policy and legislative changes, respond to technical inquiries, prepare budgets and reports, improve operational procedures, and ensure compliance with statutes and administrative rules.

Performs complex clerical duties certifying official documents for foreign use, assisting customers, collecting and validating fees, preparing certificates and reports, maintaining records, operating office equipment, and providing Ukrainian language translation/interpretation.

Lead and manage statewide device operations including lifecycle, configuration, support, security, and governance for endpoints, telecom, and peripherals. Oversee endpoint management platforms, patching, asset/CMDB processes, SLA reporting, and security compliance (CIS/NIST). Coordinate with Service Desk, Network Services, and stakeholders to ensure reliable, standardized, and audit-ready device services.

Lead IT governance and portfolio management, directing PMO, demand management, change/release, training/adoption, QA, risk/compliance, vendor and financial oversight, and people development to align IT initiatives with business strategy.

Lead and manage the statewide network services team, overseeing LAN/WAN/SD‑WAN, Wi‑Fi, VPN, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, monitoring, incident response, vendor management, modernization roadmaps, security/compliance, budgeting, and cross‑team collaboration to ensure secure, highly available services.

Lead design, development, maintenance, and support of MuleSoft/API-driven integrations; supervise the Integration Management team; troubleshoot and resolve production incidents; implement monitoring and logging; collaborate with architects, app teams, and stakeholders; produce documentation and drive integration standards and modernization.

Designs, develops, and maintains enterprise applications using COBOL. Performs systems analysis, program design, coding, testing, and documentation. Gathers business requirements from user departments, prepares impact/cost reports, monitors project status, provides user training, and assists the supervisor with work assignments and performance evaluations. Ensures compliance with security and organizational standards; may travel and perform light lifting.

Provide confidential executive assistant and constituent liaison support to the Director and Legislative Affairs staff: prepare correspondence and reports, screen calls and mail, coordinate responses to legislators, maintain records and records retention, manage appointments and travel, and input constituent transactions into departmental databases.

Review and process securities and investment adviser registration applications, analyze filings and financial statements, investigate suspected fraud, communicate with applicants and regulators, process changes and transfers, and refer cases to enforcement as needed.

Coordinate and deliver investor education statewide: develop presentation and communication materials, schedule and report program activity, liaise with agencies and legislative staff, conduct research, prepare confidential memoranda and maintain program records.

Coordinate and manage the Investor Education Program: develop live and virtual presentation content, outreach to community organizations, present statewide, compile program statistics, liaise with internal and external stakeholders, prepare confidential memoranda and reports, and handle administrative duties supporting the Deputy Director.