Job Description
Office of the Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias Job Title: Data Systems Manager
Division: Systems & Programming
Union: IFT
Location: 501 S 2nd St, Springfield, IL – Sangamon County
Salary: Range $7,743 to $13,616 monthly – commensurate with experience
Benefits: Overview: Plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates the activities of technical staff engaged in the development and maintenance of COBOL and html mainframe-based applications.
Duties and Responsibilities: - Assist in the planning, directing, and evaluating technical staff engaged in the analysis, development, implementation and maintenance of mainframe-based COBOL applications
- Coordinates these functions with other operational areas within IT and user departments throughout the Office of the Secretary of State; reviews project requests from user departments to determine priority; meets with IT managers on policy and procedure changes required to implement the use of system resources, electronic commerce, imaging, or digital signatures and make recommendations, regarding those changes to the Data System Administrator.
- Researches and implements studies, models, and plans to resolve operational and systems problems in these areas of responsibility; develops and directs methods for implementing the use of new best practices
- Implements and monitors sophisticated procedures and controls to ensure compliance with policy and/or standards and legislation impacting this area of responsibility; establishes project schedules and cost estimates and monitors progress of staff; submits regular progress reports to the Data system Administrator
- Keeps abreast of and implements technological advances in this area of responsibility by researching evaluating, and testing new software, hardware, and various systems, report’s findings to Director and other IT upper management
- Performs other duties as assigned
Education and Experience: Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four years college, preferably with courses in mathematics, statistics, or computer science and four years of progressively responsible professional experience in systems analysis, operations, software or a related data processing function.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Requires extensive knowledge in computer hardware, software, communications or applications
- Requires extensive knowledge of data systems applied research procedures and systems modeling
- Requires working knowledge of management principles and practices
- Requires ability to develop and manage a sophisticated function of a management information system
- Requires ability to conduct subsystem assurances
- Requires ability to resolve management problems through computer applications
- Requires willingness to travel and possession of a valid Illinois driver’s license as required by individual positions within the class
- Requires the ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds and push/pull up to 50 pounds
Application Process: - Please visit apply by completing the online application; you may also upload a resume or other attachments as needed
- Preference will be given to Illinois residents in the hiring and selection process, in accordance with the Illinois Secretary of State Merit Employment Code
- Questions regarding this posting or Illinois Secretary of State employment practices may be directed to Job Counselors at our Personnel offices in Chicago (312-793-5515) or Springfield (217-782-4783).
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Applicants must be lawfully authorized to work in the United States.
Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital or veteran status, or the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or disability.
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