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Information Systems Advisor II zOS Administration

Illinois Secretary Of State

Job Location:

Springfield, VT - USA

Monthly Salary: m 8020 - 14138

Posted: 26 August 2026 (8 days ago)

Application Deadline: 23 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary



Office of the Illinois Secretary of State
Alexi Giannoulias

Job Title: Information Systems Advisor I z/OS Administration
Division: Technology Office
Union: IFT
Location: 501 S 2^nd St Springfield IL Sangamon County
Salary: Range $8020 to $14138 monthly commensurate with experience
Benefits: Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; the Office of the Secretary of State will not complete certification and/or sponsorship requests.

Overview:

Plans implements coordinates and evaluates complex technical software functions for the ILSOS Mainframe environment. This role maintains modernizes and optimizes the z/OS operating system and its core subsystems oversees IBM SAN storage replication and VTL environments and supports IBM mainframe hardware infrastructure. It implements and maintains vendor software provides 24x7 on-call support for critical issues and guides staff in managing z/VM for virtualized workloads. The position handles mainframe security through RACF monitors and tunes system performance manages z/OS networking ensure thorough documentation and maintains the ILSOS disaster recovery environment to support continuity and rapid recovery.

Duties and Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for maintaining modernizing and optimizing the z/OS operating systems and core subsystems including TWS DB2 CICS and MQ to ensure stability reliability and adherence to enterprise standards and modernization strategy.
Supports IBM mainframe hardware infrastructure including processors storage subsystems and peripheral components. Monitors performance and capacity management coordinates maintenance firmware updates and hardware lifecycle activities.
Exercises responsibility for the implementation and maintenance of vendor software which interfaces the system programs and hardware. Provides 247 oncall support for critical system issues performing diagnostic analysis and coordinating resolution to maintain maximum system availability.
Manages IBM SAN storage and replication environments as well as IBM VTL systems including allocation placement capacity planning catalog integrity backup strategies and recovery processes aligned with enterprise storage architecture.
Administers and supports z/OS networking components including TCP/IP configuration network routing encryption z/OS Connect and other networking technologies; performs security-focused network tuning and troubleshooting.
Monitors and maintains the ILSOS disaster recovery (DR) environment utilizing IBM Flexible Capacity and failover functions to ensure resilience continuity and rapid recovery of mainframe operations.
Assists with maintaining mainframe security controls using RACF and related technologies ensuring compliance with cybersecurity audit and regulatory requirements; Ensures that comprehensive documentation is produced by junior staff for system configurations operational standards maintenance procedures and technical troubleshooting guides
Guides staff in the configuration and maintenance of z/VM environments ensuring proper support for virtualized Linux workloads and interoperability with z/OS.
Monitors and tunes system performance using Omegamon RMF and WLM analyzing trends identifying bottlenecks and adjusting system parameters to improve throughput and efficiency.
Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

Requires knowledge skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of two years of college with coursework in the computer science field AND 4.5 years of experience with technical systems and/or programming experience and/or IT project management including at least 1-year supervisory experience or any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Requires extensive knowledge of systems design and implementation including the way programs are written compiled and tested the methods of operating computers and the way data is transcribed into a suitable form and has an appreciation of the wider business context for those programs.
Requires excellent oral and written communication skills for effective engagement with colleagues and internal users/customers.
Requires extensive knowledge necessary to effectively perform the ability to exercise sound judgement in analyzing evaluating and solving problems of a procedural organizational administrative and/or technical nature.
Requires the use and understanding of appropriate methods tools applications and processes to demonstrate a rational and organized approach to work.
Requires awareness and adherence to organizational standards for security privacy and ethics.
Requires extensive knowledge of the devices for capturing data for computers and the means available for receiving and transmitting data from remote locations to a computer.
Requires extensive knowledge of the principles and techniques of computer system documentation.
Requires the desire to seek to identify learning and professional development opportunities.
Requires extensive knowledge of the advantages and limitations of computer communication and information retrieval systems as management information tools.
Requires the ability to follow oral and/or written instructions and to carry out routine operations once established without further instructions.
Requires the ability to organize facts and findings analyze data logically and to present results with clarity and comprehension orally and in written or graphic form.
Requires willingness to travel and possession of a valid Illinois drivers license as required by individual positions within the class.
Requires the ability to lift carry and push/pull 0 50lbs.

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 ) or Springfield ).

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.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

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