Information Systems Advisor II - Integration Management

Office of the Illinois Secretary of State – Alexi Giannoulias

Job Title: Information Systems Advisor II – Integration Management

Division: Business Services Office – Enterprise Applications

Union: IFT

Location: 501 S 2nd St, Springfield, IL - Sangamon County

Salary: Range $8,020 to $14,138 monthly – commensurate with experience.

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Attention: 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.

Acts independently in a senior technical role providing hands‑on engineering expertise and day‑to‑day supervisory oversight for the Integration Management Team within the Enterprise Applications division; leads the design, development, maintenance, and support of Mule Soft‑ and API‑driven integrations that connect critical ILSOS systems; combines advanced engineering responsibilities with functional leadership, ensuring high‑quality solutions, technical consistency, and adherence to enterprise standards; works closely with the architecture, platform, and infrastructure teams;

supports the DSM, Front‑End & Integrations, by coordinating daily team activities, reviewing technical work, and serving as the primary subject matter expert for ILSOS integration architecture and implementation.

• Technical Engineering & Solution Delivery—Design, build, and maintain enterprise integrations using Mule Soft, API‑led connectivity, Java, and related integration technologies; develop and maintain REST APIs, data transformations, orchestration flows, and integration pipelines; ensure solutions follow enterprise architecture patterns, security controls, and reusable integration standards; conduct troubleshooting, performance tuning, and root‑cause analysis for integration issues.
• Team Supervision & Work Coordination—Oversee daily assignments and workloads for Integration Management team members; support the DSM by providing technical evaluations of staff and recommending training or development needs; review team deliverables for quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices; serve as technical lead on priority initiatives and support junior engineers in problem‑solving.
• Operational Support & Incident Management—Lead resolution of production integration incidents and coordinate with application teams, infrastructure, and leadership; ensure integrations meet availability, performance, and reliability expectations; maintain integration monitoring, logging, and alerting configurations to ensure system health.
• Collaboration & Cross‑Team Coordination—Work closely with architects, data teams, application developers, QA, and business analysts across the Enterprise Applications group; translate integration requirements into technical specifications and development tasks; communicate risks, impacts, and technical considerations to the DSM and project stakeholders.
• Standards, Documentation & Continuous Improvement—Maintain accurate documentation, including API specifications, design diagrams, runbooks, and support guides; recommend improvements to integration frameworks, tools, and development processes; support modernization efforts involving enterprise APIs, messaging, and legacy system replacement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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.

• 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…