Data Systems Administrator - Enterprise Architecture

| | | :---: | | | | **Office of the Illinois Secretary of State** | | **Alexi Giannoulias** | | | | **Job Title:**Data Systems Administrator – Enterprise Architecture **Division:** IT Business Services Office **Union:**N/A **Location:** 501 S 2^nd^ St, Springfield, IL – Sangamon County **Salary:** Range $7,917 to $15,167 monthly – commensurate with experience **Benefits:** https://cms.illinois.gov/benefits/stateemployee.html **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. **Overview:** This position serves as Enterprise Architect and will lead the development of a new EA practice aligned to the IT4IT Reference Architecture and ServiceNow platform architecture, ensuring that business capabilities, processes, data, applications, and integrations are standardized, governed, and optimized; partners with Technology Office, Information Security (CISO), Administrative Operations, and Facilities Operations Center to drive enterprise-wide coherence in solution design and service delivery; responsible for building and maturing the EA practice and shaping domain architectures (Business, Data, Solution, Integration). **Duties and Responsibilities:** - Enterprise Architecture Strategy (IT4IT‑Aligned)-Establish and maintain the EA framework consistent with IT4IT value streams; Define principles, policies, capability maps, and target architectures; Map current and future-state enterprise architecture. - ServiceNow Platform Architecture & Governance-Lead architecture standards across ITSM, ITOM, ITBM, CMDB, CSDM, and workflows; Define platform guardrails, data models, integrations, and governance; Improve CMDB accuracy and service mapping maturity. - Business & Capability Architecture-Model business capabilities, value streams, and customer journeys; Align business capabilities to technology and ServiceNow service structures; Identify opportunities for standardization, automation, and shared services. - Data & Integration Architecture-Define enterprise data architecture, data domains, and master data strategy; Establish integration patterns (API-first, event-driven, ETL/ELT, etc.); Partner with CISO and Technology Office on secure, compliant data flows. - Solution Architecture & Technical Governance-Chair the Architecture Review Board (ARB); Approve solution designs, reference architectures, and technology standards; Evaluate vendor proposals and ensure alignment with IT4IT and ServiceNow. - Portfolio Alignment & Roadmapping-Develop multi‑year roadmaps and transition architectures; Support investment planning, dependency mapping, and cost optimization; Influence procurement and project prioritization. - EA Practice Enablement & Coaching- Build and mature EA capabilities across Business, Data, Solution, and Integration Architecture; Maintain EA repository, models, and architectural knowledge base; Mentor domain architects, analysts, and engineering leads. - 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 computer science, management information systems, mathematics or statistics supplemented by a master's degree in computer science or a related field and two years of managerial experience in a computer-based management information system. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:** - Requires thorough knowledge of management information system, database administration, systems analysis and computer communication systems. - Requires thorough knowledge of the principles of organization, management and administration. - Requires extensive knowledge of research and statistical procedures, program budgeting and systems modeling. - Requires ability to implement program evaluations or system assurance. - Requires ability to anticipate and resolve managerial problems. - Requires willingness to trav…