Illinois Secretary of State operates 20 departments across ~4,000 employees, managing driver licensing, state records, libraries, and Capitol Complex facilities. The tech stack reveals heavy legacy infrastructure (COBOL, CICS, DB2, mainframe tooling via Tivoli and RACF) paired with modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and enterprise automation (ServiceNow, MuleSoft, Power Platform). Active hiring is concentrated in engineering and operations roles, while projects focus on database modernization and legacy system conversion—indicating sustained effort to migrate core systems off aging mainframe foundations.
Notable leadership hires: Deputy Director
The Illinois Secretary of State is a constitutional office serving as a primary point of contact for millions of state residents seeking driver's licenses, license plates, and other services. The office operates the state's library network, maintains Capitol Complex facilities, preserves historical documents, and administers programs in traffic safety, securities fraud prevention, and organ donation. Internally, the organization is structured across 20 departments handling diverse functions from records management to financial compliance. Current operational priorities include modernizing legacy databases, establishing project portfolio management practices, and implementing cloud security compliance frameworks.
The agency runs a mixed legacy and cloud environment: mainframe systems (COBOL, CICS, DB2, Tivoli Workload Scheduler, RACF), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), enterprise automation (ServiceNow, MuleSoft), and Microsoft tools (Power Automate, SharePoint, Office 365).
Active initiatives include migrating legacy systems to modern databases, setting up database management systems, implementing Power Platform dashboards, establishing project portfolio management practices, developing OSHA training programs, and moving production systems to cloud environments.
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