Public Service Administrator-IT-Security Administrator

Job Requisition ID: 50176 
Closing Date: 10/02/2025
​Agency:  Illinois Office of Comptroller
Class Title:  P S A INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 88140 
Salary: $65,000.00 - $95,000.00/year
Job Type: Salaried
Category:  Full Time 
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Merit Comp Code: IOC

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Position Overview

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The Illinois Office of the Comptroller is seeking applicants for the position of Public Service Administrator - IT Security.

The Comptroller is the chief fiscal control officer for the Illinois government, charged by the Constitution with maintaining the state’s central fiscal accounts and ordering payments into and out of the appropriate funds. The office processes more than 16 million transactions annually and serves as a “fiscal watchdog” to ensure that all state payments meet the requirements of the law. The Comptroller’s office provides meaningful and timely fiscal information to help state policymakers adopt effective policies. The office continually seeks new ways to improve how it serves the public. The Comptroller has updated and streamlined the Comptroller’s website and has led the process of updating the state’s payroll and accounting systems. Comptroller Mendoza is committed to running the Office of Comptroller as a financial watchdog for the interest of Illinois citizens and to installing the most modern and transparent systems to make the state’s financial information available to all.

Main Function

Under administrative direction of the Senior Public Service Administrator of System Security, the incumbent implements and maintains system security, monitoring objectives for complex computer system and application software. The incumbent performs monitoring activities to ensure compliance with approved policies and procedures; performs active security incident monitoring and response; performs security system software maintenance.

Job Description

• Monitors and supervises users' activities to ensure compliance with established security-related policies, standards, and procedures. Responds to security alerts for potential incidents. Conducts incident response activities.

• Implements and maintains the security structure for the Office of Comptroller (IOC) technical infrastructure and applications. Supervise the performance of security system software configuration, maintenance, and updates. Creates post review documentation. Assists in the creation of information security standards.

• Analyze security privileges and permission structure of SQL servers and other server applications to determine potential risk and manage ompact as appropriate.

• Communicates with internal staff and externalagency users to solve routine and complex security-realted system access problems and IOC applications questions. Assists in tuning security applications and tools.

• Identify and evaluate the gathering, distribution and diposition of confidential data handled by Comptroller's Office.

• Keeps abreast of current cybersecurity related trends, risks, and mitigation strategies through publications, training opportunities, and bulletins in support of IOC initiatives.

• Performs other duties as requested or assigned by supervisor thet are within the scope of duties efined above.

*in increasing order of supervisor's ability to reassign duties as an accomodation

Minimum Requirements

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college preferably with courses in information systems, or computer science AND two (2) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in information security, or any equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Requires awareness and adherence to the principles of Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA triad).
• Requires extensive knowledge of information security principles and practices.
• Requires working knowledge of information security tools including endpoint protection tools, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) mangement, SQL mangement tools.
• Requires a recognized information security certification (Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), or equivalent), or the ability to obtain an information security certification within one (1) year.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Requires ability to express ideas clearly both orally and in writing.
• Requires extensive knowledge of office programs and service objectives, activities, and operational systems.
• Requires ability to develop and maintain satisfactory working relationships with employees.
• Requires knowledge of project management techniques and the principles of effective leadership and supervision.
• Requires ability to plan and prioritize complex projects and to manage them from conception to conclusion, including identifying and resloving problems to ensure project accuracy and timelines.
• Requires ability to exercise judgment and discretion in developing, implementing and interpreting departmental policies and procedures.
• Requires working knowledge of personal computers and software.
• Requires working in a team environment.
• Requires ability to exercise a high degree of initiative and resoursefulness in the development of completion of work projects.

Benefits

This position is eligible to be a member of the State of Illinois Group Insurance program which includes health, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage options. Additionally, this position will annually accrue 12 paid sick days, a minimum of 12 paid vacation days, 4 paid personal days, and be afforded 14 paid state holidays, prorated based on start date.

Equal Employment and Commitment to Diversity

The Illinois Office of Comptroller provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. The Illinois Office of Comptroller is committed to the fair and equal employment of individuals with disabilities under the ADA. It is the Illinois Office of Comptroller's policy to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the company. The Illinois Office of Comptroller prohibits any harassment of, or discriminatory treatment of, employees or applicants based on a disability or because an employee has requested reasonable accommodation.

The Illinois Office of Comptroller is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the agency and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives. This commitment is embodied in agency policy and organizational culture.

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 7.5 hours/day 
Work Location:  555 W Monroe St, Chicago, Illinois, 60661 
Agency Contact:  Kammy Ferrigno
Email: [email protected]
Phone #: 217-782-6085
Posting Group: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

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