Database Unit

To ensure that the Department databases are always available with a high level of data integrity, responsiveness, and that they meet the needs across all of Colorado Department of State (CDOS).

As a Database Administrator, you will be a valued member of the database unit. You will work in the production and development environments for multiple databases supporting all of the production databases including Informix, SQL Server, Mongo, and Postgres. You will perform daily data maintenance and database analysis, as well as work on requirements and modeling.

The ideal candidate will be a critical and creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills. To succeed in this role, it is important that you have outstanding database programming skills.

Information Technology (IT) Division

Provides information systems and computer support for employees, customers of the Department of State, and therefore the people of Colorado. Most of the work completed by the division can be done remotely, contributing to the positive work-life balance of its employees. This includes maintaining computer hardware and peripherals. Staff develops, upgrades, enhances, and maintains computer applications and system software for the use of Departmental staff and the public. Processing and storing data received from Colorado counties for voter registration, charitable gaming licenses, UCC filings, domestic and foreign corporations, notary, campaign finance, and lobbyist systems. The Colorado Department of State is unique from many state agencies in that we are a smaller agency with an in-house IT division, as a result our employees maintain greater collective impact over the work product of the Department.

Elections Division

The Elections Division supervises elections in the State of Colorado. The Division supports 64 counties in planning and executing elections that comply with relevant federal and state election laws.

Within the Division, the project management and support team serves to improve Division programs through managing projects, supporting and maintaining the Division's performance metrics program, advising in the strategic planning process, monitoring trends and industry standards, collaborating with other teams to collect and analyze data, structuring large datasets to find useful information, visualizing data using graphs and infographics, developing process improvements, supporting employee engagement, and identifying and addressing short-term problems that are hindering the operational efficiency and effectiveness of Division programs while implementing long term solutions to bring about positive changes in Division operations.