4161 - Application Operations Engineer (Power BI/Fabric)

Job summary

Welsh Government

The Welsh Government delivers digital services to people and business across Wales. Led by our Chief Digital Officer, the Welsh Government is increasingly delivering more services online and has a vision (outlined in the Digital Strategy for Wales) of improving the lives of everyone through collaboration, innovation and better public services.

To achieve this vision, the Welsh Government needs specialist digital, data and technology skills across all departments in the organisation to improve the services and policies we develop for Welsh citizens.

For more information about the benefits of making a difference with us, please see the Employee Benefits Pack.

Team/Division Overview

The Application Operations Engineer (Power BI/Fabric) will form part of the Software Delivery Team and will be responsible for the ongoing maintenance and support of the Power BI / Microsoft Fabric platform, which underpins the Data Visualisation Service within the Welsh Government.

Job description

Job Role

This post is mapped to the Application Operations Engineer role in the DDaT Profession Capability Framework. Follow the link to understand the role and the required skills.

Responsible for ensuring the technical continuity of the Data Visualisation Service, the Application Operations Engineer will provide advice and support to business users of the Power BI/Fabric platform by setting up new workspaces, supporting the creation of enterprise semantic models, triaging and resolving faults, and assisting with queries around optimisation of outputs.

They will work closely with a range of stakeholders and business areas to understand user requirements and where required support them in moving to using Power BI.

We are looking for people who are:

• Enthusiastic and pro-active about resolving problems
• Team oriented, willing to support others when needed
• Organised and have good planning skills to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality outputs.
• Experienced in communicating with a wide range of people using different communication methods.

Person specification

An application operations engineer maintains services and is responsible for conducting user and security administration.

At this role level, you will:

• monitor applications and be accountable for batch processes
• Carry out the duties of an end user computing engineer, such as fixing technical problems, maintaining hardware and liaising with the problem or incident manager

Your main day to day responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining the Power BI/Microsoft Fabric enterprise platform from the technical side.
• Ensure continuity and availability of the Power BI/Fabric platform for the business to use by working as part of a multi-disciplined application support and development team, and closely with Cloud Infrastructure and Central Technical Services teams.
• Support the wider business users of the Power BI/Fabric platform by setting up new workspaces and assisting with queries around optimisation of report production.
• Review, test, implement and communicate product updates via the agreed change processes.
• Liaise with the Service Desk on faults or requests and triage and, where necessary, resolve them as promptly as possible.
• Work with the Product Manager to advise and support business areas migrating into Power BI/Fabric and the Data Visualisation Service.
• Liaise regularly with users to ensure an up-to-date awareness of their user requirements, considering if and how the service needs to be adapted to meet changing needs.
• Continually review the Power BI product (including new functionality available through Microsoft Fabric) and the Data Visualisation Service to identify potential issues or deficiencies and work with the Product Manager to proactively address these.
• Support the Product Manager in ensuring the Power BI/Fabric Product and Data Visualisation Service is being effectively used through regularly reviewing and reporting on usage metrics.
• Working as part of a multi-disciplined application development and support team, and closely with Cloud Infrastructure and Central Technical Services teams.
• Provide technical advice on the Power BI/Fabric and DVS user community by engaging with them via the Teams user group.

Qualifications

Do you have experience administrating Power BI/Microsoft Fabric at an enterprise level? Yes/No

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Asset and Configuration Management - Maintain secure configuration and accurate information
• Availability and Capacity Management - Manage service components to ensure they meet business needs and key performance indicators (KPIs).

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Welsh Government, like all other Government Departments use Success Profiles when we recruit. For each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job. It raises performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

The selection process and stages are:

Number of Stages:2 stage processStage 1Application FormStage 2Interview

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : DataVisualisationService@gov.wales
• Email : DataVisualisationService@gov.wales

Recruitment team

• Email : ResourcingHub@gov.wales

Further information

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition. Please see the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles on the Commission's website.

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and wish to make a complaint please email complaints@gov.wales. Please ensure that you refer to the vacancy reference number.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Welsh Government, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: info@csc.gov.uk.