4161 - Application Operations Engineer (Power BI/Fabric)

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 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.

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

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)

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 process

Stage 1Application Form

Stage 2Interview

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