Data Engineer (Maternity Cover)

Salary: £35,000 - 35,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require experience in a data engineering role.
• We ideally want practical experience or the ability to upskill in cloud services such as Azure, Databricks, and ESRI.
• We require excellent proven proficiency in SQL and Python.
• We ideally want familiarity with developing pipelines that support analysts who use RStudio, Power BI, and/or GIS.
• We want experience or the ability to upskill in administering data services linked to the data lakehouse, such as GitHub and Power BI.
• We require a solid understanding of data security and best practices.
• We require excellent communication skills.
• We require the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• We want a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and problem-solving approach.
• We want a can-do attitude and a passion for data.

Responsibilities:

• We will have you maintain and enhance our data pipelines and infrastructure.
• We will have you ensure the effectiveness, efficiency, and scalability of our federation-wide data service system and data lakehouse.
• We will have you provide key insights and solutions to support decision-making across our organisation and federation.
• We will have you respond to the needs of Wildlife Trusts and support delivery of our 2030 Strategy.
• We will have you work collaboratively with various teams to develop data management solutions and products.
• We will have you help identify new use cases and forecast data volumes.
• We will have you ensure cost-effective service maintenance.
• We will have you manage and optimise data pipelines and cloud services.
• We will have you provide data-driven solutions to support business needs.
• We will have you help ensure our data systems are secure, optimised, scalable, and cost-efficient.
• We will have you support a strong community of practice within the federation of Wildlife Trusts.

Technologies:

• Azure
• Cloud
• Databricks
• GIS
• GitHub
• Support
• Power BI
• Python
• SQL
• Security
• Excel

More:

We are The Wildlife Trusts, a grassroots movement of people from a wide range of backgrounds and walks of life who believe that we need nature and nature needs us. We have more than 945,000 members, over 33,000 volunteers, 4,100 staff, and 600 trustees across 46 individual Wildlife Trusts, each a place-based independent charity. Our federation of 47 charities works to make a positive difference for wildlife and future generations, and we are urgently focused on reversing wildlife loss and supporting nature recovery at scale. This is a maternity cover Data Engineer role until 30 April 2027, offered at up to £35,000 per annum for 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with part-time hours considered. The role is predominantly home-based with occasional UK travel, and office facilities are available Tuesday to Thursday at our Newark office for those within easy travelling distance.

last updated 36 week of 2026