Marshalls PLC · Elland, England
This is a live UK-based role at Marshalls PLC, a UK Skilled Worker sponsor tracked by Sponsorly AI against the Home Office register. Posted 23 September 2026. Listed as open until 24 October 2026.
Senior SQL Database Administrator Elland (Hybrid) Full time 37.5 hrs per week At Marshalls plc, we believe building tomorrow's world starts with what we can create together today. Since the 1890s, we've grown from a Yorkshire stone business into a leading UK manufacturer of building, roofing and landscaping solutions. Built on generations of expertise, we're known for quality, innovation and sustainability, helping our customers bring their vision to life and create places that work today and last for generations. Together, we're building tomorrow's world. Our dedicated IT team proudly deliver a personal service to over 1500 IT users. They’re busy implementing cutting-edge cloud-based technology, ensuring technological evolution, compliance, security and excellent customer service are consistently met. It’s within this dedicated team at Marshalls that we’re recruiting for a Senior SQL Database Administrator who will act as the internal owner for the Marshalls SQL server estate and subject matter expert to stakeholders across IT and the wider business. So, what’s the mission? Working closely with an outsourced Managed Service Provider (MSP), the role will provide technical leadership, governance, service assurance, and strategic and operational direction for all SQL database platforms supporting business-critical applications. You will retain ownership of platform performance, resilience, security, compliance, supplier management, and technical roadmaps to ensure database services align with the needs of the business. Act as the technical owner of the SQL Server estate, ensuring database services are secure, resilient, high-performing, and compliant across all environments. Lead and manage the relationship with our Managed Service Provider (MSP), challenging technical recommendations and driving service excellence against agreed SLAs and KPIs. Provide technical oversight and assurance for database upgrades, migrations, security patching, high availability solutions, and disaster recovery activities. Develop and maintain the database platform roadmap, identifying opportunities for optimisation, automation, and modernisation to support business transformation. Monitor service performance, availability, and capacity, driving root cause analysis and long-term improvements for major incidents and recurring issues. Ensure database security and compliance standards are maintained, including access governance, vulnerability remediation, and audit support. Partner with project teams and business stakeholders, providing database expertise for new solutions, ERP initiatives, data analytics, integrations, and complex technical challenges. What are the mission-critical skills? Significant experience administering Microsoft SQL Server in enterprise environments. Strong understanding of SQL Server architecture High Availability and Disaster Recovery Performance tuning Security and compliance Database lifecycle management Experience working with outsourced manage…
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