What you''ll be doing: This is a great opportunity for you to join a small development team working on in-house applications for the likes of forecasting and replenishment and other in-store activities. Reporting into the Development Manager, you''ll work closely across functional teams, including contractors and offshore teams to agree on requirements, preparing and implementing documentation and providing ad-hoc coding where required. Key responsibilities: Working with colleagues across functional teams to agree on requirements and designs Producing detailed design documentation Supervising offshore work both development and testing Identifying test cases and creating test data Preparation of implementation documentation Supporting implementations (out of hours cover may be required) Analysing existing code to understand functionality Analysing scheduler information (applications, jobs, JCL etc) to understand data flows and interdependencies Ad-hoc coding and testing of programs when required What you''ll need to have (our must-haves): 10+ years of proven software development experience using Cobol, TSO/ISPF, JCL, DB2, SQL Experience working on IBM z/OS Strong understanding of various software testing methodologies Excellent ability to explain technical concepts to appropriate audiences in non-technical terms Extensive experience maintaining and supporting software solutions Experience working with offshore development and test teams Experience working with the full soft