API Management Consultant

About the Position

Jysk - API Management Consultant

Like fixing things others can't quite explain? Read on.

Responsibilities

This is a hands-on, operations-leaning role - not a development role. Your week will be a mix of:

• Supporting our developers across the organization who publish their APIs to our self-service platform - answering questions, debugging issues, advising on security choices
• Digging into the unglamorous stuff - log analysis, socket timeouts, OS-level investigation, platform behavior under load
• Owning the platform's health - performance, security, lifecycle governance, monitoring
• Building and maintaining the tooling around API promotion, quality scanning, environment management (we have some Ansible scripts and small tools in place)
• Upgrading the platform with high availability and no downtime
• Helping shape what's next - including our move toward cloud and (eventually) Kubernetes

You'll also occasionally educate teams on best practices, but Kenneth happily covers most of that, so you don't need to be a born trainer.

Requirements

You don't need to tick every box below - but you should recognize yourself in the shape of it.

On the technical side, you bring most of these:

• Solid grasp of API Management concepts - lifecycle, governance, monitoring, rate limiting, observability, SLAs. (Crucially: you think of APIs as contracts, not just services.)
• Experience with at least one API Management platform - WSO2 (what JYSK runs), Azure API Management, Kong, Apigee, MuleSoft, AWS API Gateway, IBM API Connect, or similar. We don't care which one - concepts transfer.
• API security - OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, mTLS, threat protection
• Comfortable in Linux environments - you can navigate, read logs, troubleshoot at OS level
• Some coding background - you don't need to be a developer, but you should be able to read and write code when needed (any language; Java is a small plus)
• Bonus points for: container orchestration / Kubernetes, cloud platforms, integration patterns, platform engineering background

Nice to Have

• Experience in SRE, integration consultant, platform engineer, or DevOps background

We Offer

• A central role in shaping our API platform and integration landscape - your work is visible and matters
• A collaborative, low-ego culture with short decision paths and supportive feedback
• Close work with skilled colleagues across the IT organization
• An international, expanding company that genuinely invests in people's growth
• Solid compensation, pension, and the practical perks of a healthy Danish workplace

About the Company

Jysk A/S

We believe our employees are key to our success. That is why we strive to offer development and possibilities of growing and finding new challenges within JYSK. Since our founder, Lars Larsen, opened his first store in Denmark in 1979, JYSK has expanded our global presence with stores and webshops in countries around the world.

Our three fundamental JYSK Values - Tradesman, Colleague, and Corporate Spirit - express the behavior and attitude that we can expect from each other. We trust each other, and we believe in empowerment and freedom with responsibility. We also take pride in rewarding engagement and a great effort among our employees. With the right attitude, opportunities abound in JYSK.

JYSK wants to include everyone, no matter the age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and experience. Together, we secure our inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. Because a great mix of minds, talents, and unique personalities makes us a stronger team.

For more information, please visit the JYSK career page.

Location

Jysk HQ

Remote status: Hybrid

Employment type: Full-time

Contact Information

Questions? Contact Peter Kold from Kold+Partners at +45 2989 0903.

Interested? Send us your CV and a short note on why this role catches your eye. We review applications on a rolling basis and close as soon as we find the right person.