Jysk - API Management Consultant

Kold+Partners; Odense; On-site; DKK 650,000 - 850,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Solid compensation

Pension

Healthy workplace perks

Job summary

Kold+Partners in Odense, Denmark, is seeking an API Management Consultant to be a key member of the Integration team. You will take charge of the API platform, ensuring performance and security while supporting developers across the organization.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting platform issues, maintaining tooling around API quality, and contributing to the evolution towards cloud and Kubernetes. The company offers solid compensation, great workplace perks, and strong growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with API Management platforms.
• Solid understanding of API lifecycle and security.
• Experience in troubleshooting in Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• Support developers publishing APIs on the self-service platform.
• Perform log analysis and troubleshoot platform issues.
• Own the platform’s health regarding performance and security.

Skills

API Management concepts

API security (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect)

Linux environments

Coding background

Container orchestration / Kubernetes

Tools

WSO2

Azure API Management

Kong

Apigee

MuleSoft

Job description

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

We are hiring an API Management Consultant to sit in the Integration team and become a key hands‑on owner of the API platform. You'll work closely with Kenneth and gradually take over some of the depth we currently bought from external consultants.

What you'll actually be doing

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 behaviour 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.

Who we think you are

The mindset matters most. You see an unfamiliar problem, you grab it, you dig until you've got an answer. You're comfortable being the person who doesn't yet know what's broken but figures it out anyway. You enjoy working across many small things rather than going deep on one.

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, 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.

This role would fit well if you're coming from an SRE, integration consultant, platform engineer, or DevOps background or maybe something else we haven’t thought of where APIs were a significant part of what you handled – likely at a larger company with a real integration setup (the kind of place where API management is a discipline, not a side task).

What 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.

Inclusion

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.