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Matthew Grygar
IT Risk Manager/Systems Engineer/IAM Specialist
Prague · CZHybrid · Open

Calm structure for complex problems. Stabilising critical systems when incidents escalate — and building processes so they don't happen again.

05
Years in live operations
P1
Critical-incident response
Toward IT Risk lead
IAM / IdMIncident ManagementIBM ITIMSLA GovernanceISO 27001ISO 27005ISVGLDAPDB2WebSphereLinuxPowerShellGrafanaJIRAITILOperational ResilienceIAM / IdMIncident ManagementIBM ITIMSLA GovernanceISO 27001ISO 27005ISVGLDAPDB2WebSphereLinuxPowerShellGrafanaJIRAITILOperational Resilience
01 / AboutWhat I bring

Stability under pressure.

I help organisations stabilise critical systems when incidents escalate and time pressure rises — and then set up processes so it doesn't happen again.

My experience leads from direct work in production operations and coordination of Major/P1 incidents, through identification of operational risks, to operation and management of Identity & Access Management solutions in regulated sectors.

I bring a combination of technical depth and operational overview — I understand processes, systems and what breaks at 3am. Long-term I am heading towards IT Risk Management and operational risk management.

Currently: System Engineer – Identity & Access Management (Trask, 2025–present)
Toolbox
IAM / IdMIncident & Major Incident MgmtSLA & Service GovernanceRisk Frameworks (ISO 27001 / 27005)Linux / WindowsSQLJIRAMonitoring & Log Analysis (Grafana)ITIL principyPowerShell
Long-term direction

Going forward, I want to focus on IT Risk Management — identifying and managing operational risks, IT service governance and building processes that protect organisations from outages even in demanding situations.
It makes sense to me to work at the intersection of technology, risk and business — where every technical decision has a direct impact on operational stability and security.

02 / Experience5 entries · click to expand

Live operations — where failure is not an option.

03 / ProjectsSelected work

Selected work & personal initiatives.

01
JIRASUPPORTOPERATIONSGOVERNANCE

JIRA Service Workflow Design

Complete design and setup of a JIRA project for operational support — severity model, SLA parameters, workflow automation, role and user group configuration, including a clear request interface for end users.

+Measurable operations management from submission to resolution.
02
SUPPORTRISKOPERATIONSGOVERNANCE

SLA & Incident Management Model

Internal design of an operational support model including L1/L2/L3 responsibility division, escalation paths, SLA parameters and severity levels — as the basis for operational governance and service availability risk management.

+Clear escalations, defined responsibilities, measurable governance.
03
RISKSECURITYFRAMEWORKSSELF-STUDY

Risk Frameworks – ISO 27001 & ISO 27005

Independent study of ISO 27001 and ISO 27005 as reference frameworks for IT risk management and information security. I actively applied findings when identifying operational risks and designing control mechanisms in production environments.

+Practical knowledge of ISO 27001 & ISO 27005 — certification planned.
04
RISKOPERATIONSINCIDENTSPROCESS

Incident Post-Mortem Framework

Design of a structure for post-incident analysis — root causes, escalation flow, impacts, lessons learned and preventive measures. Based on experience coordinating Major/P1 incidents and principles of continuous IT operations improvement.

+Systematic approach to learning from incidents and preventing recurrence.
05
LEADERSHIPCOMMUNITYEVENTSPERSONAL

Grail Series Tournament Circuit

Personal initiative — complete organisation of a Magic: The Gathering tournament series from concept to execution. Includes event planning and production, media communication and promo, partner and sponsor negotiations, community building and long-term development of the competitive scene.

+Community of 130+ unique players, 6 tournaments — all managed independently.
grailseries.cz
06
DATAVIBE CODINGPROJECTPERSONAL

MtG DC ELO Ranking System

Personal project — complete design and development of a web application for the Czech Duel Commander community. Includes vibe coding the entire frontend, data architecture design, data layer integration and ELO algorithm implementation for long-term performance tracking of 430+ active players.

+Transparent ranking for the Czech DC community — from design to production.
elo.grailseries.cz/cz
04 / Skills3 disciplines

What I bring to the table.

My experience is built on operating systems in real environments — incident management, identifying operational risks and building processes that protect organisations from outages. I combine technical background with risk thinking and operational governance.

01

Risk & Governance

How an organisation stays alive when something breaks at 02:00.

Major incident coordination
Operational risk awareness
SLA & service governance
Operational resilience
Stakeholder communication
Change management
ITIL framework
ISO 27001 / 27005
RBAC / access governance
02

Engineering & Operations

The hands-on layer — the bits that fail and the bits that catch them.

Identity & Access Management
IBM ITIM / ISVG
Incident management
Log analysis & forensics
Monitoring (Grafana)
SQL / IBM DB2
PowerShell / scripting
Linux (Red Hat) / Windows Server
Network infrastructure (VLAN, VPN)
03

Tools & Platforms

What lives in the toolbar. Comfortable in production.

JIRA — workflow, SLA, automation
IBM LDAP / WebSphere (WAS)
Confluence / documentation
ServiceNow
Grafana — dashboards & alerting
MS SQL Server
Git / version control
Markdown / docs-as-code
01P1 / Major
Incident resolution under pressure

I have led Major incidents with full production impact — coordinating teams of specialists across organisations, managing escalation towards management and maintaining oversight of recovery priorities. The goal was always to bring the system back to a stable state quickly and without unnecessary side effects.

02Risk
Identifying and managing operational risks

From practice I know where weaknesses most often appear in IT operations — poorly configured access roles, unclear escalation paths, insufficient segmentation or missing capacity. I try to name these risks before they cause a problem and set up processes so they don't recur.

03Operations
Decision-making in critical operations

I have worked on systems with high availability requirements — from a government eGovernment system to infrastructure of hundreds of devices in operation. In such environments you need to decide quickly, systematically and with awareness of the impact of every step on service stability.

04Stakeholders
Communication across technology and business

I have experience communicating with both technical teams and management and customers. I can translate technical problems into a business context — clearly, factually and without unnecessary distortion.

05Governance
Process as the foundation of stability

I don't believe in one-off heroic fixes. Long-term system stability rests on well-designed processes, clearly defined responsibilities and the ability to learn from every incident — that is the foundation on which IT Risk Management works.

Heading towardIT Risk ManagerOperational Resilience / Incident GovernanceIT Security & Compliance
05 / ContactLet's talk

Let's manage risks before they become incidents.

If you're looking for someone with hands-on experience in incident management and IT risk — whether for an IT Risk Manager role or as an experienced member of an operations team — feel free to reach out.

Best reached by email or LinkedIn. I usually answer within a day; if it's urgent, say so in the subject line and I'll prioritise.

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