Denzal O'Neal

Experience

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  US Navy

  Sept 2012 - Feb 2023

  Aviation Rescue Swimmer

  AWS’s belong to a diverse advanced technical community that is highly specialized to the platform they are assigned. AWS’s operate various aircraft systems to support Surface Warfare (SUW), Search and Rescue (SAR), Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR), Naval Special Warfare (NSW), Airborne Mine Countermeasure (AMCM), and Logistic missions onboard MH-60S aircraft. Members also serve as Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) pilots and payload operators.• Execute flight crew duties, proficiently operating diverse USW and non-USW sensor systems to extract, analyze, and classify data for enhanced situational awareness and mission success. • Employ a combination of manual and computer-aided diagnostic techniques to efficiently isolate faults and optimize system performance, ensuring optimal operational readiness. • Specialize in Land and Sea rescue Warfare missions, demonstrating expertise in executing critical search and rescue operations in challenging environments. • Excel as a Naval Aviation rescue swimmer, adept at preparing and executing aircraft exits while wearing surface swimmer gear, utilizing exceptional surface swimming skills to conduct rescues in both daylight and low-light conditions. • Maintain proficiency in life-or-death missions, contributing to the overall effectiveness and success as a team. Show less

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  Fairly HR

  Feb 2023 - Aug 2023

  Full Stack Software Engineer

  SaaS platform enabling talented acquisition teams to quickly find the best talent for their company while saving time on recruiting & hiring.• Allowed users to implement or manage a form with dropdown fields, checkbox leveraging, Formik and Yup validation to optimize data processing and enhance user experience. • Integrated education requirements with jobs creating implemented content management for jobs allowing users to insert, sort, and paginate. • Responsible for building API endpoints within .NET Core, incorporating Postman to test the functionality of the endpoints. • Populated two tabs in a single parent component that had one for information for users to populate, and the second one for filtering jobs associated with specific information given by users. • Established efficient controllers in C# and .NET framework to handle endpoint calls, dependency injections, and data annotations, ensuring scalable and maintainable code. • Implemented RESTful API connections between SQL tables while seamlessly managing primary keys, foreign keys, and joining procedures for streamlined data retrieval and manipulation. • Conducting daily standups with a cross functional agile team, delivering user stories on a bi-weekly sprint cycle; delivering product demos to the product manager. • Demonstrating expertise in Git and GitHub for streamlining version control, facilitating seamless collaboration, code repository management, and feature integration with a team of developers. Show less