Paul Sharkey

Newcastle NSW 2300 · 0405 089 235 · sharkey.pj@gmail.com

Bachelor of Computer Science, Full Stack Web Developer, ReactJS, NodeJS, AWS Cloud with an emphasis on User Experience to ensure user adoption.


Experience

Web Developer

NSW Police Force, State Intel Command

Manage State Intel Command intranet and develop interactive D3.js data driven charts to display crime statistics across numerous domains and measures.

June 2020 - December 2020

NSW Police Force

Radio Operations Command

While employed as a Dispatcher and Triple Zero Telephonist I've used my skills to take on IT Projects & Digital Transformation. Constantly recognising problems, proposing, and developing solutions used daily across multiple sites. Develop various apps using Dynamics, SharePoint, Excel, and C#. Leveraging tools such as Adobe Sign, Trello, and OneNote. Responsible for Police Database Auditing Management System used by 500+ employees with varying hierarchies across multiple sites across NSW. Softphone status indicator, written in C#, to drive down overflow Triple Zero Calls. Interactive SOPS guide used by Triple Zero Telephonists during emergency calls written in HTML/CSS/JavaScript.

January 2007 - Present

Software Developer - Student

Univeristy Capstone Project

End of Degree IT Project. I received a High Distinction as part of the Web API team for a project commissioned by www.landcareresearch.co.nz. The aim of the project was to develop a web portal allowing volunteers and a machine learning algorithm to identify different species of animals in the national parks. The Web API team’s role was to provide an API that allowed the frontend website and mobile app to securely interact with the database.

July 2019 - Novemeber 2019

Education

University of New England

Bachelor of Computer Science
Computer Science - Majoring in Computer Science
July 2014 - June 2021

Skills

Programming Languages
  • JavaScript/HTML5/CSS3
  • ReactJS
  • NodeJS
  • ReactNative
  • Python
  • GraphQL
  • SQL
  • Linux
  • AWS - Cloud
  • C#
  • VBA
Workflow
  • Git
  • Mobile-First, Responsive Design
  • User Experience, to drive User Adoption
  • Effective communicator both orally & in writing
  • Able to prioritise and negotiate multiple deadlines
  • Able to work alone or with a team