Stuart Allan
Certified Cloud Practitioner
Professional Summary
Newly qualified Certified Cloud Practitioner with some experience designing cloud infrastructure on AWS.
Dynamic professional with a strong foundation in communication, teamwork and leadership. Proven ability to teach and collaborate effectively, coupled with a constant learning mindset. Demonstrates stamina for physical work and excels in process improvement suggestions. Efficient time management skills ensure optimal productivity. Committed to continuous professional development and contributing to organisational success.
Previously I was a qualified teacher with over 20 years' experience teaching science, physics and mathematics to years 7-13.
Technical Skills
AWS (EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFront)
Networking & Security
Monitoring (CloudWatch)
Cost Optimisation
Work Experience
Warehouse Selector | Aldi Stores Limited, Cardiff
July 2025 – Present
- As a Warehouse Selector my role involves selecting pre-defined numbers of certain items and loading them onto pallets for delivery to stores. I also am involved in the training of new selectors in the correct way to pick items and load the pallets correctly and safely.
Science Teacher | Llanwern High School, Newport
September 2006 – February 2025
- As a Science Teacher at Llanwern High School, I was responsible for delivering high-quality instruction and creating a positive learning environment for my students. Some of my accomplishments in this role include designing and implementing engaging lessons that promote student understanding of scientific concepts, assessing student progress and providing constructive feedback to support their growth, and collaborating with colleagues to enhance the overall learning experience for students.
- Ran the following extra-curricular activities:
- Combined Cadet Force (September 2014 - February 2025):
Role included planning and delivering military style lessons on military subjects, adventurous activities, live fire ranges and blank fire military exercises.
- Duke of Edinburgh Award (March 2009 - February 2025):
Delivered all levels of training required to enable pupils to achieve the bronze, silver and gold levels of the award. Planned and ran three gold level expeditions, one in Scotland and two in Northern Spain.
Science and Mathematics Teacher | Trevethin Community School, Pontypool
September 2004 – August 2006
- First permanent teaching job after completing PGCE.
Education
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Solutions Architect and AWS Security Courses
Optima Training Academy | 2025 – Present
PGCE Secondary Science
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff | 2003 – 2004
BSc (Joint Hons) Mathematics and Physics
University of Wales, Cardiff | 1999 – 2002
Certifications & Qualifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services | 2026
Hill and Moorland Leader
Mountain Training, UK | 2016
Climbing Wall Award
Mountain Training, Cymru | 2013
Portfolio of Projects
- Personal website: First project completed. A static website hosted in AWS S3 and delivered globally via Amazon CloudFront and Route 53.
- www.allanfamilyholidayphotos.com
- Certified Cloud Practitioner Portfolio: A second website, delivered globally via Amazon CloudFront.
- www.stuart-allan.com
- Includes:
- Amazon DynamoDB for a live visitor counter and log.
- AWS Lambda to process a contact form and visitor tracking.
- Amazon API Gateway to act as the front door for Lambda.
- Amazon SNS to send emails from the contact form.