IGS Takshashila AcademySenior SDET
Senior Engineer / Specialist · Automation & SDET
105
Modules assigned
1151
Total hours
5
Pillars covered
Process & Quality (15 modules · 88 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Acceptance testing and business readiness LM-037 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTFL acceptance testing, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
BDD and Gherkin: examples, rules and executable scenarios LM-040 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTFL, Cucumber BDD/Gherkin – IGS role evidence | |
Bidirectional traceability and coverage model LM-041 | Mandatory | 4 | ISTQB CTFL traceability – IGS role evidence | |
Defect discovery, triage and reproducible reporting LM-042 | Mandatory | 5 | ISTQB CTFL defect management – IGS role evidence | |
Deriving test conditions and scenarios from requirements LM-043 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTFL test analysis – IGS role evidence | |
Product-risk analysis and prioritisation LM-050 | Mandatory | 4 | ISTQB CTFL risk-based testing, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
Requirement and user-story ambiguity analysis: IGS 5C + INVEST LM-052 | Mandatory | 5 | ISTQB CTFL static testing, Agile Alliance INVEST – IGS role evidence | |
Root-cause analysis and test-process improvement LM-053 | Mandatory | 6 | TMMi Defect Prevention / Test Process Optimisation – IGS role evidence | |
SAFe 6.0 for QE: ART, PI planning, system demo, inspect/adapt, quality practices and dependencies PT-040 | Deployment-specific | 12 | SAFe Practitioner/Agilist direction | Free: Scaled Agile certificationsPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Static testing, reviews and early quality gates LM-054 | Mandatory | 4 | ISTQB CTFL static testing, TMMi Peer Reviews – IGS role evidence | |
Status, metrics and fact-based quality reporting LM-055 | Mandatory | 5 | ISTQB CTFL monitoring, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
Test data design, privacy and lifecycle LM-057 | Mandatory | 5 | ISTQB CTFL, privacy-by-design – IGS role evidence | |
Test design techniques: EP, BVA, decision tables, state transitions and pairwise LM-058 | Mandatory | 8 | ISTQB CTFL test design – IGS role evidence | |
Test estimation, sizing and capacity LM-059 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
Test monitoring, control and recovery planning LM-060 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTAL Test Management, TMMi Test Monitoring and Control – IGS role evidence |
Domain & Business (30 modules · 282 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Airlines and travel LM-021 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Banking, Financial Services & FinTech – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-078 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Banking, Financial Services & FinTech domain-readiness evidence | |
BFSI, digital banking, cards and payments LM-022 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Clinical trials and remote patient monitoring LM-023 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Domain data, controls, privacy and regulation LM-031 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS domain-readiness standard, context-specific regulation – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
Domain discovery and value-chain mapping LM-032 | Mandatory | 5 | IGS domain-readiness standard – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
Domain KPIs, SLAs and operational failure patterns LM-033 | Mandatory | 6 | TMMi Measurement, ITIL service management – IGS Domain Practitioner badge | |
Domain risk-to-test / engineering map LM-034 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB risk-based testing, CTAL Test Management – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
EdTech & Learning Platforms – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-092 | Choose one | 12 | IGS EdTech & Learning Platforms domain-readiness evidence | Free: edX Education Technology coursesPremium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
EdTech and learning platforms LM-024 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Enterprise Applications & Integrations – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-148 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Enterprise Applications & Integrations domain-readiness evidence | Free: Microsoft Learn – Dynamics 365Premium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
Healthcare and HealthTech LM-025 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Healthcare, Clinical Trials & RPM – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-057 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Healthcare, Clinical Trials & RPM domain-readiness evidence | |
Insurance LM-026 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Insurance – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-085 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Insurance domain-readiness evidence | |
Manhattan WMS & Omnichannel – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-113 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Manhattan WMS & Omnichannel domain-readiness evidence | |
Manufacturing & Industrial – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-134 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Manufacturing & Industrial domain-readiness evidence | Free: Coursera Digital ManufacturingPremium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 LM-027 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
OTT, Media & Connected TV – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-071 | Choose one | 12 | IGS OTT, Media & Connected TV domain-readiness evidence | Free: AWS Video Streaming ConceptsPremium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
OTT, media, streaming, adtech and analytics LM-028 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Personas, customer journeys and business rules LM-035 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTAL Test Analyst business-process testing – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
Quick Commerce & Last-Mile Delivery – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-141 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Quick Commerce & Last-Mile Delivery domain-readiness evidence | |
Retail & E-commerce – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-127 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Retail & E-commerce domain-readiness evidence | |
Retail, e-commerce and quick commerce LM-029 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Salesforce Enterprise Cloud – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-099 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Salesforce Enterprise Cloud domain-readiness evidence | |
SAP S/4HANA & Enterprise Processes – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-106 | Choose one | 12 | IGS SAP S/4HANA & Enterprise Processes domain-readiness evidence | |
SME elicitation and rapid knowledge capture LM-036 | Mandatory | 5 | IGS consulting and domain-readiness standard – IGS Domain Practitioner badge | |
Telecom, OSS/BSS and 5G LM-030 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Telecommunications & 5G – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-064 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Telecommunications & 5G domain-readiness evidence | |
Workday HCM & Finance – Senior/Specialist practical domain lab PT-120 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Workday HCM & Finance domain-readiness evidence | Free: Learn with WorkdayPremium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
Tools & Engineering (42 modules · 653 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Accessibility testing with axe, Lighthouse and screen-reader workflow PT-049 | Deployment-specific | 14 | WCAG 2.2 – EN 301 549 | Free: Deque University – axe resourcesPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
API libraries: Playwright APIRequest, WebdriverIO services and REST Assured PT-024 | Recommended | 16 | IGS API-code standard | Free: Playwright API testing guidePremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Appium mobile automation LM-067 | Deployment-specific | 16 | ISTQB Mobile Application Testing / TAE – IGS technical evidence | |
Appium: Android/iOS setup, inspector, capabilities, gestures, waits and device execution PT-012 | Deployment-specific | 24 | IGS mobile automation standard | |
Automation framework design patterns LM-090 | Mandatory | 14 | ISTQB CTAL TAE v2 – IGS technical evidence | |
BrowserStack: browser/device matrix, local testing, debugging, accessibility and CI PT-015 | Choose one | 8 | IGS compatibility standard | Free: BrowserStack Test UniversityPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
CI/CD quality gates and developer feedback LM-097 | Mandatory | 14 | ISTQB CTAL TAE, DevOps – IGS technical evidence | |
Containers, Kubernetes and ephemeral test environments LM-099 | Mandatory | 16 | Quality platform engineering – IGS technical evidence | |
Cypress stack LM-068 | Deployment-specific | 14 | ISTQB CTAL TAE – IGS technical evidence | |
Data-driven, parallel and cross-environment automation LM-106 | Mandatory | 10 | ISTQB CTAL TAE v2 – IGS technical evidence | |
Docker and Kubernetes for QE: containerize test dependencies, run jobs and diagnose environments PT-045 | Deployment-specific | 20 | IGS cloud-native testing standard | Free: Kubernetes tutorialsPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
GenRocket: domains, attributes, generators, receivers, scenarios and automation integration PT-018 | Deployment-specific | 16 | IGS synthetic TDM standard | Free: GenRocket UniversityPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Git and pull-request workflow for QE: branch, commit, merge, review, resolve and tag evidence PT-043 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS source-control standard | Free: GitHub SkillsPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Git and source-control basics LM-118 | Mandatory | 6 | Modern QE engineering practice – IGS technical evidence | |
Integrated learning module – 2 related topics MOD-LM-137-LM-156 | Mandatory | 36 | ISTQB CTAL TAE v2 – IGS technical evidence – ISTQB CTAL TAE – IGS technical evidence | |
Integrated learning module – 2 related topics MOD-LM-139-LM-140 | Mandatory | 34 | ISTQB CTAL Test Automation Engineering – IGS technical evidence – ISTQB CTAL TAE – IGS technical evidence | |
Jenkins and GitHub Actions: pipeline-as-code, test gates, artefacts, secrets and notifications PT-044 | Recommended | 16 | IGS CI quality-gate standard | Free: GitHub Actions documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Katalon Studio automation LM-071 | Deployment-specific | 14 | Vendor practice, ISTQB TAE principles – IGS technical evidence | |
Katalon Studio/True Platform: objects, tests, suites, data, API/mobile, TestOps and CI PT-013 | Choose one | 20 | Katalon Practitioner pathway | |
Newman: command-line collection runs, data, reporters, environments and CI PT-020 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS API CI standard | Free: Newman documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Observability, diagnostics and quality telemetry LM-132 | Mandatory | 12 | ISTQB TTA, SRE practice – IGS technical evidence | |
Pact: consumer contract, provider verification, broker and CI compatibility gate PT-023 | Deployment-specific | 16 | IGS contract-testing standard | Free: Direct course awaiting TestOps curationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Playwright with TypeScript: locators, fixtures, assertions, API checks, projects, traces and CI PT-008 | Choose one | 24 | ISTQB CTAL-TAE – IGS code standard | |
Postman Interceptor, Charles Proxy and Fiddler: capture, replay and diagnose HTTP traffic PT-022 | Recommended | 10 | IGS diagnostic evidence standard | Free: Postman Interceptor guidePremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Postman: requests, auth, variables, scripts, data, collections and documentation PT-019 | Mandatory | 12 | IGS API evidence standard | |
qTest Manager: requirements, test cases, cycles, execution, defects and dashboards PT-007 | Deployment-specific | 10 | Tricentis qTest practitioner evidence | Free: Tricentis Academy – qTestPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
QualiZen practitioner: ambiguity, risk, test design, automation recommendation and quality insights PT-038 | Mandatory | 12 | IGS QualiZen Practitioner badge | Free: IGS QualiZen internal academyPremium: IGS proprietary enablement |
REST Assured API automation LM-072 | Deployment-specific | 14 | ISTQB API / TAE practices – IGS technical evidence | |
Robot Framework: keyword design, SeleniumLibrary/RequestsLibrary, data and reports PT-011 | Choose one | 20 | IGS keyword-driven standard | |
Salesforce test automation with Provar/Copado and Apex test awareness PT-054 | Deployment-specific | 20 | Salesforce QA practitioner evidence | Free: Salesforce Trailhead – Software TestingPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Selenium WebDriver stack LM-073 | Deployment-specific | 16 | ISTQB CTAL TAE – IGS technical evidence | |
Selenium WebDriver: locators, waits, page objects, TestNG/PyTest, Grid and CI PT-010 | Choose one | 24 | ISTQB CTAL-TAE – IGS code standard | |
SonarQube quality engineering: quality profiles, gates, coverage, duplication and issue governance PT-047 | Deployment-specific | 10 | IGS code-quality standard | Free: SonarQube documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Suitest for OTT/connected devices: element recognition, scenarios, devices and results PT-017 | Deployment-specific | 12 | IGS OTT assurance standard | Free: Suitest documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Tricentis Tosca model-based automation LM-075 | Deployment-specific | 16 | Vendor practice, ISTQB TAE principles – IGS technical evidence | |
Tricentis Tosca: modules, test cases, data, execution lists, recovery and reporting PT-014 | Choose one | 24 | Tosca certification pathway | |
Unit, component and service-level test engineering LM-157 | Mandatory | 14 | ISTQB TAE / TTA – IGS technical evidence | |
WebdriverIO stack LM-076 | Deployment-specific | 14 | ISTQB CTAL TAE – IGS technical evidence | |
WebdriverIO with JavaScript/TypeScript: page objects, services, API/mobile, parallel runs and CI PT-009 | Choose one | 24 | ISTQB CTAL-TAE – IGS JS standard | |
WireMock, MockServer and Hoverfly: programmable service virtualization, faults and latency PT-048 | Deployment-specific | 16 | IGS service-virtualization standard | Free: WireMock documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Zephyr RTM: requirement-to-scenario-to-test-to-defect traceability and coverage reporting PT-006 | Mandatory | 5 | ISTQB traceability – TMMi monitoring | |
Zephyr: create a test cycle, assign tests, execute, attach evidence, link defects and retest PT-005 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB implementation/execution |
AI Enablement (9 modules · 70 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AI for test automation and SDET engineering – Senior Engineer / Specialist AI-SPEC-02-SENIORENGINEERSPECIALIST | Mandatory | 7 | IGS Automation & SDET output, assessment and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Automation & SDET AI specialisation labPremium: Gen AI Test Automation with Selenium, Playwright, Copilot and Claude |
AI-assisted accessibility and inclusive quality testing – Senior Engineer / Specialist AI-EXT-08-SENIORENGINEERSPECIALIST | Mandatory | 7 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS AI-assisted accessibility testing labPremium: IGS AI-assisted accessibility testing lab |
AI-assisted complex diagnostic engineering AI-ROLE-SENIORENGINEERSPECIALIST-1 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: AI-Powered Root-Cause Analysis Specialist |
AI-assisted engineering, review and maintainability AI-ROLE-SENIORENGINEERSPECIALIST-2 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Gen AI Test Automation with Selenium, Playwright, Copilot and Claude |
AI-assisted mobile automation with Playwright, Appium and WebdriverIO – Senior Engineer / Specialist AI-EXT-05-SENIORENGINEERSPECIALIST | Mandatory | 8 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Web and Mobile Automation using Playwright, Appium and AI |
AI-driven automation engineering and self-healing controls – Senior Engineer / Specialist AI-EXT-07-SENIORENGINEERSPECIALIST | Mandatory | 9 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: AI-Driven Test Automation with Playwright, Selenium and LLMs |
Atlassian Rovo for Jira and Zephyr-supported QE workflows AI-ROVO | Deployment-specific | 8 | IGS Responsible AI, Atlassian permissions and human verification standard | |
Reusable QE prompts, skill files and AI agents AI-ROLE-SENIORENGINEERSPECIALIST-3 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Learn AI Tools and Build AI Agents for Software Testing |
Visual AI and intelligent regression testing – Senior Engineer / Specialist AI-EXT-06-SENIORENGINEERSPECIALIST | Mandatory | 7 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Applitools Visual AI Testing with Selenium and Appium |
Communication, Leadership & Culture (9 modules · 58 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Client communication and expectation management LM-003 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS client-engagement standard – IGS Client Communication badge | |
Concise written communication: status, risk, decision and defect LM-005 | Mandatory | 4 | IGS communication standard – IGS Professional Communication badge | |
Conflict resolution and constructive challenge LM-006 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS culture and conduct – IGS Conflict Resolution badge | |
Cross-cultural collaboration in global teams and clients LM-008 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS global culture standard – IGS Global Collaboration badge | |
Giving feedback, coaching and mentoring LM-012 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS North-Star performance behaviours – IGS Coach / Mentor badge | |
Integrated learning module – 2 related topics MOD-LM-001-LM-019 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS communication standard – IGS Professional Communication badge – IGS culture and North-Star behaviours – IGS Collaboration badge | |
Integrated learning module – 2 related topics MOD-LM-016-LM-020 | Mandatory | 12 | IGS communication standard – IGS Presentation badge – IGS facilitation standard – IGS Facilitator badge | |
Internal negotiation: priorities, capacity and dependencies LM-013 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS collaboration standard – IGS Negotiation badge | |
Spoken communication in stand-ups, reviews and technical discussions LM-017 | Mandatory | 4 | IGS communication standard – IGS Professional Communication badge |