IGS Takshashila AcademySenior Test Data Engineer
Senior Engineer / Specialist · Test Data, Environments & Virtualization
74
Modules assigned
661
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 (13 modules · 176 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Data discovery, classification and demand intake LM-102 | Mandatory | 10 | Privacy-by-design, TMMi Test Environment – IGS technical evidence | |
Environment provisioning, configuration and readiness LM-115 | Mandatory | 14 | TMMi Test Environment – IGS technical evidence | |
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 – 3 related topics MOD-LM-127-LM-150-LM-151 | Mandatory | 40 | Privacy-by-design, TMMi – IGS technical evidence – TMMi Test Environment – IGS technical evidence – Modern TDM practice – IGS technical evidence | |
Postman service virtualization: examples, mock servers and consumer simulations PT-021 | Deployment-specific | 8 | IGS service-virtualization standard | Free: Postman mock-server guidePremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
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 |
Service virtualisation and dependency simulation LM-147 | Mandatory | 12 | ISTQB TTA / TMMi Test Environment – IGS technical evidence | |
SQL and database testing: joins, constraints, transactions, reconciliation and data integrity PT-051 | Mandatory | 16 | IGS data-validation standard | Free: SQLBolt interactive lessonsPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
SQL for data verification LM-148 | Mandatory | 8 | ISTQB CTFL data testing – IGS technical evidence | |
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 |
AI Enablement (7 modules · 57 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AI for synthetic test data, environment readiness and service virtualisation – Senior Engineer / Specialist AI-SPEC-07-SENIORENGINEERSPECIALIST | Mandatory | 7 | IGS Test Data, Environments & Virtualization output, assessment and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Test Data, Environments & Virtualization AI specialisation labPremium: AI Software Testing with ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot for QA |
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 service virtualisation and mock engineering – Senior Engineer / Specialist AI-EXT-09-SENIORENGINEERSPECIALIST | Mandatory | 9 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS AI-assisted service virtualisation labPremium: IGS AI-assisted service virtualisation lab |
AI-assisted synthetic test-data engineering – Senior Engineer / Specialist AI-EXT-10-SENIORENGINEERSPECIALIST | Mandatory | 9 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Generative AI in Testing: Synthetic Data and QA Workflows |
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 |
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 |