The Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect is a pro at analyzing situations and creating the right governance structure. They’re experts in managing development and rolling out updates on the Lightning Platform. These architects are adept at crafting advanced development strategies and can clearly explain their decisions to both business and tech folks.

Typically, they come with:

• A Computer Science degree or something similar.
• 2-3 years in the Salesforce Platform.
• 1-2 years diving into Salesforce DevOps.
• 1-2 years collaborating with governance teams.
• 1-2 years mastering application lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with project approaches like Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid.

You might find them working as:

• Technical or Delivery Lead
• Release or Environment Manager
• Ops or Test Managers
• Technical Architect

What can they do? Here’s a snapshot:

• They can explain the pros and cons of different development methods.
• Design future-ready DevOps structures and manage releases.
• Share DevOps designs with a range of people.
• Uphold best practices for application management.
• Design and oversee Salesforce’s development and testing environments.
• Understand tools and techniques for development.
• Know about testing, including automated testing and Salesforce updates.
• Engage in governance and backup strategies.

However, they might need some help with:

• Setting up the environment.
• Development tasks, both coding and non-coding.
• Creating tests.
• Continuous integration setups.
• Establishing governance rules.
• Grasping governance strategies for multiple orgs.

What they typically don’t handle:

• Writing migration scripts.
• Setting up source control.
• Setting up continuous integration tools.