Salesforce Architect

Salesforce Architect

Location: Nashville, TN (Hybrid Preferred)
Duration: 6–12 Month Contract
Compensation: ~$60/hour
Industry: Healthcare

Overview

We are seeking a Salesforce Architect to support a growing healthcare organization focused on improving patient access, operational efficiency, and data visibility across enterprise systems. This individual will lead the architectural design and optimization of Salesforce solutions across clinical, operational, and revenue cycle workflows.

This role will partner closely with IT leadership, business stakeholders, and integration teams to ensure scalable, secure, and compliant Salesforce implementations in a regulated healthcare environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and oversee Salesforce architecture across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Health Cloud environments

• Lead system integration strategy between Salesforce and EMR/EHR platforms, billing systems, and internal data warehouses

• Define data models, security models, and governance standards aligned with HIPAA and healthcare compliance requirements

• Provide architectural guidance to developers, admins, and analysts

• Optimize automation using Flow, Apex (as needed), and integration middleware tools

• Evaluate current Salesforce configuration and recommend enhancements for scalability and performance

• Support enterprise reporting strategy and data integrity initiatives

• Participate in roadmap planning and long-term Salesforce strategy

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Salesforce experience, including 2+ years in an architect or senior-level design role

• Strong knowledge of Salesforce architecture best practices and system scalability

• Experience integrating Salesforce with healthcare systems (EHR/EMR, billing, patient engagement platforms)

• Understanding of HIPAA compliance and healthcare data governance

• Experience with APIs, middleware tools (MuleSoft, Boomi, etc.), and data migration strategies

• Salesforce certifications (Architect track preferred, but not required)

• Strong stakeholder communication skills

Preferred Experience

• Health Cloud implementation experience

• Experience in enterprise healthcare organizations

• Familiarity with revenue cycle management systems

• Exposure to cloud infrastructure (AWS or Azure)

Why This Opportunity

• High-visibility architecture role

• Opportunity to modernize healthcare system workflows

• Enterprise-level Salesforce environment

• Potential for extension or conversion

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.