Federal Systems Integrations
We’ve worked with Federal Systems Integrators to support the federal government throughout their technology advancements. From engineering support and services to product procurement, we’re the trusted partner that reinforces mission success.
The Bridge Between Technology Solutions & Federal Systems
For decades, we have been a trusted technology partner, significantly impacting federal infrastructure, security, and technological advancement. We are a proven asset for Federal Systems Integrators, offering reliable supply chains and stringent security measures, backed by numerous certifications like ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and CMMC Level 2, ensuring trusted deployments for federal clients.
Our team of IT professionals holds special clearances, enabling seamless collaboration on highly sensitive government technologies and data, augmenting Federal Systems Integrator (FSI) capabilities. Leveraging our extensive catalog of procurement methods, we empower FSIs to provide agencies with the essential products and services at competitive prices, driving mission success. We are dedicated to flawless execution and strengthening your offerings through demonstrable performance. Partner with us to deliver exceptional technology and reinforce your value to federal government clients.
2025 Leidos Partner Network Public Sector Partner of the Year
2024 Northrup Grumman Supplier Performance Excellence Award
2024 RTX Premier Award – Excellence in Cost Competitiveness
2024 RTX Premier Award – Excellence in Collaboration and Customer Service
6x Dell Technologies Federal Partner of the Year
2025 Intel Solutions Integrator of the Year
2024 NVIDIA Public Sector Partner of the Year
3x HPE Platinum Partner of the Year
Trusted by Leading Federal Systems Integrators
We empower FSIs by strategically leveraging over 1,500 industry partnerships, highly certified engineers, and nationwide CID Centers – ensuring optimal performance and comprehensive solutions for your federal clients. As a highly regarded Global Solutions Integrator, we provide FSIs with custom, tailor-made solutions that support their mission sets. We enable teams to confidently deliver cutting-edge technology, built to perform and supported by leading names in tech, without the burden of extensive vendor management.
Superior Pricing & Streamlined Procurement
We’ve been awarded numerous federal contracting vehicles that enable us to simplify and expedite procurement of products and services towards federal government initiatives. These contracts are furthered through BPAs and IDIQs that have been expertly compiled to address the multifaceted needs of various agencies, institutions, and organizations. Follow the links below to find the contract vehicle that supports your unique mission as an FSI for the federal government.
Mission-Driven Federal Capabilities
Sterling has broadened its catalog of advanced IT capabilities to better serve our clients across the federal space. We’re constantly innovating and optimizing federal systems for the highest performance while maintaining strict security practices that lead to mission success. Explore our federal IT capabilities and start getting the right technology solutions for your next mission.
Artificial Intelligence
Our team streamlines the integration process of AI Factory infrastructure for FSI clients, while providing expert support surrounding compatibility, troubleshooting, optimization, and continuous enhancements. Our unparalleled technical expertise and robust industry partnerships enable us to produce turnkey AI Factory solutions, engineered for peak performance. We meticulously handle the entire process – from racking and stacking to troubleshooting, optimizing, and deploying – ensuring the AI Factory is operational for your federal projects and allowing FSIs to accelerate innovation and deliver value efficiently.
Modern Infrastructure
Our future-ready modern infrastructure solutions empower FSIs to deliver robust in-house capabilities for mission-critical applications, demanding federal workloads, and advanced AI tools for their government clients. Our expertise spans designing, deploying, and supporting flexible, scalable, and efficient technologies crucial for agile federal environments. FSIs can leverage our Hyperconverged Infrastructure to streamline agency IT management, implement edge computing for secure distributed operations, and deploy robust private/hybrid cloud solutions for flexible resource allocation. We enable comprehensive data storage optimizations for sensitive federal data, robust backup policies for mission continuity, and disaster recovery capabilities to protect critical government systems.
Security
Protecting sensitive federal data is a critical concern for FSIs amidst a relentless surge in threats. We enhance FSI capabilities by delivering comprehensive security solutions, encompassing physical safeguards for agency assets and advanced cybersecurity measures, specifically designed to combat malicious actors and prevent breaches. We meticulously assess government systems, train federal teams on data protection protocols, and implement cutting-edge technologies to ensure a compliant and secure operational environment. Our dedicated experts and innovative solutions provide FSIs with robust defenses, actively preventing threats and ensuring the integrity and privacy of all data for their government customers.
Networking
We provide robust networking solutions that enable FSIs to ensure secure and optimal connectivity across federal agencies and their distributed operations. Leveraging our expertise and partnerships, we deliver steady, high-speed connections between critical federal data centers and all agency endpoints, with a paramount emphasis on cybersecurity. Our team proactively assesses federal networks for vulnerabilities and potential breaches, implementing advanced preventatives and enhancements that rigorously safeguard sensitive federal and mission-critical data, while optimizing overall network coverage for FSI clients.
Cloud
We work with FSIs, offering expert guidance through every stage, from initial planning for federal workloads and agency infrastructure to final deployment and continuous optimization. Our cloud engineers navigate licensing intricacies and provide well-architected assessments to deliver concise, budget-friendly cloud solutions tailored for federal mandates. Through our dedicated team and strong cloud partnerships, we ensure FSIs can achieve optimal, future-ready cloud environments that support mission innovation, scalable government services, and efficient operations for their clients.
Digital Workspace
Our digital workspace solutions offer Federal Systems Integrators significant advantages, directly boosting federal workforce productivity, fostering secure inter-agency collaboration, and ensuring robust data security for sensitive government information. Leveraging our specialized device management and CID services, FSIs can provide pre-configured, hardened, integrated, and deployed devices to their federal clients, enabling immediate use in any operational setting and supporting seamless remote work. Our expertise in device refurbishment and repairs extends asset lifetimes, reducing replacement costs. This comprehensive device management optimizes FSI project deliveries by ensuring secure, compliant, and high-performing technology endpoints, freeing your technical teams for critical mission-focused initiatives. Transform your federal offerings, streamline technology deployment, and maintain secure, efficient digital environments for enduring success.
Services Supporting FSIs
AI Readiness Assessment
Our team assesses your data, infrastructure, and workforce to identify gaps and opportunities toward your successful AI transformation. We align your AI strategy with measurable business outcomes, provide a detailed AI journey assessment, a high-level roadmap, and estimated costs. Our strategic approach empowers clients to confidently embrace AI capabilities, transforming initiatives into actionable steps that foster long-term success.
Infrastructure Deployment Services
Our Infrastructure Deployment Services operationalize end-to-end solutions for transforming and optimizing your IT environment. Our certified engineers expertly handle physical hardware installation—including the racking, cabling, and power setup for servers, storage, and networking equipment. We specialize in configuring operating systems, hypervisors, and complex virtualization platforms.
Modern Data Center Assessment
Identify areas of improvement, vulnerabilities in your current infrastructure, cost-effective measures you can adopt, and how best to reach your IT goals—all through one of our Modern Data Center Assessments. Our team will guide you to the ideal outcome for your organization while providing you with a comprehensive data center solution that will keep you ahead of the competition.
Rack Integration Services
Leave the construction and troubleshooting of your server racks to us. Our engineers produce a unique rack solution in one of our secure CID locations where we optimize power, cooling, and operational performance. Additionally, we proactively troubleshoot any potential issues prior to deployment, thus ensuring a seamless, problem-free experience along with an out-of-the-box, ready-to-work performance.
CID Center Services
Our Configuration, Integration, and Distribution (CID) Services are meticulously designed to streamline IT deployments, effectively manage costs, verify a secure supply chain, maintain technical currency, and significantly enhance end-user productivity. Our strategically located nationwide CID Centers provide a robust framework for our clients, enabling them to confidently focus on their core business objectives while we expertly handle their complex logistical, configuration, and repair initiatives.
AI Advisor Services
Our team is comprised of certified AI Advisors for sales and engineering. Allow us to act as a trusted advisor, expertly guiding you through leading OEM portfolios from assessment to deployment of you AI Factory – and beyond.
Data Protection Assessment
Assess your current data center for improper data protection policies and procedures. Our team identifies any lapses in compliance, security measures, or backup processes and provides your team with a proactive solution that will keep your data safe from disaster. Allow us to guide you through industry-standard data security practices, additional data archival and backup procedures, and database compliance frameworks built to satisfy even the most stringent industry standards.
Network & Security Assessment
We go through and identify the areas within your infrastructure that are underperforming and/or overheating due to the strain of its current workloads. We know how to generate optimal power and cooling outcomes within even the largest data centers. Allow our experts to assess your current systems and provide you with the next steps to fine-tune your infrastructure for the best experience.
Power Consumption & Cooling Assessments
Our engineers identify the areas within your infrastructure that are underperforming and overheating under the current workloads of your organization. We know how to generate optimal power and cooling outcomes within even the largest data centers. Allow our experts to assess your current systems and provide you with the next steps to tune your infrastructure for the best experiences.
Storage Assessment
Handle storage efficiently with a Storage Assessment. Our experts evaluate the health of your storage infrastructure, its overall performance, and its capacity-growth needs. Identify any misconfigurations and find consolidation opportunities to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) while optimizing responsiveness.
Device Hardening
We conduct secure device setups, imaging services, and BIOS configurations in accordance with the federal government’s Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), Zero Trust principles, and the compliance frameworks of CMMC and NIST. Right from deployment, we ensure our clients’ devices are configured for maximum security and conformance, making them more resilient against the evolving landscape of cyber threats.
Well-Architected Framework Assessment
Strengthen your organization’s cloud governance by aligning your current services with well-architected cloud principles. Following our assessment, you will gain resiliency through the adoption of high-availability architecture, security best practices, and compliance automations. Likewise, this assessment identifies cost-saving opportunities by pinpointing any inefficiencies in your environment.
Solution Cabling
We offer professional cabling services that provide high-speed ethernet, fiber, and InfiniBand installations across networks and throughout data centers. Get the fastest connections throughout your IT infrastructure and establish optimal computing between devices and your data.
Wireless Survey & Heat Mapping
Our experts survey your wireless network, identifying issues and inefficiencies. We generate a detailed heatmap of your Wi-Fi coverage and pinpoint any areas of weakness. Based on this analysis, we then provide recommendations for wireless expansions or corrective router implementations, ensuring consistent, high-quality connectivity throughout your organization.
Certified Commitment to Quality
Sterling is proud to hold ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certifications, reflecting our commitment to quality, sustainability, and information security. The ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications showcase our dedication to superior quality management and environmental responsibility, ensuring that our products and services meet the highest standards of performance and sustainability.
The addition of the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 underscores our leadership in cybersecurity and data protection. This certification validates our robust Information Security Management System (ISMS), which secures critical processes such as IT sales, solution engineering, and professional services delivery.
Sterling’s emphasis on cybersecurity continues through our Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification with a status of Final CMMC Level 2 (C3PAO). This certifies that Sterling’s security conforms to the requirements of the NIST Special Publication 800-171 Revision 2 for the information system as scoped for the L200001786 CMMC Unique Identifier (UID). It also ensures that we operate in accordance with CMMC requirements codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 32, Part 170.
A Trusted Partner for Federal Systems Integrators
Federal Systems Integrators are leading government technology missions, and Sterling is dedicated to their mission success when our team gets involved. Get a trusted partner for your next federal contract.