Data Center & Network Modernization

Right-sizing federal infrastructure: consolidating the past and building for the future.

Federal data center and network infrastructure sits at the intersection of two powerful forces: the mandate to consolidate and reduce the legacy footprint driving decades of inefficiency, and the requirement to build modern network architectures that support zero trust security, cloud connectivity, hybrid workforces, and the emerging demands of edge computing and 5G. Goldman Edwards navigates both imperatives simultaneously, helping agencies reduce what should be reduced and modernize what must be modernized, with the security and compliance discipline that sensitive federal environments require.

We have operated in CONUS and OCONUS environments, in both classified and unclassified settings, and our practitioners hold the clearances and understand the protocols that complex federal network environments demand. Whether the driver is a FITARA scorecard, a DOGE efficiency mandate, an EO 14028 zero trust requirement, or simply the need to stop paying data center operating costs for infrastructure that has already been cloud-migrated, Goldman Edwards delivers the assessment, planning, and execution capability to get it done.

Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA) is now a federal requirement under EO 14028 and OMB M-22-09, not an aspiration. Goldman Edwards designs and implements ZTNA that replaces perimeter-based security with identity-verified, device-verified, continuously authenticated, micro-segmented network access aligned to NIST SP 800-207 and the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model.

Data Center Services

  • FITARA compliance assessment and consolidation planning
  • Workload dependency mapping and migration wave planning
  • Physical-to-virtual (P2V) and cloud migration support
  • Hybrid cloud integration architecture and design
  • Secure decommissioning and asset disposal
  • Data center energy efficiency and PUE optimization
  • SCIF and classified environment design and support

Storage architecture, SAN/NAS, and backup/recovery

Network Modernization

  • Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA) per NIST SP 800-207
  • SD-WAN design, deployment, and policy management
  • Network observability with AIOps-powered monitoring
  • DISA STIG compliance and network hardening
  • 5G integration and edge computing readiness assessment
  • Cross-domain solution design and implementation
  • CONUS and OCONUS classified network support

NDR / XDR cybersecurity integration and operations

The outcome

Documented data center cost savings and FITARA compliance improvement, a dramatically reduced attack surface through Zero Trust network architecture, and infrastructure that supports hybrid work, cloud connectivity, and emerging edge computing requirements.