Design / Build Professional Services
NFF’s Design / Build Services enable organizations across all sectors to overcome complex technology challenges, drive growth, strengthen security, and achieve peak performance in competitive environments.
Backed by over 25 years of experience and a team of highly certified engineers, our deep expertise in building and maintaining secure, scalable, and high-performance architectures expands our clients’ capabilities across enterprise, cloud, IoT, and cybersecurity environments.
By delivering enterprise-grade solutions on time and within budget, and aligning technology outcomes with strategic business goals, we help clients mitigate risks, improve operational efficiency, and realize measurable returns on investment.
As an ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified company, we use a proactive, platform-based approach to identify potential risks, assess their probability, and implement clear mitigation strategies to minimize operational impact and maintain continuity, ensuring successful project delivery and long-term organizational benefit.
Client Testimonials
NFF is a well-oiled machine, they’re proactive and diligent when it comes to upgrading, monitoring, and replacing our network equipment; they provide thoughtful, well-engineered solutions that assist the STB’s “cloud first” strategy. Vulnerabilities are handled quickly and effectively, and projects are staffed by top notch engineers who have knowledge and history of working STB. NFF has been a great asset to STB, I would recommend them to any federal agency with a need for networking expertise.
Chief Information Officer
United States Surface Transportation Board
“NFF is an outstanding partner for our campus-wide IT requirements. They’re responsive, flexible and their security and engineering teams are outstanding. Our university is more confident that we are prepared to address any eventuality, thanks to NFF.”
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Marymount University
“DC Water selected NFF, Inc. to migrate our campus and remote network environment to a Cisco based solution. NFF’s team of engineers designed and implemented a superior high-speed solution that incorporated redundancy, scalability, and security. The implementation was swift and had minimal impact on our business operation. I am truly impressed with their support and professionalism.”
Manager, Systems Operations
DC Water
“Networking For Future has superior technical talent and project managers that are committed to ensuring their projects are successful. In all capacities, Networking For Future exceeded our expectations and delivered on time and under budget, so I would highly recommend them for any networking support efforts you may need.”
Director of Operations, Technology Services
The Catholic University of America
The leaders and team at NFF are just that—they helped us develop, nurture, and create a team to get our smart city pilot project “in the ground” and working. They went even further after working with other private partners, to assure improvements to our broadband signal was as strong as it could be.
Smart City Manager
City of Raleigh
“The support we have received through NFF and our NetActive agreement has been of the highest caliber. Our partnership with NFF has truly allowed us the ability to focus on our core services and not worry that our ability to serve our customer base will diminish.”
Executive Director, Information Services and Management
The University of the District of Columbia
“NFF Inc. completed a very thorough assessment of our network…Their team was able to methodically pull together in just a few weeks what would have taken others months to document. There wasn’t a question asked that their staff did not have experience in and an answer to.”
IT Manager
DC Fire and EMS
“I think their NetActive program is special. Our network engineers were so busy that we needed to turn to NFF for a knowledgeable engineer that we could trust.”
Director of Network and Datacenter Operations
Georgetown University
“Through the outstanding efforts of innumerable Secret Service employees, and in conjunction with our federal, state, and local partners like NFF Inc., a safe and secure environment was achieved at every event.”
Assistant Director – Protective Operations
US Secret Service
“MPD teamed with NFF to develop an infrastructure upgrade plan to address the network performance issues and to provide a fault tolerant network operation…The findings led to a network refresh that consisted of Cisco Integrated Service Routers and gigabit Catalyst Switches to meet our needs of security, reliability, and performance.”
Deputy Chief Information Officer
DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
You are probably already aware of the globally impacting CrowdStrike issue, the Board was also affected. Just want to give kudos to the NFF team on a great job responding to the morning emergency and their professionalism in working with affected end users. They were proactive in checking the mobile environment to ensure it was up and running.
IT Manager, End Point Computing Services
Federal Reserve Board
NFF is a pleasure to do business with!
Director of Procurement
Marshall University
The NFF employee was in-person at the “Tax-Sale” and “Tax-Sale Rehearsal” to ensure the event went off without a hitch. He was available in person to address any queries or issues that came up during the Tax-Sale as part of the support team. He learned the entire end to end business process, in addition to contributing to software development prior to the tax sale and has been a great addition to my team in his capacity as a Developer.
IT Manager & Security Officer
DC Office of the Chief Financial Officer
“The NFF team continues to see incredible growth across the Cisco portfolio by driving high value, transformational solutions to our joint customers. Additionally, their post-sales services and support is allowing their customers to achieve the desired business outcomes in short order.”
Partner Account Manager
Cisco Systems
“Cisco Umbrella is a great solution because it provides protection without impacting the end user. They don’t have to change their behavior. Umbrella just
works. The configuration steps were very simple, and it took only a few minutes to point DNS traffic to the Umbrella Global Network.”
IT Security Manager
Montgomery College
“I’m truly excited about the deep level of intelligence regarding our application performance the APM service from NFF will provide. Combined with the efficiencies we will gain from the new infrastructure and data center colocation, the effectiveness of our IT systems and resources will be improved exponentially.”
Director, IT
CSSI
Secure, Connected Intelligent
Secure, Connected Data
Secure, Connected IoT
Zero Trust Strategy &
Modern network environments are inherently complex. A well-architected network is essential for maintaining operational efficiency, protecting critical assets, and staying competitive in an increasingly digital world.
NFF delivers secure, high-performance network infrastructures for enterprise, industrial, and hybrid environments. With expertise in enterprise-grade network design, high-speed wireless using Wi-Fi 6/6E/7, SDN, and SD-WAN technologies, we ensure seamless connectivity within buildings, campuses, and remote sites. We use network automation tools like Ansible and DNA Center to streamline provisioning, enforce policies, and monitor performance.
Our solutions support both underlay and overlay network architectures—leveraging physical Layer 2/3 infrastructure and virtualized overlays such as VXLAN and MPLS to provide segmentation, flexibility, and scalability. We integrate BGP and OSPF routing, 802.1X access control, and NAC platforms to enhance our clients security posture.
These solutions ensure optimized performance, simplified management, and scalable, secure connectivity across distributed environments.
NFF experts have over 25 years of real-world experience and master-level certifications in data center and cloud environments, enabling our clients to overcome the complexity of building, managing and maintainingmodern cloud and data center environments. Our solutions ensure our clients agility, scalability, and security to meet their ever-evolving business needs.
Our highly certified experts design and build hybrid cloud strategies, facilitate seamless cloud migrations, and modernize enterprise-grade data center infrastructures to maximize performance, availability, and resilience.
Internal Connections, Structured Cabling & Design
With decades of experience designing and building on-premise data centers, we deliver end-to-end structured cabling solutions including Cat6A/Cat7 copper, OM4/OM5 fiber optics, high-density patch panels, and modular cable management for optimized performance and future-ready scalability. Our designs integrate intelligent PDUs, hot/cold aisle containment, network racks, DCIM platforms, and environmental monitoring systems to support mission-critical data centers and enterprise infrastructure with maximum uptime and efficiency.
Hybrid Optimization & Cloud Migration
We design and implement hybrid cloud strategies leveraging VMware, Hyper-V, AWS, and Azure to enable seamless cloud migrations, workload mobility, and multicloud interoperability. Our solutions optimize performance and cost-efficiency through automation, SD-WAN, containerization, policy-based orchestration, and cloud-native security controls.
Virtualization
Our capabilities include architecting highly virtualized infrastructures using VMware vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T, and Microsoft Hyper-V to deliver agile, scalable, and secure compute environments. We integrate software-defined networking (SDN), software-defined storage (SDS), live migration, and centralized management tools to streamline operations and support dynamic, workload-intensive environments.
Cloud Architecture
We design cloud-native and hybrid architectures using AWS, Azure, and Microsoft 365, integrating services like IAM, Azure AD, VPC, ECS, AKS, and Azure Policy to ensure scalable, secure, and compliant environments. Our solutions include multi-cloud networking, workload orchestration, API management, encryption, and automated backup to support high availability, governance, and business continuity.
HCI & Containerization
We design and deploy hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions using platforms like Nutanix, Cisco HyperFlex, and VMware vSAN to unify compute, storage, and networking with simplified management. Our containerization strategies leverage Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Ansible to enable rapid deployment, microservices scalability, and DevOps automation across edge, data center, and cloud environments.
By simplifying complex IT environments and providing full lifecycle design-build support, we help our clients reduce cost, improve operational continuity, and accelerate time to value.
As IoT adoption scales across industries, securing and managing these highly connected environments is critical to ensure operational resilience and data-driven decision-making. NFF engineers’ architect and deploy secure, scalable IoT ecosystems that deliver actionable insights while maintaining enterprise-grade security and efficiency.
Smart Power, Lighting & Sensor Networks
NFF implements smart building systems using connected lighting, smart meters, occupancy sensors, and energy management solutions that reduce operational costs and improve environmental efficiency. These systems use PoE and wireless protocols to enable centralized control and real-time analytics.
Edge Computing & Remote Connectivity
Our solutions extend reliable network connectivity to remote and harsh environments using long-haul wireless, LTE, and LoRaWAN technologies. We deploy edge compute platforms for local processing, minimizing latency and supporting real-time decision-making in industrial and outdoor IoT deployments.
Environmental & Facility Monitoring
We equip facilities with intelligent HVAC, water leak detection, and air quality monitoring systems that ensure safety, efficiency, and early failure detection. Integration with building automation systems (BAS) and cloud analytics platforms enables proactive maintenance and operational insights.
Cloud IoT Platforms & Integration
We utilize platforms like AWS IoT Core, Azure IoT Hub, and MQTT protocols to unify data from diverse devices and sensors into centralized, secure cloud environments. Our solutions enable seamless integration, automation, and visibility across large-scale, distributed IoT deployments.
In today’s evolving threat landscape, adopting a Zero Trust security model is no longer optional—it’s essential. The NFF Professional Services team applies deep cybersecurity expertise and a disciplined project delivery framework to design and implement Zero Trust architectures that protect critical assets across hybrid enterprise environments.
We conduct a thorough assessment of your existing security posture, using our ISO 27001-aligned methodology to identify gaps and prioritize risks. From there, we architect Zero Trust solutions that incorporate least-privilege access, continuous verification, and network segmentation. Our implementations leverage technologies such as identity and access management (IAM), multi-factor authentication (MFA), secure access service edge (SASE), software-defined perimeter (SDP), and microsegmentation tools from leading vendors.
Our engineers deploy Zero Trust controls across your cloud, on-premises, and IoT ecosystems—integrating policy enforcement with platforms like Cisco ISE, Azure AD, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems. We use automation and orchestration to ensure policy consistency, minimize manual effort, and accelerate response times.
With our project management office (PMO) and ISO 9001-certified delivery process, we ensure that Zero Trust initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with your business objectives. The result is a robust, adaptable security architecture that enables compliance, reduces risk, and builds long-term cyber resilience.