Core capability

IT operations, delivered on cadence.

FCI's operations practice runs IT for organizations that can't afford to slip the cadence — service desk, infrastructure, DevOps, ITSM, observability, and the agile delivery rigor that keeps programs on rails. Embedded inside your program, not handed over from outside.

IT operations and infrastructure
Services we deliver

The IT operations discipline, end to end.

FCI's operations practice covers the full discipline — from the service desk that picks up the call to the platform engineering that prevents the call. Customers come to us for any of these service lines, or for all of them under one engagement.

Service Desk & End-User Support

Tier 1 through Tier 3 support with the escalation discipline of an audit-ready program. Multi-channel, around-the-clock when the engagement calls for it.

Tier 1–3 support across phone, chat, email, walk-up VIP / executive support & on-call rotations Knowledge management & self-service portal design CSAT measurement & quality assurance program

Infrastructure & Cloud Operations

Server, network, storage, and cloud workload operations across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments — patched, hardened, capacity-planned.

Multi-cloud operations (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) Patching, hardening & configuration management Network & storage operations Capacity planning & cost optimization

Platform Engineering & DevOps

CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, automation engineering, and the platform plumbing that lets engineering ship without the operations team getting paged.

CI/CD pipeline design & build (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins) Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible) Site Reliability Engineering & SLO design Container & Kubernetes platform operations

IT Service Management (ITSM)

The ITIL processes — incident, problem, change, release, CMDB — implemented on the platform you already run, with the discipline that holds up under audit.

ServiceNow / Atlassian / Microsoft implementation Incident, problem, change & release process design CMDB, asset & service catalog programs ITIL v4 alignment and process maturity uplift

Observability & Monitoring

Metrics, logs, traces, and the alert engineering that catches the problem before users notice. Built on the observability stack you've already standardized on.

APM, log aggregation & distributed tracing (Datadog, Splunk, New Relic) SLI / SLO design and error-budget management Alert engineering & on-call runbooks Continuous performance & security monitoring

Agile Delivery & Program Management

Scrum, Kanban, SAFe — embedded coaches and program managers running the cadence that keeps multi-year programs from drifting.

Scrum Master, Team Coach & Release Train Engineer staffing PI Planning facilitation & ART coordination (SAFe) Program-level reporting & dependency management Agile maturity assessment & transformation roadmap
Why FCI

What changes when our practice runs the operations.

IT operations is a commodity until the cadence slips. Then it's the most expensive thing on the contract. Here's what makes the difference.

01

Embedded inside the program.

Our operations team sits inside your value-management office — not over the wall. Same standup, same Jira board, same accountability. The team that scopes the work delivers it.

02

Cadence over headlines.

We deliver every sprint, every reporting period, every audit cycle — not just at the kickoff. a strong on-time deliverable record across 8+ monthly reporting periods on our current federal engagements is the evidence, not the promise.

04

Tooling-fluent across the stack.

ServiceNow, Atlassian, Microsoft, AWS, Azure, GCP, Datadog, Splunk — we operate on the platforms you already run, not the ones we'd prefer to sell you. Adoption without re-platforming.

Where this earns its keep

Programs where cadence determines renewal.

1

Federal program delivery under PWS scrutiny

Multi-year federal programs where PWS task-area completion, monthly status reporting, and CPARS evaluation determine renewal — and where loss of cadence is the contract risk.

Embedded Scrum Master and Team Coach support, ISO 9001-aligned QMS, monthly status reports submitted within SLA every cycle.

2

24/7 IT operations under federal control

Helpdesk, system administration, and infrastructure operations where the cost of an outage is measured in mission impact, not just downtime dollars.

Tier 1–3 escalation, on-prem and cloud coverage, compliance baselines (FedRAMP, CMS, Section 508) wired into every change.

3

Integration platform modernization

Federal logistics, health, and civilian agencies replacing legacy mainframe integration with modern iPaaS — without dropping a transaction in flight.

Pre-cleared OEM platforms, FedRAMP-aligned deployment patterns, and FCI-led implementation discipline through go-live and beyond.

How we run the engagement

The cadence that keeps programs on-rails.

Layered tempos, run together — daily through quarterly. Every deliverable traces back to the cadence it came from, so nothing falls through a handoff.

01

Standup

Daily team sync. Blockers surfaced, impediments removed, Jira tracking maintained — every working day.

15 min · daily
02

Sprint

Two-week increments. Sprint Planning, Refinement, Review, and Retrospective — sized to PWS task areas and PI commitments.

2 weeks · iterative
03

PI Planning

Program Increment alignment across the ART. Features approved, dependencies mapped, surge capacity committed.

10 wks · ART-level
04

Inspect & Adapt

PI close-out workshop. Outcomes measured against PI Objectives, improvement actions sized into the next planning cycle.

end-of-PI
05

Improve

Continuous improvement backlog. Retrospective actions, SAFe practice updates, and process refinements compounded over time.

continuous
Rhythm in Practice
100%
On-time deliverable rate · 8+ monthly reporting periods · SAFe Lean-Agile cadence
A federal health agency

"FCI embedded Scrum Master and Team Coach discipline inside the Value Management Office across two Product Teams. Across every monthly reporting period since contract start, deliverables landed on time, met PWS standards, and were rated met or exceeded under independent quality review."

— FCI Monthly Status Report · FY 2026
Technology Alliances

Operating on the platforms you already run.

OEM-aligned implementation across the integration, automation, ITSM, content, and observability stack — federal and commercial — without re-platforming.

FCI Advisory
b Boomi
a Appian
O OpenText
D Datadog
SN ServiceNow
a AWS
Azure
A Atlassian
M Microsoft
G Google Cloud
FAQ

How federal program leads ask us to operate.

What does an FCI IT Operations engagement actually look like?

Embedded delivery teams inside your program — Scrum Masters, Team Coaches, IT PMO leads, helpdesk and system-admin practitioners — running against the SAFe Lean-Agile cadence and your PWS task areas. We deliver the work, document it to contract-grade, and report on the same monthly rhythm the program already runs on.

Can FCI integrate with our prime systems integrator?

Yes — FCI commonly delivers as a subcontractor under prime SIs. We embed inside the prime's PMO as Scrum Masters, Team Coaches, or IT PMO leads, working to the prime's governance while bringing FCI's SAFe and federal-compliance discipline.

What platforms do you implement on?

Active OEM alliances across the federal modernization stack — Boomi (integration), Appian (low-code process automation), OpenText (records and content), Datadog (observability). We also operate inside AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, ServiceNow, Atlassian, and Microsoft environments. The OEM provides the platform; FCI provides the federal-context implementation.

How do you handle 24/7 federal helpdesk coverage?

Tier 1–3 escalation with SLA-backed response times and follow-the-sun coverage where the contract requires it. Ticketing integrates to your existing ITSM stack (ServiceNow, Atlassian JSM). The same compliance posture that applies to your environment applies to our support tooling.

How do you measure operational quality?

Three measures, reported monthly to the COR. On-time deliverable rate against contract due dates. First-pass acceptance rate against PWS task-area criteria. Quality self-assessment rated against our ISO 9001-aligned QMS and independently validated. Reference benchmark on our active federal health engagement: consistently on-time across every reporting period to date.

What contracting vehicles can you operate under?

GSA MAS, agency BPA / IDIQ task orders, prime subcontracts, and direct contracts. CMMC Level 1 certified, ISO 9001 quality system in place, DCAA-compliant timekeeping — the credentials a federal program needs to use without separate qualification work.

Federal IT that holds at audit.

Bring us a program with PWS pressure, CPARS at stake, or a modernization waiting on the right delivery partner.