diff --git a/.github/workflows/dco.yml b/.github/workflows/dco.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cf30ea89..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/dco.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-name: Developer Certificate of Origin Check
-
-on: [pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Get PR Commits
-        id: 'get-pr-commits'
-        uses: tim-actions/get-pr-commits@v1.1.0
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: DCO Check
-        uses: tim-actions/dco@v1.1.0
-        with:
-          commits: ${{ steps.get-pr-commits.outputs.commits }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reports-scheduler-release-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/reports-scheduler-release-workflow.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e418c58f..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/reports-scheduler-release-workflow.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-name: Release Reports Scheduler Artifacts
-# This workflow is triggered on creating tags to main or an opensearch release branch
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
-        with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-
-      - name: Checkout Plugin
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
-
-      - name: Set up JDK 1.17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
-        with:
-          java-version: 1.17
-
-      - name: Run build
-        run: |
-          cd reports-scheduler
-          ./gradlew build buildDeb buildRpm --no-daemon --refresh-dependencies -Dbuild.snapshot=false
-
-      - name: Upload to S3
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          cd reports-scheduler
-          zip=`ls build/distributions/*.zip`
-          rpm=`ls build/distributions/*.rpm`
-          deb=`ls build/distributions/*.deb`
-
-          # Inject the build number before the suffix
-          zip_outfile=`basename ${zip%.zip}-build-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}.zip`
-          rpm_outfile=`basename ${rpm%.rpm}-build-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}.rpm`
-          deb_outfile=`basename ${deb%.deb}-build-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}.deb`
-
-          s3_prefix="s3://staging.artifacts.opendistroforelasticsearch.amazon.com/snapshots/elasticsearch-plugins/reports-scheduler/"
-
-          echo "Copying ${zip} to ${s3_prefix}${zip_outfile}"
-          aws s3 cp --quiet $zip ${s3_prefix}${zip_outfile}
-          
-          echo "Copying ${rpm} to ${s3_prefix}${rpm_outfile}"
-          aws s3 cp --quiet $rpm ${s3_prefix}${rpm_outfile}
-
-          echo "Copying ${deb} to ${s3_prefix}${deb_outfile}"
-          aws s3 cp --quiet $deb ${s3_prefix}${deb_outfile}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reports-scheduler-test-and-build-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/reports-scheduler-test-and-build-workflow.yml
index 00d4bf45..327018bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reports-scheduler-test-and-build-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reports-scheduler-test-and-build-workflow.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,25 @@ name: Test and Build Reports Scheduler
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
+  Get-CI-Image-Tag:
+    uses: opensearch-project/opensearch-build/.github/workflows/get-ci-image-tag.yml@main
+    with:
+      product: opensearch
+
   linux-build:
+    needs: Get-CI-Image-Tag
     strategy:
       matrix:
         java:
           - 11
           - 17
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      # using the same image which is used by opensearch-build team to build the OpenSearch Distribution
+      # this image tag is subject to change as more dependencies and updates will arrive over time
+      image: ${{ needs.Get-CI-Image-Tag.outputs.ci-image-version-linux }}
+      # need to switch to root so that github actions can install runner binary on container without permission issues.
+      options: --user root
 
     steps:
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
@@ -20,9 +32,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Reports Scheduler
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+      - name: RunBackwards Compatibility Tests
+        run: |
+          echo "Running backwards compatibility tests ..."
+          chown -R 1000:1000 `pwd`
+          su `id -un 1000` -c "./gradlew bwcTestSuite"
+
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: |
-          ./gradlew build
+          chown -R 1000:1000 `pwd`
+          su `id -un 1000` -c "./gradlew build"
 
       - name: Upload coverage
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
@@ -35,6 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir -p reports-scheduler-builds
           cp -r ./build/distributions/*.zip reports-scheduler-builds/
+          chown -R 1000:1000 `pwd`
 
       - name: Upload Artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1