diff --git a/docker-build/Dockerfile b/docker-build/Dockerfile
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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+###
+# Build the image for spark-rapids-jni development environment.
+#
+# Arguments: CUDA_VERSION=[12.X.Y], OS_RELEASE=[8, 9], TARGETPLATFORM=[linux/amd64, linux/arm64]
+#
+###
+ARG CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1
+ARG OS_RELEASE=9
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM=linux/amd64
+
+# multi-platform build with: docker buildx build --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 <ARGS> on either amd64 or arm64 host
+# check available official arm-based docker images at https://hub.docker.com/r/nvidia/cuda/tags (OS/ARCH)
+FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM nvidia/cuda:$CUDA_VERSION-devel-rockylinux$OS_RELEASE
+
+# If DEV_BUILD is ON, the gcc-toolset will be enabled by default for bash shell
+ARG DEV_BUILD=OFF
+
+# Dependency versions
+# Act as default GCC toolset in the image
+ARG TOOLSET_VERSION=14
+ARG CMAKE_VERSION=3.30.4
+ARG CCACHE_VERSION=4.11.2
+
+# Default x86_64 from x86 build, aarch64 cmake for arm build
+ARG CMAKE_ARCH=x86_64
+
+### Install basic requirements
+RUN dnf --enablerepo=crb install -y scl-utils gcc-toolset-${TOOLSET_VERSION} python39 \
+    zlib-devel maven tar wget patch ninja-build git zip
+
+# Enable the gcc-toolset by default for bash shell if DEV_BUILD is ON
+RUN if [ "$DEV_BUILD" = "ON" ]; then \
+        echo "source scl_source enable gcc-toolset-${TOOLSET_VERSION}" >> /etc/bashrc; \
+    fi
+
+# Execute every time a new non-interactive bash shell is started
+ENV BASH_ENV=/etc/bashrc
+
+## pre-create the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX folder, set writable by any user for Jenkins
+RUN mkdir -m 777 /usr/local/rapids /rapids
+
+# Fetch and install CMake.
+RUN cd /usr/local && wget --quiet https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v${CMAKE_VERSION}/cmake-${CMAKE_VERSION}-linux-${CMAKE_ARCH}.tar.gz && \
+   tar zxf cmake-${CMAKE_VERSION}-linux-${CMAKE_ARCH}.tar.gz && \
+   rm cmake-${CMAKE_VERSION}-linux-${CMAKE_ARCH}.tar.gz
+
+# Make version-less alias for external reference such as when cmake is called by an IDE outside of the container
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/cmake-${CMAKE_VERSION}-linux-${CMAKE_ARCH}/bin/cmake /usr/local/bin/cmake
+
+# ccache for interactive builds
+RUN cd /tmp && wget --quiet https://github.com/ccache/ccache/releases/download/v${CCACHE_VERSION}/ccache-${CCACHE_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+   tar zxf ccache-${CCACHE_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+   rm ccache-${CCACHE_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+   cd ccache-${CCACHE_VERSION} && \
+   mkdir build && \
+   cd build && \
+   scl enable gcc-toolset-${TOOLSET_VERSION} \
+      "cmake .. \
+         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+         -DZSTD_FROM_INTERNET=ON \
+         -DREDIS_STORAGE_BACKEND=OFF && \
+      cmake --build . --parallel ${PARALLEL_LEVEL} --target install" && \
+   cd ../.. && \
+   rm -rf ccache-${CCACHE_VERSION}
+
+# Fetch and install JDK 22.
+RUN cd /usr/local && wget --quiet https://download.oracle.com/java/22/archive/jdk-22.0.2_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz && \
+   tar zxf jdk-22.0.2_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz && \
+   rm jdk-22.0.2_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
+
+# Make Java22 available in path.
+RUN ln -sf /usr/local/jdk-22.0.2/bin/java /usr/local/bin/java
+ENV JAVA_HOME="/usr/local/jdk-22.0.2"
+
+# disable cuda container constraints to allow running w/ older drivers on datacenter GPUs
+ENV NVIDIA_DISABLE_REQUIRE="true"
diff --git a/docker-build/build-in-docker b/docker-build/build-in-docker
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# Build the spark-rapids-jni artifact in a Docker container with devtoolset
+
+set -e
+
+# Base paths relative to this script's location
+SCRIPTDIR=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd)
+
+LOCAL_MAVEN_REPO=${LOCAL_MAVEN_REPO:-"$HOME/.m2/repository"}
+export CMAKE_GENERATOR=${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-"Ninja"}
+export CUDA_VERSION=${CUDA_VERSION:-12.9.1}
+CUDA_CLASSIFIER=cuda${CUDA_VERSION%%.*}
+
+# Set env for arm64 build, The possible values of 'uname -m' : [x86_64/i386/aarch64/mips/...]
+if [ "$(uname -m)" == "aarch64" ]; then
+  # ARM-specific settings.
+  echo "Set ARM Specific settings"
+fi
+
+# TODO: Settings to build for different CUDA versions, different GPU archs, CPU archs, etc.
+$SCRIPTDIR/run-in-docker "./build.sh" "$@"
diff --git a/docker-build/env.sh b/docker-build/env.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+set -ex
+export sclCMD=${sclCMD:-"scl enable gcc-toolset-14"}
diff --git a/docker-build/run-in-docker b/docker-build/run-in-docker
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# Run a command in a Docker container with devtoolset
+
+set -e
+
+source env.sh
+
+# Set this environment variable to ON to build the docker image for local development,
+# with gcc-toolset enabled by default.
+# This is necessary especially if the docker container is used for local development with an IDE.
+JNI_DOCKER_DEV_BUILD=${JNI_DOCKER_DEV_BUILD:-OFF}
+
+REPODIR_REL=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+REPODIR=$(realpath "$REPODIR_REL")
+GIT_COMMON_DIR_REL=$(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)
+GIT_COMMON_DIR=$(realpath "$GIT_COMMON_DIR_REL")
+WORKDIR=${WORKDIR:-$REPODIR}
+TZ=${TZ:-UTC}
+
+CUDA_VERSION=${CUDA_VERSION:-12.9.1}
+CUDA_CLASSIFIER=cuda${CUDA_VERSION%%.*}
+
+DOCKER_CMD=${DOCKER_CMD:-docker}
+DOCKER_BUILD_EXTRA_ARGS=${DOCKER_BUILD_EXTRA_ARGS:-""}
+if [ "$(uname -m)" == "aarch64" ]; then
+    DOCKER_BUILD_EXTRA_ARGS="--build-arg TARGETPLATFORM=linux/arm64 --build-arg CMAKE_ARCH=aarch64 $DOCKER_BUILD_EXTRA_ARGS"
+else
+    DOCKER_BUILD_EXTRA_ARGS="--build-arg TARGETPLATFORM=linux/amd64 --build-arg CMAKE_ARCH=x86_64 $DOCKER_BUILD_EXTRA_ARGS"
+fi
+DOCKER_RUN_EXTRA_ARGS=${DOCKER_RUN_EXTRA_ARGS:-""}
+LOCAL_CCACHE_DIR=${LOCAL_CCACHE_DIR:-"$HOME/.ccache"}
+LOCAL_MAVEN_REPO=${LOCAL_MAVEN_REPO:-"$HOME/.m2/repository"}
+
+if [ "$JNI_DOCKER_DEV_BUILD" == "ON" ]; then
+  echo "Building docker image for local development, gcc-toolset is enabled by default..."
+  JNI_DOCKER_IMAGE="cuvs-jni-build:${CUDA_VERSION}-devel-rockylinux8"
+else
+  echo "Building docker image for production, gcc-toolset is NOT enabled by default..."
+  JNI_DOCKER_IMAGE="cuvs-jni-build:${CUDA_VERSION}-rockylinux8"
+fi
+
+# ensure directories exist
+mkdir -p "$LOCAL_CCACHE_DIR" "$LOCAL_MAVEN_REPO"
+
+$DOCKER_CMD build $DOCKER_BUILD_EXTRA_ARGS -f $REPODIR/docker-build/Dockerfile \
+  --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=$CUDA_VERSION \
+  --build-arg DEV_BUILD=$JNI_DOCKER_DEV_BUILD \
+  -t $JNI_DOCKER_IMAGE \
+  $REPODIR/docker-build
+
+if [[ "$DOCKER_CMD" == "docker" ]]; then
+  DOCKER_GPU_OPTS=${DOCKER_GPU_OPTS:-"--gpus all"}
+fi
+
+if (( $# == 0 )); then
+  # no arguments gets an interactive shell
+  DOCKER_OPTS="${DOCKER_OPTS} -it"
+  RUN_CMD="/bin/bash"
+else
+  RUN_CMD="${@@Q}"
+fi
+
+MNT_ARGS=()
+
+RO_SRC=(
+  "/etc/group"
+  "/etc/passwd"
+  "/etc/shadow"
+  "/etc/sudoers.d"
+)
+RO_DST=("${RO_SRC[@]}")
+if [[ "$HOST_CUDA_PATH" != "" ]]; then
+  RO_SRC+=("$HOST_CUDA_PATH")
+  RO_DST+=("/usr/local/cuda")
+fi
+for (( i=0; i<${#RO_SRC[@]}; i++)); do
+  MNT_ARGS+=(--mount type=bind,src=${RO_SRC[$i]},dst=${RO_DST[$i]},ro)
+done
+
+RW_SRC=(
+  "$GIT_COMMON_DIR"
+  "$WORKDIR"
+  "$LOCAL_CCACHE_DIR"
+  "$LOCAL_MAVEN_REPO"
+)
+for (( i=0; i<${#RW_SRC[@]}; i++)); do
+  MNT_ARGS+=(--mount type=bind,src=${RW_SRC[$i]},dst=${RW_SRC[$i]})
+done
+
+$DOCKER_CMD run $DOCKER_GPU_OPTS $DOCKER_RUN_EXTRA_ARGS -u $(id -u):$(id -g) --rm \
+  ${MNT_ARGS[@]} \
+  --workdir "$WORKDIR" \
+  -e CCACHE_DIR="$LOCAL_CCACHE_DIR" \
+  -e CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="ccache" \
+  -e CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="ccache" \
+  -e CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="ccache" \
+  -e CMAKE_CXX_LINKER_LAUNCHER="ccache" \
+  -e CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${WORKDIR}/cpp/build/$CUDA_CLASSIFIER" \
+  -e LIBCUVS_BUILD_DIR="${WORKDIR}/cpp/build/$CUDA_CLASSIFIER" \
+  -e CMAKE_GENERATOR \
+  -e CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES \
+  -e PARALLEL_LEVEL \
+  -e VERBOSE \
+  $DOCKER_OPTS \
+  $JNI_DOCKER_IMAGE \
+  ${sclCMD} "$RUN_CMD"