diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32a874b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Docker Image CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: eu-west-1
+
+      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
+        id: login-ecr
+        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
+
+      - name: Build & push the Docker image
+        env:
+          DB_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DB_PASSWORD }}
+          DB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DB_USERNAME }}
+          DB_HOST: ${{ secrets.DB_HOST }}
+          DB_NAME: ${{ secrets.DB_NAME }}
+          ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
+          ECR_REPOSITORY: employee_demo
+          IMAGE_TAG: derry-t2-api
+        run: |
+          docker build --build-arg DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD} --build-arg DB_USERNAME=${DB_USERNAME} --build-arg DB_HOST=${DB_HOST} --build-arg DB_NAME=${DB_NAME} -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG .
+          docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..600d5787f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Java CI with Maven
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: maven
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        env:
+          DB_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DB_PASSWORD }}
+          DB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DB_USERNAME }}
+          DB_HOST: ${{ secrets.DB_HOST }}
+          DB_NAME: ${{ secrets.DB_NAME }}
+        run: mvn clean integration-test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6988a5926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM maven:latest
+
+WORKDIR /code
+COPY . /code
+
+ARG DB_HOST
+ARG DB_NAME
+ARG DB_USERNAME
+ARG DB_PASSWORD
+ENV DB_HOST ${DB_HOST}
+ENV DB_PASSWORD ${DB_PASSWORD}
+ENV DB_USERNAME ${DB_USERNAME}
+ENV DB_NAME ${DB_NAME}
+
+
+RUN mvn clean install -DskipTests=true
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+CMD ["java","-jar", "/code/target/java-dropwizard-flyway-starter-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar", "server", "/code/config.yml"]
+