diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
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+*                       @Spotinst/team-bigdata
+/.github/               @Spotinst/team-bigdata-devops
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/common.yaml b/.github/workflows/common.yaml
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+name: Bigdata Commit Checks
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Install devctl
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p ${{ env.DEVCTL_INSTALL_DIR }}
+        curl -H "Authorization: token ${{ env.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" -o- ${{ env.DEVCTL_INSTALL_URL }} | INSTALL_DIR=${{ env.DEVCTL_INSTALL_DIR }} bash
+        echo ${{ env.DEVCTL_INSTALL_DIR }} >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        DEVCTL_INSTALL_DIR: ${{runner.tool_cache}}/devctl
+        DEVCTL_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spotinst/bigdata-devctl/main/install.sh
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.CI_PAT}}
+
+    - name: run validation checks
+      run: devctl ci
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+        JIRA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.JIRA_TOKEN }}
+        PR_ID: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
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