diff --git a/dist/pom.xml b/dist/pom.xml
index ededbc20549..da46c7d00a5 100644
--- a/dist/pom.xml
+++ b/dist/pom.xml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>dependency-reduced-pom.xml</exclude>
+            <exclude>pom.xml.asc</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.release b/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.release
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b94ce69c17f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.release
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#!/usr/local/env groovy
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2020, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+*
+* Jenkinsfile for building and deploy rapids-plugin to public repo
+*
+*/
+
+def SERVERS_MAP = [
+    Local:    ' ',
+    Sonatype: 'https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2'
+]
+
+def SEC_IDS = [
+    Local:    ['local-gpg-passphrase',  'local-gpg-private-key',  'local-username-password'],
+    Sonatype: ['rapids-gpg-passphrase', 'rapids-gpg-private-key', 'sonatype-username-password']
+]
+
+pipeline {
+    agent { label 'vanilla||docker-deploy||docker-gpu' }
+
+    options {
+        ansiColor('xterm')
+        timeout(time: 120, unit: 'MINUTES')
+        buildDiscarder(logRotator(numToKeepStr: '10'))
+    }
+
+    parameters {
+        choice(name: 'DEPLOY_TO', choices: ['Sonatype'],
+            description: 'Where to deploy artifacts to')
+        string(name: 'REF', defaultValue: 'branch-0.1', description: 'Commit to build')
+    }
+
+    environment {
+        JENKINS_ROOT='jenkins'
+        IMAGE_NAME="urm.nvidia.com/sw-spark-docker/plugin:dev-ubuntu16-cuda10.1"
+        LIBCUDF_KERNEL_CACHE_PATH='/tmp/.cudf'
+        MVN_MIRROR='-s jenkins/settings.xml -P mirror-apache-to-urm'
+        URM_CREDS = credentials("svcngcc_artifactory")
+        DIST_PL='dist'
+        SQL_PL='sql-plugin'
+    }
+
+    stages {
+        stage('Build') {
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    def DOCKER_CMD="docker --config $WORKSPACE/.docker"
+                    sh """
+                        echo $URM_CREDS_PSW | $DOCKER_CMD login https://urm.nvidia.com -u $URM_CREDS_USR --password-stdin
+                        $DOCKER_CMD pull $IMAGE_NAME
+                        $DOCKER_CMD logout https://urm.nvidia.com
+                    """
+                    docker.image("$IMAGE_NAME").inside("--runtime=nvidia -v ${HOME}/.m2:${HOME}/.m2:rw \
+                        -v ${HOME}/.zinc:${HOME}/.zinc:rw \
+                        -v /etc/passwd:/etc/passwd -v /etc/group:/etc/group") {
+                        sh "mvn -U -B clean install $MVN_MIRROR -P source-javadoc"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage("Deploy") {
+            environment {
+                SERVER_ID='ossrh'
+                SERVER_URL="${SERVERS_MAP["$DEPLOY_TO"]}"
+                GPG_PASSPHRASE=credentials("${SEC_IDS["$DEPLOY_TO"][0]}")
+                GPG_FILE=credentials("${SEC_IDS["$DEPLOY_TO"][1]}")
+                SONATYPE=credentials("${SEC_IDS["$DEPLOY_TO"][2]}")
+                GNUPGHOME="${WORKSPACE}/.gnupg"
+            }
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    docker.image("$IMAGE_NAME").inside("-v ${HOME}/.m2:${HOME}/.m2:rw \
+                        -v /etc/passwd:/etc/passwd -v /etc/group:/etc/group") {
+                        sh 'rm -rf $GNUPGHOME'
+                        sh 'gpg --import $GPG_FILE'
+                        retry (3) {
+                            sh "bash $JENKINS_ROOT/deploy.sh true"
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } // End of stages
+
+}
+
diff --git a/jenkins/deploy.sh b/jenkins/deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..eb9cfebd168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2020, 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 -e
+SIGN_FILE=$1
+
+###### Build the path of jar(s) to be deployed ######
+
+cd $WORKSPACE
+ART_ID=`mvn exec:exec -q -pl $DIST_PL -Dexec.executable=echo -Dexec.args='${project.artifactId}'`
+ART_VER=`mvn exec:exec -q -pl $DIST_PL -Dexec.executable=echo -Dexec.args='${project.version}'`
+
+FPATH="$DIST_PL/target/$ART_ID-$ART_VER"
+
+echo "Plan to deploy ${FPATH}.jar to $SERVER_URL (ID:$SERVER_ID)"
+
+
+###### Choose the deploy command ######
+
+if [ "$SIGN_FILE" == true ]; then
+    # No javadoc and sources jar is generated for shade artifact only. Use 'sql-plugin' instead
+    SQL_ART_ID=`mvn exec:exec -q -pl $SQL_PL -Dexec.executable=echo -Dexec.args='${project.artifactId}'`
+    SQL_ART_VER=`mvn exec:exec -q -pl $SQL_PL -Dexec.executable=echo -Dexec.args='${project.version}'`
+    JS_FPATH="${SQL_PL}/target/${SQL_ART_ID}-${SQL_ART_VER}"
+    SRC_DOC_JARS="-Dsources=${JS_FPATH}-sources.jar -Djavadoc=${JS_FPATH}-javadoc.jar"
+    DEPLOY_CMD="mvn -B gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -s jenkins/settings.xml -Dgpg.passphrase=$GPG_PASSPHRASE"
+else
+    DEPLOY_CMD="mvn -B deploy:deploy-file -s jenkins/settings.xml"
+fi
+
+echo "Deploy CMD: $DEPLOY_CMD"
+
+
+###### Deploy the parent pom file ######
+
+$DEPLOY_CMD -Durl=$SERVER_URL -DrepositoryId=$SERVER_ID \
+            -Dfile=./pom.xml -DpomFile=./pom.xml
+
+###### Deploy the artifact jar(s) ######
+
+$DEPLOY_CMD -Durl=$SERVER_URL -DrepositoryId=$SERVER_ID \
+            $SRC_DOC_JARS \
+            -Dfile=$FPATH.jar -DpomFile=${DIST_PL}/pom.xml
+
diff --git a/jenkins/settings.xml b/jenkins/settings.xml
index 7f10a90c8eb..4cbdffbed8c 100644
--- a/jenkins/settings.xml
+++ b/jenkins/settings.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
       <password>${env.URM_CREDS_PSW}</password>
       <id>snapshots</id>
     </server>
+    <server>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <username>${env.SONATYPE_USR}</username>
+      <password>${env.SONATYPE_PSW}</password>
+    </server>
   </servers>
   <profiles>
     <profile>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cfdcff5b66c..0926eedb46e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,32 @@
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+    <url>https://github.com/NVIDIA</url>
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+            <url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+            <distribution>repo</distribution>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/NVIDIA/spark-rapids.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:NVIDIA/spark-rapids.git</developerConnection>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <url>https://github.com/NVIDIA/spark-rapids</url>
+    </scm>
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <id>revans2</id>
+            <name>Robert Evans</name>
+            <email>bobby@apache.org</email>
+            <roles>
+                <role>Committer</role>
+            </roles>
+            <timezone>-6</timezone>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
     <modules>
         <module>dist</module>
         <module>shuffle-plugin</module>
@@ -42,6 +68,42 @@
                 <rapids.shuffle.manager.override>true</rapids.shuffle.manager.override>
             </properties>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>source-javadoc</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.0.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-source</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.0.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadoc</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
@@ -388,6 +450,9 @@
                         <exclude>**/*.md</exclude>
                         <exclude>NOTICE-binary</exclude>
                         <exclude>docs/dev/idea-code-style-settings.xml</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/.m2/**</exclude>
+                        <exclude>.gnupg/**</exclude>
+                        <exclude>pom.xml.asc</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>