diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 349ecbbfee72..a55cb90f0628 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -980,8 +980,8 @@ handler: {
       }
     }
   }
-},
-
+}
+,
 failure_handler: {
   // Only send email if master or release branches failed
   if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE" && (env.BRANCH_NAME == "master" || env.BRANCH_NAME.startsWith("v"))) {
diff --git a/ci/Jenkinsfile_docker_cache b/ci/Jenkinsfile_docker_cache
index 550425bb932a..d38f936f14d7 100644
--- a/ci/Jenkinsfile_docker_cache
+++ b/ci/Jenkinsfile_docker_cache
@@ -22,34 +22,18 @@
 
 // timeout in minutes
 total_timeout = 300
-git_timeout = 15
-// assign any caught errors here
-err = null
 
-// initialize source codes
-def init_git() {
-  deleteDir()
-  retry(5) {
-    try {
-      // Make sure wait long enough for api.github.com request quota. Important: Don't increase the amount of
-      // retries as this will increase the amount of requests and worsen the throttling
-      timeout(time: git_timeout, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-        checkout scm
-        sh 'git submodule update --init --recursive'
-        sh 'git clean -x -d -f'
-      }
-    } catch (exc) {
-      deleteDir()
-      error "Failed to fetch source codes with ${exc}"
-      sleep 2
-    }
-  }
+node('restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+  // Loading the utilities requires a node context unfortunately
+  checkout scm
+  utils = load('ci/Jenkinsfile_utils.groovy')
 }
+utils.assign_node_labels(linux_cpu: 'restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu', linux_gpu: 'restricted-mxnetlinux-gpu', linux_gpu_p3: 'restricted-mxnetlinux-gpu-p3', windows_cpu: 'restricted-mxnetwindows-cpu', windows_gpu: 'restricted-mxnetwindows-gpu')
 
-
-try {
+utils.main_wrapper(
+handler: {
   stage("Docker cache build & publish") {
-    node('restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+    node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
       ws('workspace/docker_cache') {
         timeout(time: total_timeout, unit: 'MINUTES') {
           init_git()
@@ -58,24 +42,11 @@ try {
       }
     }
   }
-
-  // set build status to success at the end
-  currentBuild.result = "SUCCESS"
-} catch (caughtError) {
-  node("restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    sh "echo caught ${caughtError}"
-    err = caughtError
-    currentBuild.result = "FAILURE"
-  }
-} finally {
-  node("restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    // Only send email if master failed
-    if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE") {
-      emailext body: 'Generating the Docker Cache has failed. Please view the build at ${BUILD_URL}', replyTo: '${EMAIL}', subject: '[DOCKER CACHE FAILED] Run ${BUILD_NUMBER}', to: '${EMAIL}'
-    }
-    // Remember to rethrow so the build is marked as failing
-    if (err) {
-      throw err
-    }
+,
+failure_handler:
+{
+  if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE") {
+    emailext body: 'Generating the Docker Cache has failed. Please view the build at ${BUILD_URL}', replyTo: '${EMAIL}', subject: '[DOCKER CACHE FAILED] Run ${BUILD_NUMBER}', to: '${EMAIL}'
   }
 }
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/Jenkinsfile b/docs/Jenkinsfile
index ef0755faac7c..172aaffb5d8c 100644
--- a/docs/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/docs/Jenkinsfile
@@ -22,32 +22,18 @@
 
 // timeout in minutes
 max_time = 60
-// assign any caught errors here
-err = null
 
-// initialize source code
-def init_git() {
-  deleteDir()
-  retry(5) {
-    try {
-      // Make sure wait long enough for api.github.com request quota. Important: Don't increase the amount of
-      // retries as this will increase the amount of requests and worsen the throttling
-      timeout(time: 15, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-        checkout scm
-        sh 'git submodule update --init --recursive'
-        sh 'git clean -d -f'
-      }
-    } catch (exc) {
-      deleteDir()
-      error "Failed to fetch source codes with ${exc}"
-      sleep 2
-    }
-  }
+node('restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+  // Loading the utilities requires a node context unfortunately
+  checkout scm
+  utils = load('ci/Jenkinsfile_utils.groovy')
 }
+utils.assign_node_labels(linux_cpu: 'restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu', linux_gpu: 'restricted-mxnetlinux-gpu', linux_gpu_p3: 'restricted-mxnetlinux-gpu-p3', windows_cpu: 'restricted-mxnetwindows-cpu', windows_gpu: 'restricted-mxnetwindows-gpu')
 
-try {
+utils.main_wrapper(
+handler: {
   stage('Build Docs') {
-    node('restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+    node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
       ws('workspace/docs') {
         init_git()
         timeout(time: max_time, unit: 'MINUTES') {
@@ -58,24 +44,10 @@ try {
       }
     }
   }
-
-  // set build status to success at the end
-  currentBuild.result = "SUCCESS"
-} catch (caughtError) {
-  node("restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    sh "echo caught ${caughtError}"
-    err = caughtError
-    currentBuild.result = "FAILURE"
-  }
-} finally {
-  node("restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    // Only send email if master failed
-    if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE") {
-      emailext body: 'Generating the website has failed. Please view the build at ${BUILD_URL}', replyTo: '${EMAIL}', subject: '[WEBSITE FAILED] Build ${BUILD_NUMBER}', to: '${EMAIL}'
-    }
-    // Remember to rethrow so the build is marked as failing
-    if (err) {
-      throw err
-    }
+,
+failure_handler: {
+  if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE") {
+    emailext body: 'Generating the website has failed. Please view the build at ${BUILD_URL}', replyTo: '${EMAIL}', subject: '[WEBSITE FAILED] Build ${BUILD_NUMBER}', to: '${EMAIL}'
   }
 }
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/nightly/Jenkinsfile b/tests/nightly/Jenkinsfile
index 173a33ab4881..9d8ac88675e0 100755
--- a/tests/nightly/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/tests/nightly/Jenkinsfile
@@ -15,62 +15,23 @@
 // KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
-
-
+//
 //This is a Jenkinsfile for nightly tests. The format and some functions have been picked up from the top-level Jenkinsfile
 
-err = null
 mx_lib = 'lib/libmxnet.so, lib/libmxnet.a, 3rdparty/dmlc-core/libdmlc.a, 3rdparty/nnvm/lib/libnnvm.a'
 
-// pack libraries for later use
-def pack_lib(name, libs=mx_lib) {
-  sh """
-echo "Packing ${libs} into ${name}"
-echo ${libs} | sed -e 's/,/ /g' | xargs md5sum
-"""
-  stash includes: libs, name: name
-}
-
-// unpack libraries saved before
-def unpack_lib(name, libs=mx_lib) {
-  unstash name
-  sh """
-echo "Unpacked ${libs} from ${name}"
-echo ${libs} | sed -e 's/,/ /g' | xargs md5sum
-"""
-}
-
-def init_git() {
-  deleteDir()
-  retry(5) {
-    try {
-      timeout(time: 15, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-        checkout scm
-        sh 'git submodule update --init --recursive'
-        sh 'git clean -d -f'
-      }
-    } catch (exc) {
-      deleteDir()
-      error "Failed to fetch source codes with ${exc}"
-      sleep 2
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-def docker_run(platform, function_name, use_nvidia, shared_mem = '500m') {
-  def command = "ci/build.py --docker-registry ${env.DOCKER_CACHE_REGISTRY} %USE_NVIDIA% --platform %PLATFORM% --docker-build-retries 3 --shm-size %SHARED_MEM% /work/runtime_functions.sh %FUNCTION_NAME%"
-  command = command.replaceAll('%USE_NVIDIA%', use_nvidia ? '--nvidiadocker' : '')
-  command = command.replaceAll('%PLATFORM%', platform)
-  command = command.replaceAll('%FUNCTION_NAME%', function_name)
-  command = command.replaceAll('%SHARED_MEM%', shared_mem)
-
-  sh command
+node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+  // Loading the utilities requires a node context unfortunately
+  checkout scm
+  utils = load('ci/Jenkinsfile_utils.groovy')
 }
+utils.assign_node_labels(linux_cpu: 'mxnetlinux-cpu', linux_gpu: 'mxnetlinux-gpu', linux_gpu_p3: 'mxnetlinux-gpu-p3', windows_cpu: 'mxnetwindows-cpu', windows_gpu: 'mxnetwindows-gpu')
 
-try {
+utils.main_wrapper(
+handler: {
   stage('NightlyTests'){
     parallel 'CompilationWarnings: CPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
         ws('workspace/nt-compilationTest') {
           init_git()
           docker_run('ubuntu_nightly_cpu', 'nightly_test_compilation_warning', false)
@@ -78,7 +39,7 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'InstallationGuide: CPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
         ws('workspace/nt-Installation-cpu') {
           init_git()
           //Some install guide tests are currently diabled and tracked here:
@@ -92,7 +53,7 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'InstallationGuide: GPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-gpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_GPU) {
         ws('workspace/nt-Installation-gpu') {
           init_git()
           //Some install guide tests are currently diabled and tracked here:
@@ -106,14 +67,14 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'PipTest: GPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-gpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_GPU) {
         ws('workspace/nt-pipTest') {
           init_git()
         }
       }
     },
     'Amalgamation-atlas: CPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
         ws('workspace/nt-amalgamation1') {
           init_git()
           docker_run('ubuntu_nightly_cpu', 'nightly_test_amalgamation USE_BLAS=atlas', false)
@@ -121,7 +82,7 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'Amalgamation-atlas-min: CPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
         ws('workspace/nt-amalgamation2') {
           init_git()
           docker_run('ubuntu_nightly_cpu', 'nightly_test_amalgamation USE_BLAS=atlas MIN=1', false)
@@ -129,7 +90,7 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'Amalgamation-atlas-mkl: CPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
         ws('workspace/nt-amalgamation3') {
           init_git()
           docker_run('ubuntu_nightly_cpu', 'nightly_test_amalgamation USE_BLAS=atlas MSHADOW_USE_MKL=1', false)
@@ -137,7 +98,7 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'Amalgamation-atlas-cuda: CPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
         ws('workspace/nt-amalgamation4') {
           init_git()
           docker_run('ubuntu_nightly_cpu', 'nightly_test_amalgamation USE_BLAS=atlas MSHADOW_USE_CUDA=1', false)
@@ -145,7 +106,7 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'Amalgamation-atlas-openmp: CPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
         ws('workspace/nt-amalgamation5') {
           init_git()
           docker_run('ubuntu_nightly_cpu', 'nightly_test_amalgamation USE_BLAS=atlas DISABLE_OPENMP=0', false)
@@ -153,7 +114,7 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'MXNetJS: CPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
         ws('workspace/nt-mxnetjs') {
           init_git()
           docker_run('ubuntu_nightly_cpu', 'nightly_test_javascript', false)
@@ -161,21 +122,11 @@ try {
       }
     }
   }
-} catch (caughtError) {
-  node("mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    sh "echo caught ${caughtError}"
-    err = caughtError
-    currentBuild.result = "FAILURE"
-  }
-} finally {
-  node("mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    // Only send email if nightly test failed
-    if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE") {
+,
+failure_handler: {
+  // Only send email if nightly test failed
+  if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE") {
     emailext body: 'Nightly tests for MXNet branch ${BRANCH_NAME} failed. Please view the build at ${BUILD_URL}', replyTo: '${EMAIL}', subject: '[NIGHTLY TEST FAILED] build ${BUILD_NUMBER}', to: '${EMAIL}'
-    }
-    // Remember to rethrow so the build is marked as failing
-    if (err) {
-      throw err
-    }
   }
 }
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/nightly/JenkinsfileForBinaries b/tests/nightly/JenkinsfileForBinaries
index 0b009d28a55a..6086c9f7d87f 100755
--- a/tests/nightly/JenkinsfileForBinaries
+++ b/tests/nightly/JenkinsfileForBinaries
@@ -15,61 +15,23 @@
 // KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
-
+//
 //This is a Jenkinsfile for nightly tests. The format and some functions have been picked up from the top-level Jenkinsfile
 
-err = null
 mx_lib = 'lib/libmxnet.so, lib/libmxnet.a, 3rdparty/dmlc-core/libdmlc.a, 3rdparty/tvm/nnvm/lib/libnnvm.a'
 
-// pack libraries for later use
-def pack_lib(name, libs=mx_lib) {
-  sh """
-echo "Packing ${libs} into ${name}"
-echo ${libs} | sed -e 's/,/ /g' | xargs md5sum
-"""
-  stash includes: libs, name: name
-}
-
-// unpack libraries saved before
-def unpack_lib(name, libs=mx_lib) {
-  unstash name
-  sh """
-echo "Unpacked ${libs} from ${name}"
-echo ${libs} | sed -e 's/,/ /g' | xargs md5sum
-"""
+node('mxnetlinux-cpu) {
+  // Loading the utilities requires a node context unfortunately
+  checkout scm
+  utils = load('ci/Jenkinsfile_utils.groovy')
 }
+utils.assign_node_labels(linux_cpu: 'mxnetlinux-cpu', linux_gpu: 'mxnetlinux-gpu', linux_gpu_p3: 'mxnetlinux-gpu-p3', windows_cpu: 'mxnetwindows-cpu', windows_gpu: 'mxnetwindows-gpu')
 
-def init_git() {
-  deleteDir()
-  retry(5) {
-    try {
-      timeout(time: 15, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-        checkout scm
-        sh 'git submodule update --init --recursive'
-        sh 'git clean -d -f'
-      }
-    } catch (exc) {
-      deleteDir()
-      error "Failed to fetch source codes with ${exc}"
-      sleep 2
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-def docker_run(platform, function_name, use_nvidia, shared_mem = '500m') {
-  def command = "ci/build.py --docker-registry ${env.DOCKER_CACHE_REGISTRY} %USE_NVIDIA% --platform %PLATFORM% --docker-build-retries 3 --shm-size %SHARED_MEM% /work/runtime_functions.sh %FUNCTION_NAME%"
-  command = command.replaceAll('%USE_NVIDIA%', use_nvidia ? '--nvidiadocker' : '')
-  command = command.replaceAll('%PLATFORM%', platform)
-  command = command.replaceAll('%FUNCTION_NAME%', function_name)
-  command = command.replaceAll('%SHARED_MEM%', shared_mem)
-
-  sh command
-}
-
-try {
+utils.main_wrapper(
+handler: {
   stage('Build') {
     parallel 'GPU: CUDA9.1+cuDNN7': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
         ws('workspace/build-gpu') {
           init_git()
           //sh "ci/build.py --platform ubuntu_build_cuda /work/runtime_functions.sh build_ubuntu_gpu_cuda91_cudnn7"
@@ -82,7 +44,7 @@ try {
 
   stage('NightlyTests'){
     parallel 'ImageClassification: GPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-gpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_GPU) {
         ws('workspace/nt-ImageClassificationTest') {
           init_git()
           unpack_lib('gpu', mx_lib)
@@ -100,7 +62,7 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'StraightDope: Python2 Single-GPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-gpu-p3') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_GPU_P3) {
         ws('workspace/straight_dope-single_gpu') {
           init_git()
           unpack_lib('gpu', mx_lib)
@@ -109,7 +71,7 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'StraightDope: Python2 Multi-GPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-gpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_GPU) {
         ws('workspace/straight_dope-multi_gpu') {
           init_git()
           unpack_lib('gpu', mx_lib)
@@ -118,7 +80,7 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'StraightDope: Python3 Single-GPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-gpu-p3') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_GPU_P3) {
         ws('workspace/straight_dope-single_gpu') {
           init_git()
           unpack_lib('gpu', mx_lib)
@@ -127,7 +89,7 @@ try {
       }
     },
     'StraightDope: Python3 Multi-GPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-gpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_GPU) {
         ws('workspace/straight_dope-multi_gpu') {
           init_git()
           unpack_lib('gpu', mx_lib)
@@ -136,21 +98,10 @@ try {
       }
     }
   }
-} catch (caughtError) {
-  node("mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    sh "echo caught ${caughtError}"
-    err = caughtError
-    currentBuild.result = "FAILURE"
-  }
-} finally {
-  node("mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    // Only send email if master failed
-    if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE") {
-		emailext body: 'Nightly tests for MXNet branch ${BRANCH_NAME} failed. Please view the build at ${BUILD_URL}', replyTo: '${EMAIL}', subject: '[NIGHTLY TEST FAILED] build ${BUILD_NUMBER}', to: '${EMAIL}'
-    }
-    // Remember to rethrow so the build is marked as failing
-    if (err) {
-      throw err
-    }
+,
+failure_handler: {
+  if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE") {
+    emailext body: 'Nightly tests for MXNet branch ${BRANCH_NAME} failed. Please view the build at ${BUILD_URL}', replyTo: '${EMAIL}', subject: '[NIGHTLY TEST FAILED] build ${BUILD_NUMBER}', to: '${EMAIL}'
   }
 }
+)
diff --git a/tests/nightly/broken_link_checker_test/JenkinsfileForBLC b/tests/nightly/broken_link_checker_test/JenkinsfileForBLC
index 912b65b9bbc4..63c2b40b7850 100755
--- a/tests/nightly/broken_link_checker_test/JenkinsfileForBLC
+++ b/tests/nightly/broken_link_checker_test/JenkinsfileForBLC
@@ -15,45 +15,23 @@
 // KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
-
-
+//
 //This is a Jenkinsfile for the broken link checker test.
 
-err = null
-
-def init_git() {
-  deleteDir()
-  retry(5) {
-    try {
-      timeout(time: 15, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-        checkout scm
-        sh 'git submodule update --init --recursive'
-        sh 'git clean -d -f'
-      }
-    } catch (exc) {
-      deleteDir()
-      error "Failed to fetch source codes with ${exc}"
-      sleep 2
-    }
-  }
+node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+  // Loading the utilities requires a node context unfortunately
+  checkout scm
+  utils = load('ci/Jenkinsfile_utils.groovy')
 }
+utils.assign_node_labels(linux_cpu: 'mxnetlinux-cpu', linux_gpu: 'mxnetlinux-gpu', linux_cpu_p3: 'mxnetlinux-gpu-p3', windows_cpu: 'mxnetwindows-cpu', windows_gpu: 'mxnetwindows-gpu')
 
-def docker_run(platform, function_name, use_nvidia, shared_mem = '500m') {
-  def command = "ci/build.py --docker-registry ${env.DOCKER_CACHE_REGISTRY} %USE_NVIDIA% --platform %PLATFORM% --docker-build-retries 3 --shm-size %SHARED_MEM% /work/runtime_functions.sh %FUNCTION_NAME%"
-  command = command.replaceAll('%USE_NVIDIA%', use_nvidia ? '--nvidiadocker' : '')
-  command = command.replaceAll('%PLATFORM%', platform)
-  command = command.replaceAll('%FUNCTION_NAME%', function_name)
-  command = command.replaceAll('%SHARED_MEM%', shared_mem)
-
-  sh command
-}
-
-try {
+utils.main_wrapper(
+handler: {
   stage('BLC'){
     parallel 'BrokenLinkChecker: CPU': {
-      node('mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
         ws('workspace/brokenLinkChecker') {
-          timeout(time: 40, unit: 'MINUTES') {
+          timeout(time: 60, unit: 'MINUTES') {
             try {
               init_git()
               sh 'aws s3 cp s3://mxnet-ci-prod-slave-data/url_list.txt  ./tests/nightly/broken_link_checker_test/url_list.txt'
@@ -67,26 +45,16 @@ try {
       }
     }
   }
-} catch (caughtError) {
-  node("mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    sh "echo caught ${caughtError}"
-    err = caughtError
-    currentBuild.result = "FAILURE"
-  }
-} finally {
-  node("mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    // Only send email if nightly test failed
-    if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE") {
-    	emailext body: '''https://mxnet.incubator.apache.org  broken link test summary:
-            |
-            |Please view the logs at ${BUILD_URL}
-            |
-            |${BUILD_LOG_EXCERPT, start="START - Broken links summary", end="END - Broken links summary"}''',
-        replyTo: '${EMAIL}', subject: '[BROKEN LINK CHECKER FAILED] Run ${BUILD_NUMBER}', to: '${EMAIL}'
-    }
-    // Remember to rethrow so the build is marked as failing
-    if (err) {
-      throw err
-    }
+,
+failure_handler:
+{
+  if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE") {
+    emailext body: '''https://mxnet.incubator.apache.org  broken link test summary:
+          |
+          |Please view the logs at ${BUILD_URL}
+          |
+          |${BUILD_LOG_EXCERPT, start="START - Broken links summary", end="END - Broken links summary"}''',
+      replyTo: '${EMAIL}', subject: '[BROKEN LINK CHECKER FAILED] Run ${BUILD_NUMBER}', to: '${EMAIL}'
   }
 }
+)
diff --git a/tests/nightly/model_backwards_compatibility_check/JenkinsfileForMBCC b/tests/nightly/model_backwards_compatibility_check/JenkinsfileForMBCC
index 412d68d56ff3..a48e6eeaabad 100644
--- a/tests/nightly/model_backwards_compatibility_check/JenkinsfileForMBCC
+++ b/tests/nightly/model_backwards_compatibility_check/JenkinsfileForMBCC
@@ -15,61 +15,22 @@
 // KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
-
-
+//
 //This is a Jenkinsfile for the model backwards compatibility checker. The format and some functions have been picked up from the top-level Jenkinsfile.
 
-err = null
 mx_lib = 'lib/libmxnet.so, lib/libmxnet.a, 3rdparty/dmlc-core/libdmlc.a, 3rdparty/tvm/nnvm/lib/libnnvm.a'
 
-def init_git() {
-  deleteDir()
-  retry(5) {
-    try {
-      timeout(time: 15, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-        checkout scm
-        sh 'git submodule update --init --recursive'
-        sh 'git clean -d -f'
-      }
-    } catch (exc) {
-      deleteDir()
-      error "Failed to fetch source codes with ${exc}"
-      sleep 2
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-// pack libraries for later use
-def pack_lib(name, libs=mx_lib) {
-  sh """
-echo "Packing ${libs} into ${name}"
-echo ${libs} | sed -e 's/,/ /g' | xargs md5sum
-"""
-  stash includes: libs, name: name
+node('restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+  // Loading the utilities requires a node context unfortunately
+  checkout scm
+  utils = load('ci/Jenkinsfile_utils.groovy')
 }
+utils.assign_node_labels(linux_cpu: 'restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu', linux_gpu: 'restricted-mxnetlinux-gpu', linux_gpu_p3: 'restricted-mxnetlinux-gpu-p3', windows_cpu: 'restricted-mxnetwindows-cpu', windows_gpu: 'restricted-mxnetwindows-gpu')
 
-// unpack libraries saved before
-def unpack_lib(name, libs=mx_lib) {
-  unstash name
-  sh """
-echo "Unpacked ${libs} from ${name}"
-echo ${libs} | sed -e 's/,/ /g' | xargs md5sum
-"""
-}
-
-def docker_run(platform, function_name, use_nvidia, shared_mem = '500m') {
-  def command = "ci/build.py --docker-registry ${env.DOCKER_CACHE_REGISTRY} %USE_NVIDIA% --platform %PLATFORM% --shm-size %SHARED_MEM% /work/runtime_functions.sh %FUNCTION_NAME%"
-  command = command.replaceAll('%USE_NVIDIA%', use_nvidia ? '--nvidiadocker' : '')
-  command = command.replaceAll('%PLATFORM%', platform)
-  command = command.replaceAll('%FUNCTION_NAME%', function_name)
-  command = command.replaceAll('%SHARED_MEM%', shared_mem)
-
-  sh command
-}
-
-try {
+utils.main_wrapper(
+handler: {
   stage('MBCC Train'){
-    node('restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+    node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
       ws('workspace/modelBackwardsCompat') {
         init_git()
         // Train models on older versions
@@ -81,7 +42,7 @@ try {
   }
 
   stage('MXNet Build'){
-    node('restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+    node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
       ws('workspace/build-cpu') {
         init_git()
         docker_run('ubuntu_cpu','build_ubuntu_cpu', false)
@@ -91,7 +52,7 @@ try {
   }
 
   stage('MBCC Inference'){
-    node('restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu') {
+    node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
       ws('workspace/modelBackwardsCompat') {
         init_git()
         unpack_lib('cpu', mx_lib)
@@ -100,21 +61,11 @@ try {
       }
     }
   }
-} catch (caughtError) {
-  node("restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    sh "echo caught ${caughtError}"
-    err = caughtError
-    currentBuild.result = "FAILURE"
-  }
-} finally {
-  node("restricted-mxnetlinux-cpu") {
-    // Only send email if model backwards compat test failed
+,
+failure_handler: {
+// Only send email if model backwards compat test failed
     if (currentBuild.result == "FAILURE") {
     	emailext body: 'Nightly tests for model backwards compatibity on MXNet branch : ${BRANCH_NAME} failed. Please view the build at ${BUILD_URL}', replyTo: '${EMAIL}', subject: '[MODEL BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY TEST FAILED] build ${BUILD_NUMBER}', to: '${EMAIL}'
     }
-    // Remember to rethrow so the build is marked as failing
-    if (err) {
-      throw err
-    }
-  }
 }
+)
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