diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-backend-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-backend-dev.yml
index 823315fee..2dfbecb4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-backend-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-backend-dev.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Process and apply deployment template
           oc process \
-             -f tools/openshift/backend.dc.yaml \
+             -f tools/openshift/backend.deployment.yaml \
              -p APP_NAME=${{ env.APP_NAME }} \
              -p REPO_NAME=${{ env.REPO_NAME }} \
              -p BRANCH=${{ env.BRANCH }} \
diff --git a/tools/openshift/backend.deployment.yaml b/tools/openshift/backend.deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76326b336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/openshift/backend.deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+---
+apiVersion: template.openshift.io/v1
+kind: Template
+labels:
+  template: "${REPO_NAME}-template"
+metadata:
+  name: "${REPO_NAME}-backend-dc"
+objects:
+- apiVersion: apps/v1
+  kind: Deployment
+  metadata:
+    annotations:
+      openshift.io/generated-by: OpenShiftNewApp
+    creationTimestamp:
+    labels:
+      app: "${APP_NAME}-${BRANCH}"
+      branch: "${BRANCH}"
+    name: "${APP_NAME}-backend-${APP_ENVIRONMENT}"
+  spec:
+    replicas: ${{MIN_REPLICAS}}
+    selector:
+      matchLabels:
+        app: "${APP_NAME}-${BRANCH}"
+    strategy:
+      type: RollingUpdate
+      rollingUpdate:
+        maxUnavailable: 25%
+        maxSurge: 25%
+    template:
+      metadata:
+        annotations:
+          openshift.io/generated-by: OpenShiftNewApp
+        creationTimestamp:
+        labels:
+          app: "${APP_NAME}-${BRANCH}"
+          deploymentconfig: "${APP_NAME}-backend-${APP_ENVIRONMENT}"
+      spec:
+        containers:
+        - image: image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/${NAMESPACE}/${REPO_NAME}-backend-${BRANCH}:${TAG}
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
+          volumeMounts:
+          - name: tls-certs
+            mountPath: "/etc/tls-certs"
+            readOnly: true
+          - name: log-storage
+            mountPath: /logs
+          livenessProbe:
+            initialDelaySeconds: 20
+            failureThreshold: 5
+            httpGet:
+              path: "/api/health"
+              port: 8080
+              scheme: HTTP
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            successThreshold: 1
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+          name: "${APP_NAME}-backend-${APP_ENVIRONMENT}"
+          ports:
+          - containerPort: 8080
+            protocol: TCP
+          - containerPort: 443
+            protocol: TCP
+          envFrom:
+            - configMapRef:
+                name: ccof-backend-${APP_ENVIRONMENT}-config-map
+          readinessProbe:
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            failureThreshold: 5
+            httpGet:
+              path: "/api/health"
+              port: 8080
+              scheme: HTTP
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            successThreshold: 1
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: "${MIN_CPU}"
+              memory: "${MIN_MEM}"
+            limits:
+              cpu: "${MAX_CPU}"
+              memory: "${MAX_MEM}"
+        - image: artifacts.developer.gov.bc.ca/docker-remote/fluent/fluent-bit:1.5.7
+          name: "${APP_NAME}-fluent-bit-sidecar"
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
+          imagePullSecrets:
+            - name: artifactory-creds
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: log-storage
+              mountPath: /mnt/log
+            - name: flb-sc-config-volume
+              mountPath: /fluent-bit/etc/
+          readinessProbe:
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: 2020
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+            failureThreshold: 5
+            successThreshold: 1
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /
+              port: 2020
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+            failureThreshold: 5
+            successThreshold: 1
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 2020
+              protocol: TCP
+              name: metrics
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: "5m"
+              memory: "32Mi"
+            limits:
+              cpu: "15m"
+              memory: "64Mi"
+        volumes:
+        - name: log-storage
+          emptyDir: {}
+        - name: tls-certs
+          secret:
+            secretName: ccof-backend-cert
+        - name: flb-sc-config-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: "${APP_NAME}-flb-sc-config-map"
+    test: false
+- apiVersion: v1
+  kind: Service
+  metadata:
+    annotations:
+      service.alpha.openshift.io/serving-cert-secret-name: "ccof-backend-cert"
+      openshift.io/generated-by: OpenShiftNewApp
+    creationTimestamp:
+    labels:
+      app: "${APP_NAME}-${BRANCH}"
+    name: "${APP_NAME}-backend-${APP_ENVIRONMENT}"
+  spec:
+    ports:
+    - name: 8080-tcp
+      port: 8080
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: 8080
+    - name: 443-https
+      port: 443
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: 443
+    selector:
+      matchLabels:
+        app: "${APP_NAME}-${BRANCH}"
+- apiVersion: v1
+  kind: Route
+  metadata:
+    annotations:
+      haproxy.router.openshift.io/rate-limit-connections: 'true'
+      haproxy.router.openshift.io/rate-limit-connections.concurrent-tcp: '10'
+      haproxy.router.openshift.io/rate-limit-connections.rate-http: '50'
+      haproxy.router.openshift.io/timeout: 120s
+      openshift.io/host.generated: 'true'
+    labels:
+      app: "${APP_NAME}-${BRANCH}"
+    name: "${APP_NAME}-backend-${APP_ENVIRONMENT}"
+  spec:
+    host: "${HOST_ROUTE}"
+    path: /api
+    port:
+      targetPort: 8080-tcp
+    tls:
+      insecureEdgeTerminationPolicy: Redirect
+      termination: edge
+    to:
+      kind: Service
+      name: "${APP_NAME}-backend-${APP_ENVIRONMENT}"
+      weight: 100
+    wildcardPolicy: None
+- apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
+  kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
+  metadata:
+    name: "${APP_NAME}-backend-${APP_ENVIRONMENT}-cpu-autoscaler"
+  spec:
+    scaleTargetRef:
+      apiVersion: apps/v1
+      kind: Deployment
+      name: "${APP_NAME}-backend-${APP_ENVIRONMENT}"
+      subresource: scale
+    minReplicas: ${{MIN_REPLICAS}}
+    maxReplicas: ${{MAX_REPLICAS}}
+    metrics:
+    - type: Resource
+      resource:
+        name: cpu
+        target:
+          type: Utilization
+          averageUtilization: 90
+parameters:
+- name: REPO_NAME
+  description: Application repository name
+  required: true
+- name: BRANCH
+  description: Job identifier (i.e. 'pr-5' OR 'master')
+  required: true
+- name: NAMESPACE
+  description: Target namespace reference (i.e. 'k8vopl-dev')
+  required: true
+- name: APP_NAME
+  description: Application name
+  required: true
+- name: HOST_ROUTE
+  description: The host the route will use to expose service outside cluster
+  required: true
+- name: TAG
+  description: The identifying tag for this specific deployment
+  required: true
+- name: MIN_REPLICAS
+  description: The minimum amount of replicas
+  required: true
+- name: MAX_REPLICAS
+  description: The maximum amount of replicas
+  required: true
+- name: MIN_CPU
+  description: The minimum amount of cpu
+  required: true
+- name: MAX_CPU
+  description: The maximum amount of cpu
+  required: true
+- name: MIN_MEM
+  description: The minimum amount of memory
+  required: true
+- name: MAX_MEM
+  description: The maximum amount of memory
+  required: true
+- name: APP_ENVIRONMENT
+  description: The environment being created ('dev', 'qa', 'uat', 'prod')
+  required: true