diff --git a/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-awscli.sh b/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-awscli.sh
index 4c2f350859..8649f61fd1 100755
--- a/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-awscli.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-awscli.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ then
     ./aws/install
     rm -rf ./aws
 else
-    AWS_CLI_VERSION=`aws --version | awk '{print $1}' | awk -F/ '{print $2}'`
+    AWS_CLI_VERSION=$(aws --version | awk '{print $1}' | awk -F/ '{print $2}')
     echo AWS CLI \(version $AWS_CLI_VERSION\) already installed
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-build-tools.sh b/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-build-tools.sh
index fd7b59592a..6fea3b03fa 100755
--- a/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-build-tools.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-build-tools.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-UBUNTU_DISTRO="`lsb_release -c | awk '{print $2}'`"
+UBUNTU_DISTRO="$(lsb_release -c | awk '{print $2}')"
 if [ "$UBUNTU_DISTRO" == "bionic" ]
 then
     echo "Setup for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ($UBUNTU_DISTRO)"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fi
 # will install it from the bionic distro manually into focal. This is needed since Ubuntu 20.04 supports
 # python 3.8 out of the box, but we are using 3.7
 #
-LIBFFI6_COUNT=`apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep libffi6 | wc -l`
+LIBFFI6_COUNT=$(apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep libffi6 | wc -l)
 if [ "$UBUNTU_DISTRO" == "focal" ] && [ $LIBFFI6_COUNT -eq 0 ]
 then
     echo "Installing libffi for Ubuntu 20.04"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fi
 # Add the kitware repository for cmake if necessary
 #
 
-KITWARE_REPO_COUNT=`cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep ^deb | grep https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ | wc -l`
+KITWARE_REPO_COUNT=$(cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep ^deb | grep https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ | wc -l)
 
 if [ $KITWARE_REPO_COUNT -eq 0 ]
 then
@@ -121,33 +121,34 @@ PACKAGE_FILE_LIST=package-list.ubuntu-$UBUNTU_DISTRO.txt
 echo Reading package list $PACKAGE_FILE_LIST
 
 # Read each line (strip out comment tags)
-for LINE in `cat $PACKAGE_FILE_LIST | sed 's/#.*$//g'`
+for PREPROC_LINE in $(cat $PACKAGE_FILE_LIST | sed 's/#.*$//g')
 do
-    PACKAGE=`echo $LINE | awk -F / '{print $1}'`
+    LINE=$(echo $PREPROC_LINE | tr -d '\r\n')
+    PACKAGE=$(echo $LINE | awk -F / '{$1=$1;print $1}')
     if [ "$PACKAGE" != "" ]  # Skip blank lines
     then
-        PACKAGE_VER=`echo $LINE | awk -F / '{print $2}'`
+        PACKAGE_VER=$(echo $LINE | awk -F / '{$2=$2;print $2}')
         if [ "$PACKAGE_VER" == "" ]
         then
             # Process non-versioned packages
-            INSTALLED_COUNT=`apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep ^$PACKAGE/ | wc -l`
+            INSTALLED_COUNT=$(apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep ^$PACKAGE/ | wc -l)
             if [ $INSTALLED_COUNT -eq 0 ]
             then
                 echo Installing $PACKAGE
                 apt-get install $PACKAGE -y
             else
-                INSTALLED_VERSION=`apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep ^$PACKAGE/ | awk '{print $2}'`
+                INSTALLED_VERSION=$(apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep ^$PACKAGE/ | awk '{print $2}')
                 echo $PACKAGE already installed \(version $INSTALLED_VERSION\)
             fi
         else
             # Process versioned packages
-            INSTALLED_COUNT=`apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep ^$PACKAGE/ | wc -l`
+            INSTALLED_COUNT=$(apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep ^$PACKAGE/ | wc -l)
             if [ $INSTALLED_COUNT -eq 0 ]
             then
                 echo Installing $PACKAGE \( $PACKAGE_VER \)
                 apt-get install $PACKAGE=$PACKAGE_VER -y
             else
-                INSTALLED_VERSION=`apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep ^$PACKAGE/ | awk '{print $2}'`
+                INSTALLED_VERSION=$(apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep ^$PACKAGE/ | awk '{print $2}')
                 if [ "$INSTALLED_VERSION" != "$PACKAGE_VER" ]
                 then
                     echo $PACKAGE already installed but with the wrong version. Purging the package
diff --git a/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-git.sh b/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-git.sh
index 53554f4175..028b0082d7 100755
--- a/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-git.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu-git.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-UBUNTU_DISTRO="`lsb_release -c | awk '{print $2}'`"
+UBUNTU_DISTRO="$(lsb_release -c | awk '{print $2}')"
 if [ "$UBUNTU_DISTRO" == "bionic" ]
 then
     echo "Setup for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ($UBUNTU_DISTRO)"
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ then
     apt-get update
     apt-get install git -y
 else
-    GIT_VERSION=`git --version | awk '{print $3}'`
+    GIT_VERSION=$(git --version | awk '{print $3}')
     echo Git $GIT_VERSION already Installed. Skipping Git installation
 fi
 
 #
 # Setup Git-LFS if needed
 #
-GIT_LFS_PACKAGE_COUNT=`apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep git-lfs/ | wc -l`
+GIT_LFS_PACKAGE_COUNT=$(apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep git-lfs/ | wc -l)
 if [ $GIT_LFS_PACKAGE_COUNT -eq 0 ]
 then
     echo Setting up Git-LFS
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ then
     dpkg -i $GCM_PACKAGE_NAME
     popd
 else
-    GCM_VERSION=`git-credential-manager-core --version`
+    GCM_VERSION=$(git-credential-manager-core --version)
     echo Git Credential Manager \(GCM\) version $GCM_VERSION already installed. Skipping GCM installation
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9cdc94fa9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/build_node/Platform/Linux/install-ubuntu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# All or portions of this file Copyright (c) Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates or
+# its licensors.
+#
+# For complete copyright and license terms please see the LICENSE at the root of this
+# distribution (the "License"). All use of this software is governed by the License,
+# or, if provided, by the license below or the license accompanying this file. Do not
+# remove or modify any license notices. This file is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+
+# This script must be run as root
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]
+then
+    echo "This script must be run as root (sudo)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo Installing packages and tools for O3DE development
+
+# Install awscli
+./install-ubuntu-awscli.sh
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+    echo Error installing AWSCLI
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+# Install git
+./install-ubuntu-git.sh
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+    echo Error installing Git
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Install the necessary build tools
+./install-ubuntu-build-tools.sh
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+    echo Error installing ubuntu tools
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+echo Packages and tools for O3DE setup complete
+exit 0