diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 018032cf50..bb5f8a7683 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ smoketest_play:
     - eval $(go-go vault -a ${DOCKER_ROLE})
     - cd /deployer/k8s
     - ./deployer.sh
+    - ./check_deploy_status.sh
   variables:
     SCSENV: app_play1
     SMOKETEST_RUNNER_IMAGE: ${SMOKETEST_RUNNER}:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ smoketest_staging:
     - eval $(go-go vault -a ${DOCKER_ROLE})
     - cd /deployer/k8s
     - ./deployer.sh
+    - ./check_deploy_status.sh
   variables:
     SCSENV: app_staging1
     SMOKETEST_RUNNER_IMAGE: ${SMOKETEST_RUNNER}:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}
diff --git a/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/Dockerfile b/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/Dockerfile
index 0984b38d96..5b15e6b3dc 100644
--- a/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/Dockerfile
+++ b/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/Dockerfile
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ RUN mkdir /deployer && \
 COPY k8s /deployer/k8s
 
 RUN chmod +x /deployer/k8s/deployer.sh
+RUN chmod +x /deployer/k8s/check_deploy_status.sh
 
 WORKDIR /deployer/k8s
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diff --git a/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/k8s/check_deploy_status.sh b/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/k8s/check_deploy_status.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..455e32f75f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/k8s/check_deploy_status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o pipefail
+set -o nounset
+
+set -o errexit
+#This script is used to check the status of the smoketest k8s job: the tests pass if {.status.succeeded} returns 1.
+# Then retrieve the job logs once it's completed.
+smoketest_k8s_job=$(kubectl get jobs -o custom-columns=:metadata.name | grep ssa-smoketest)
+echo >&2 "Create smoketest k8s job: $smoketest_k8s_job"
+smoketest_k8s_pod=$(kubectl get pods -o custom-columns=:metadata.name | grep ssa-smoketest)
+echo >&2 "Create smoketest k8s pod: $smoketest_k8s_pod"
+echo >&2 "Checking if smoketest starts running..."
+set +o errexit
+
+#Wait for job ready to run as background process, returns 1 if smoketest job still in Pod Initializing stage.
+#Will exit if the pod is not up after 5 minutes(max_retries = 30)
+job_running=1
+counter=1
+MAX_RETRIES=30
+
+while [[ $job_running -ne 0 ]] && [[ $counter -le $MAX_RETRIES ]]; do
+    kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod/${smoketest_k8s_pod} --timeout=10s
+    job_running=$?
+    echo >&2 "Checking if smoketest job starts running (return 0 if the job is ready to run):" $job_running
+    ((counter++))
+    if [[ $counter -eq $MAX_RETRIES ]]; then
+        kubectl get pods
+        echo "Smoke test pod is not up after 5 minutes. Will exit."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+set -o errexit
+kubectl logs -f ${smoketest_k8s_pod}
+echo >&2 "Complete retrieving smoketest job logs."
+
+
+#Add more loggings to capture more info for k8s error that happens sporadically
+set +o errexit
+echo >&2 "Printing command: kubectl get job/${smoketest_k8s_job}"
+echo >&2 "$(kubectl get job/${smoketest_k8s_job})"
+echo >&2 "$(kubectl get job/${smoketest_k8s_job} -o jsonpath='{.status}')"
+
+echo >&2 "Printing command with extra space: kubectl get job/${smoketest_k8s_job} "
+echo >&2 "$(kubectl get job/${smoketest_k8s_job} )"
+echo >&2 "$(kubectl get job/${smoketest_k8s_job}  -o jsonpath='{.status}')"
+
+echo >&2 "Printing command kubectl get jobs ${smoketest_k8s_job} -o jsonpath='{.status}'"
+echo >&2 "$(kubectl get jobs ${smoketest_k8s_job} -o jsonpath='{.status}')"
+echo >&2 "*****End of logging for k8s error debugging *****"
+set -o errexit
+
+
+SUCCESS=$(kubectl get job/${smoketest_k8s_job} -o jsonpath='{.status.succeeded}')
+if [[ $SUCCESS -ne 1 ]]; then
+    echo "Smoke test failed. Please refer to the test logs."
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "All smoke tests passed!"
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