diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml
index 50062a1..fc1538f 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
         release: {{ .Release.Name }}
     spec:
       initContainers:
+      {{- if .Values.global.initJob.enabled }}
       - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-job-completion
         image: "{{ .Values.global.readinessRepository }}/{{ .Values.global.readinessImage }}"
         imagePullPolicy: "{{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}"
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
             fieldRef:
               apiVersion: v1
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+      {{ end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
           image: "{{ include "common.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.image }}"
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/templates/job.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/templates/job.yaml
index 2b14253..98de476 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/templates/job.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/templates/job.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+{{ if .Values.global.initJob.enabled }}
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
 metadata:
@@ -66,3 +67,4 @@
             secretKeyRef: {name: {{ .Release.Name }}-sdc-cs-secrets, key: sdc_password}
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ include "common.namespace" . }}-docker-registry-key"
+{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml
index 1e0ea51..9d1fbe6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
   readinessImage: readiness-check:2.0.0
   loggingRepository: docker.elastic.co
   loggingImage: beats/filebeat:5.5.0
+  initJob:
+    enabled: true
 
 #################################################################
 # Application configuration defaults.