diff --git a/pkg/consts/consts.go b/pkg/consts/consts.go
index 139205e10b..7bb71a82b8 100644
--- a/pkg/consts/consts.go
+++ b/pkg/consts/consts.go
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ var (
 	MaxBucketLifecycleRules      = 100
 	AsyncWorkloadsExpirationDays = int64(7)
 
+	ReservedContainerPorts = []int32{
+		ProxyListeningPortInt32,
+		AdminPortInt32,
+	}
 	ReservedContainerNames = []string{
 		"dequeuer",
 		"proxy",
diff --git a/pkg/operator/resources/job/taskapi/job.go b/pkg/operator/resources/job/taskapi/job.go
index 2362ced32c..8410e21786 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/resources/job/taskapi/job.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/resources/job/taskapi/job.go
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ func SubmitJob(apiName string, submission *schema.TaskJobSubmission) (*spec.Task
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := createJobConfigMap(*apiSpec, jobSpec); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	deployJob(apiSpec, &jobSpec)
 
 	return &jobSpec, nil
@@ -88,21 +84,13 @@ func uploadJobSpec(jobSpec *spec.TaskJob) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func createJobConfigMap(apiSpec spec.API, jobSpec spec.TaskJob) error {
-	configMapConfig := workloads.ConfigMapConfig{
-		TaskJob: &jobSpec,
-	}
-
-	configMapData, err := configMapConfig.GenerateConfigMapData()
+func deployJob(apiSpec *spec.API, jobSpec *spec.TaskJob) {
+	err := createJobConfigMap(*apiSpec, *jobSpec)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		handleJobSubmissionError(jobSpec.JobKey, err)
 	}
 
-	return createK8sConfigMap(k8sConfigMap(apiSpec, jobSpec, configMapData))
-}
-
-func deployJob(apiSpec *spec.API, jobSpec *spec.TaskJob) {
-	err := createK8sJob(apiSpec, jobSpec)
+	err = createK8sJob(apiSpec, jobSpec)
 	if err != nil {
 		handleJobSubmissionError(jobSpec.JobKey, err)
 	}
@@ -113,6 +101,19 @@ func deployJob(apiSpec *spec.API, jobSpec *spec.TaskJob) {
 	}
 }
 
+func createJobConfigMap(apiSpec spec.API, jobSpec spec.TaskJob) error {
+	configMapConfig := workloads.ConfigMapConfig{
+		TaskJob: &jobSpec,
+	}
+
+	configMapData, err := configMapConfig.GenerateConfigMapData()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return createK8sConfigMap(k8sConfigMap(apiSpec, jobSpec, configMapData))
+}
+
 func handleJobSubmissionError(jobKey spec.JobKey, jobErr error) {
 	jobLogger, err := operator.GetJobLogger(jobKey)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/types/spec/validations.go b/pkg/types/spec/validations.go
index 1bea4949ed..db997c1272 100644
--- a/pkg/types/spec/validations.go
+++ b/pkg/types/spec/validations.go
@@ -165,10 +165,7 @@ func podValidation(kind userconfig.Kind) *cr.StructFieldValidation {
 						AllowExplicitNull: true,
 						GreaterThan:       pointer.Int32(0),
 						LessThanOrEqualTo: pointer.Int32(65535),
-						DisallowedValues: []int32{
-							consts.ProxyListeningPortInt32,
-							consts.AdminPortInt32,
-						},
+						DisallowedValues:  consts.ReservedContainerPorts,
 					},
 				},
 				containersValidation(kind),
@@ -366,10 +363,7 @@ func httpGetProbeValidation() *cr.StructFieldValidation {
 						Required:          true,
 						GreaterThan:       pointer.Int32(0),
 						LessThanOrEqualTo: pointer.Int32(65535),
-						DisallowedValues: []int32{
-							consts.ProxyListeningPortInt32,
-							consts.AdminPortInt32,
-						},
+						DisallowedValues:  consts.ReservedContainerPorts,
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -391,10 +385,7 @@ func tcpSocketProbeValidation() *cr.StructFieldValidation {
 						Required:          true,
 						GreaterThan:       pointer.Int32(0),
 						LessThanOrEqualTo: pointer.Int32(65535),
-						DisallowedValues: []int32{
-							consts.ProxyListeningPortInt32,
-							consts.AdminPortInt32,
-						},
+						DisallowedValues:  consts.ReservedContainerPorts,
 					},
 				},
 			},