diff --git a/k8s/apply_infra.sh b/k8s/apply_infra.sh
index e5d9b9b557ea..0ff2a2409a53 100755
--- a/k8s/apply_infra.sh
+++ b/k8s/apply_infra.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ kubectl apply -f "$(dirname "$0")/configmaps/core-sqlite-worker-configmap.yaml"
 kubectl apply -f "$(dirname "$0")/configmaps/oauth-configmap.yaml"
 kubectl apply -f "$(dirname "$0")/configmaps/prodbox-configmap.yaml"
 kubectl apply -f "$(dirname "$0")/configmaps/viz-configmap.yaml"
+kubectl apply -f "$(dirname "$0")/configmaps/socks-proxy-configmap.yaml"
 
 echo "-----------------------------------"
 echo "Applying backend configs"
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ apply_deployment core-sqlite-worker-deployment
 apply_deployment oauth-deployment
 apply_deployment prodbox-deployment
 apply_deployment viz-deployment
+apply_deployment socks-proxy-deployment
 
 echo "-----------------------------------"
 echo "Applying HPAs"
@@ -152,6 +154,7 @@ kubectl apply -f "$(dirname "$0")/services/core-service.yaml"
 kubectl apply -f "$(dirname "$0")/services/core-sqlite-worker-headless-service.yaml"
 kubectl apply -f "$(dirname "$0")/services/oauth-service.yaml"
 kubectl apply -f "$(dirname "$0")/services/viz-service.yaml"
+kubectl apply -f "$(dirname "$0")/services/socks-proxy-service.yaml"
 
 
 echo "-----------------------------------"
diff --git a/k8s/configmaps/socks-proxy-configmap.yaml b/k8s/configmaps/socks-proxy-configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..618d36ed91ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/configmaps/socks-proxy-configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: socks-proxy-config
+data:
+  DD_ENV: "prod"
+  DD_SERVICE: "socks-proxy"
+  DD_LOGS_INJECTION: "true"
+  DD_RUNTIME_METRICS_ENABLED: "true"
diff --git a/k8s/deployments/socks-proxy-deployment.yaml b/k8s/deployments/socks-proxy-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea0d079e8888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/deployments/socks-proxy-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: socks-proxy-deployment
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: socks-proxy
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: socks-proxy
+        name: socks-proxy-pod
+        admission.datadoghq.com/enabled: "true"
+      annotations:
+        ad.datadoghq.com/web.logs: '[{"source": "sock5-proxy","service": "sock5-proxy","tags": ["env:prod"]}]'
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: socks-proxy
+          image: vimagick/dante
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 1080
+
+      envFrom:
+        - configMapRef:
+            name: socks-proxy-config
+      env:
+        - name: DD_AGENT_HOST
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: status.hostIP
+        
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 1000m
+          memory: 1Gi
+        limits:
+          cpu: 1000m
+          memory: 1Gi
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diff --git a/k8s/services/socks-proxy-service.yaml b/k8s/services/socks-proxy-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85518ea69bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/services/socks-proxy-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: socks-proxy-service
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.global-static-ip-name: "socks-proxy-static-ip"
+    networking.gke.io/load-balancer-type: "Internal" 
+spec:
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  ports:
+  - port: 1080
+    targetPort: 1080
+  selector:
+    app: socks-proxy