diff --git a/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/defaults/main.yml
index 15ef432e43..a67906b1f8 100755
--- a/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/defaults/main.yml
@@ -133,3 +133,8 @@ ml_analytics_reports_store: "{{ cloud_service_provider }}"
 ml_analytics_reports_container: "{{ cloud_storage_privatereports_bucketname }}"
 ml_analytics_driver_memory: "{{ ml_analytics_default_driver_memory | default('5g') }}"
 ml_analytics_executor_memory: "{{ ml_analytics_default_executor_memory | default('5g') }}"
+ml_analytics_batch_cron_minute: "{{ ml_batch_cron_minute | default('30') }}"
+ml_analytics_batch_cron_hour: "{{ ml_batch_cron_hour | default('18') }}"
+ml_analytics_nvsk_cron_minute: "{{ ml_nvsk_cron_minute | default('30') }}"
+ml_analytics_nvsk_cron_hour: "{{ ml_nvsk_cron_hour | default('7') }}"
+ml_analytics_nvsk_cron_weekday: "{{ ml_nvsk_cron_weekday | default('4') }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/tasks/main.yml
index 6f37d6b3ea..7fbd3fe1ba 100755
--- a/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
       - python3-virtualenv
       - zip
       - unzip
+      - acl
     state: present
 
 - name: CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP FOR THIS {{ BASEPATH }} DIRECTORY
@@ -135,15 +136,15 @@
   cron:
     name: "Run Batch Ingestion Job"
     user: "{{ USER }}"
-    minute: "30"
-    hour: "18"
+    minute: "{{ ml_analytics_batch_cron_minute }}"
+    hour: "{{ ml_analytics_batch_cron_hour }}"
     job: "{{ BASEPATH }}/ml-analytics-service/run.sh > {{ BASEPATH }}/ml-analytics-service/crontab_job.log"
 
 - name: CREATE THE CRON NVSK Data Upload
   cron:
     name: "NVSK Data Upload JOB"
     user: "{{ USER }}"
-    minute: "30"
-    hour: "7"
-    weekday: "4"
+    minute: "{{ ml_analytics_nvsk_cron_minute }}"
+    hour: "{{ ml_analytics_nvsk_cron_hour }}"
+    weekday: "{{ ml_analytics_nvsk_cron_weekday }}"
     job: "{{ BASEPATH }}/ml-analytics-service/run_weekly.sh > {{ BASEPATH }}/ml-analytics-service/nvsk_data_weekly.logs"