diff --git a/pkg/clients/exec_command.go b/pkg/clients/exec_command.go
index 8532cc13..788df89c 100644
--- a/pkg/clients/exec_command.go
+++ b/pkg/clients/exec_command.go
@@ -5,16 +5,25 @@ package clients
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	k8sErrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/remotecommand"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme"
 )
 
+const (
+	startTimeout    = 5 * time.Second
+	deletionTimeout = 10 * time.Minute
+)
+
 type ExecContext interface {
 	ExecCommand([]string) (string, string, error)
 	ExecCommandStdIn([]string, bytes.Buffer) (string, string, error)
@@ -155,3 +164,210 @@ func (c *ContainerExecContext) ExecCommand(command []string) (stdout, stderr str
 func (c *ContainerExecContext) ExecCommandStdIn(command []string, buffIn bytes.Buffer) (stdout, stderr string, err error) {
 	return c.execCommand(command, &buffIn)
 }
+
+// ContainerExecContext encapsulates the context in which a command is run; the namespace, pod, and container.
+type ContainerCreationExecContext struct {
+	*ContainerExecContext
+	labels                   map[string]string
+	pod                      *corev1.Pod
+	containerSecurityContext *corev1.SecurityContext
+	containerImage           string
+	command                  []string
+	volumes                  []*Volume
+	hostNetwork              bool
+}
+
+type Volume struct {
+	VolumeSource corev1.VolumeSource
+	Name         string
+	MountPath    string
+}
+
+func (c *ContainerCreationExecContext) CreatePod() error {
+	pod := &corev1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      c.podName,
+			Namespace: c.namespace,
+			Labels:    c.labels,
+		},
+		Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []corev1.Container{
+				{
+					Name:            c.containerName,
+					Image:           c.containerImage,
+					ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent,
+				},
+			},
+			HostNetwork: c.hostNetwork,
+		},
+	}
+	if len(c.command) > 0 {
+		pod.Spec.Containers[0].Command = c.command
+	}
+	if c.containerSecurityContext != nil {
+		pod.Spec.Containers[0].SecurityContext = c.containerSecurityContext
+	}
+	if len(c.volumes) > 0 {
+		volumes := make([]corev1.Volume, 0)
+		volumeMounts := make([]corev1.VolumeMount, 0)
+
+		for _, v := range c.volumes {
+			volumes = append(volumes, corev1.Volume{Name: v.Name, VolumeSource: v.VolumeSource})
+			pod.Spec.Volumes = volumes
+			volumeMounts = append(volumeMounts, corev1.VolumeMount{Name: v.Name, MountPath: v.MountPath})
+			pod.Spec.Containers[0].VolumeMounts = volumeMounts
+		}
+	}
+
+	pod, err := c.clientset.K8sClient.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Create(
+		context.TODO(),
+		pod,
+		metav1.CreateOptions{},
+	)
+	c.pod = pod
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create pod: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *ContainerCreationExecContext) listPods(options *metav1.ListOptions) (*corev1.PodList, error) {
+	pods, err := c.clientset.K8sClient.CoreV1().Pods(c.pod.Namespace).List(
+		context.TODO(),
+		*options,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return pods, fmt.Errorf("failed to find pods: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return pods, nil
+}
+
+func (c *ContainerCreationExecContext) refeshPod() error {
+	pods, err := c.listPods(&metav1.ListOptions{
+		FieldSelector:   fields.OneTermEqualSelector("metadata.name", c.podName).String(),
+		ResourceVersion: c.pod.ResourceVersion,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(pods.Items) == 0 || len(pods.Items) > 1 {
+		// I don't think k8s allows more than one pod with the same name
+		return errors.New("found multiple pods with the same name")
+	}
+	c.pod = &pods.Items[0]
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *ContainerCreationExecContext) IsPodRunning() (bool, error) {
+	err := c.refeshPod()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	if c.pod.Status.Phase == corev1.PodRunning {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+func (c *ContainerCreationExecContext) WaitForPodToStart() error {
+	start := time.Now()
+	for time.Since(start) <= startTimeout {
+		running, err := c.IsPodRunning()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if running {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	return errors.New("timed out waiting for pod to start")
+}
+
+func (c *ContainerCreationExecContext) CreatePodAndWaitForStart() error {
+	var err error
+	running := false
+	if c.pod != nil {
+		running, err = c.IsPodRunning()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if !running {
+		err := c.CreatePod()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return c.WaitForPodToStart()
+}
+
+func (c *ContainerCreationExecContext) DeletePod() error {
+	deletePolicy := metav1.DeletePropagationForeground
+	err := c.clientset.K8sClient.CoreV1().Pods(c.pod.Namespace).Delete(
+		context.TODO(),
+		c.pod.Name,
+		metav1.DeleteOptions{
+			PropagationPolicy: &deletePolicy,
+		})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete pod: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *ContainerCreationExecContext) WaitForPodToDelete() error {
+	start := time.Now()
+	for time.Since(start) <= deletionTimeout {
+		pods, err := c.listPods(&metav1.ListOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		found := false
+		for _, pod := range pods.Items { //nolint:gocritic // This isn't my object I can't use a pointer
+			if pod.Name == c.podName {
+				found = true
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	return errors.New("pod has not terminated within the timeout")
+}
+
+func (c *ContainerCreationExecContext) DeletePodAndWait() error {
+	err := c.DeletePod()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return c.WaitForPodToDelete()
+}
+
+func NewContainerCreationExecContext(
+	clientset *Clientset,
+	namespace, podName, containerName, containerImage string,
+	labels map[string]string,
+	command []string,
+	containerSecurityContext *corev1.SecurityContext,
+	hostNetwork bool,
+	volumes []*Volume,
+) *ContainerCreationExecContext {
+	ctx := ContainerExecContext{
+		namespace:     namespace,
+		podNamePrefix: podName,
+		podName:       podName,
+		containerName: containerName,
+		clientset:     clientset,
+	}
+
+	return &ContainerCreationExecContext{
+		ContainerExecContext:     &ctx,
+		containerImage:           containerImage,
+		labels:                   labels,
+		command:                  command,
+		containerSecurityContext: containerSecurityContext,
+		hostNetwork:              hostNetwork,
+		volumes:                  volumes,
+	}
+}