A system, comprising: a slave node (110, 210, 300) comprising a first computer processor with a slave node manager and a container runtime; a master node (108, 200, 328) comprising a second computer processor with a master node interface, a workload scheduler and a backup-restore controller; and a plurality of slave nodes comprising the slave node, and operatively connected to the master node; wherein an agentless workload and job configuration information, JCI, are delegated from the slave node manager to the container runtime; wherein the container runtime, when executing on the first computer processor is programmed to: receive the agentless workload and JCI; extract, from the JCI, a container image identifier, ID; retrieve a container image associated with the container image ID; and instantiate, to implement the agentless workload, a job pod set comprising a container created from the container image, the job pod set being a logical collection of one or more pods operable to enact an implementation and completion of the agentless workload, wherein the container is programmed to execute a set of tasks to complete the agentless workload, wherein the agentless workload and JCI are deployed to the slave node from the master node interface, wherein deployment of the agentless workload and JCI to the slave node, from the plurality of slave nodes, is determined by the workload scheduler using at least a set of job resource requirements associated with the agentless workload, and wherein the JCI and JRR are submitted to the master node interface, by the backup-restore controller, using a job request directed to implement the agentless workload. a slave node (110, 210, 300) comprising a first computer processor with a slave node manager and a container runtime; a master node (108, 200, 328) comprising a second computer processor with a master node interface, a workload scheduler and a backup-restore controller; and a plurality of slave nodes comprising the slave node, and operatively connected to the master node; wherein an agentless workload and job configuration information, JCI, are delegated from the slave node manager to the container runtime; wherein the container runtime, when executing on the first computer processor is programmed to: receive the agentless workload and JCI; extract, from the JCI, a container image identifier, ID; retrieve a container image associated with the container image ID; and instantiate, to implement the agentless workload, a job pod set comprising a container created from the container image, the job pod set being a logical collection of one or more pods operable to enact an implementation and completion of the agentless workload, wherein the container is programmed to execute a set of tasks to complete the agentless workload, wherein the agentless workload and JCI are deployed to the slave node from the master node interface, wherein deployment of the agentless workload and JCI to the slave node, from the plurality of slave nodes, is determined by the workload scheduler using at least a set of job resource requirements associated with the agentless workload, and wherein the JCI and JRR are submitted to the master node interface, by the backup-restore controller, using a job request directed to implement the agentless workload. receive the agentless workload and JCI; extract, from the JCI, a container image identifier, ID; retrieve a container image associated with the container image ID; and instantiate, to implement the agentless workload, a job pod set comprising a container created from the container image, the job pod set being a logical collection of one or more pods operable to enact an implementation and completion of the agentless workload, wherein the container is programmed to execute a set of tasks to complete the agentless workload, wherein the agentless workload and JCI are deployed to the slave node from the master node interface, wherein deployment of the agentless workload and JCI to the slave node, from the plurality of slave nodes, is determined by the workload scheduler using at least a set of job resource requirements associated with the agentless workload, and wherein the JCI and JRR are submitted to the master node interface, by the backup-restore controller, using a job request directed to implement the agentless workload.