diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.22-upgrade-from-stable-4.21.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.22-upgrade-from-stable-4.21.yaml
index 3a06911c9da2f..9d385e231954b 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.22-upgrade-from-stable-4.21.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.22-upgrade-from-stable-4.21.yaml
@@ -205,6 +205,41 @@ tests:
       UPGRADE_TO_CHANNEL_TYPE: candidate
     workflow: opct-conformance-external-aws
   timeout: 6h0m0s
+- as: e2e-platform-external-aws-upgrade
+  cron: '@monthly'
+  reporter_config:
+    channel: '#forum-ocp-splat-alerts-aws'
+    job_states_to_report:
+    - failure
+    - error
+    report_template: |
+      :red_jenkins_circle: :external-link::aws: Periodical job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. (<{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>) (<https://prow.ci.openshift.org/job-history/gs/test-platform-results/logs/{{.Spec.Job}}|View history>)
+  steps:
+    cluster_profile: openshift-org-aws
+    env:
+      TEST_TYPE: upgrade-conformance
+    observers:
+      enable:
+      - observers-resource-watch
+    workflow: openshift-e2e-external-aws
+- as: e2e-platform-external-aws-ccm-upgrade
+  cron: '@monthly'
+  reporter_config:
+    channel: '#forum-ocp-splat-alerts-aws'
+    job_states_to_report:
+    - failure
+    - error
+    report_template: |
+      :red_jenkins_circle: :external-link::aws: Periodical job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. (<{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>) (<https://prow.ci.openshift.org/job-history/gs/test-platform-results/logs/{{.Spec.Job}}|View history>)
+  steps:
+    cluster_profile: openshift-org-aws
+    env:
+      PLATFORM_EXTERNAL_CCM_ENABLED: "yes"
+      TEST_TYPE: upgrade-conformance
+    observers:
+      enable:
+      - observers-resource-watch
+    workflow: openshift-e2e-external-aws
 zz_generated_metadata:
   branch: main
   org: openshift
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-5.0-upgrade-from-stable-4.22.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-5.0-upgrade-from-stable-4.22.yaml
index 9afbb472e0602..d95dc9ec1b123 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-5.0-upgrade-from-stable-4.22.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-5.0-upgrade-from-stable-4.22.yaml
@@ -225,6 +225,41 @@ tests:
     - ref: network-flow-matrix-tests
     - ref: single-node-e2e-test
     workflow: openshift-upgrade-aws-single-node
+- as: e2e-platform-external-aws-upgrade
+  cron: '@monthly'
+  reporter_config:
+    channel: '#forum-ocp-splat-alerts-aws'
+    job_states_to_report:
+    - failure
+    - error
+    report_template: |
+      :red_jenkins_circle: :external-link::aws: Periodical job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. (<{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>) (<https://prow.ci.openshift.org/job-history/gs/test-platform-results/logs/{{.Spec.Job}}|View history>)
+  steps:
+    cluster_profile: openshift-org-aws
+    env:
+      TEST_TYPE: upgrade-conformance
+    observers:
+      enable:
+      - observers-resource-watch
+    workflow: openshift-e2e-external-aws
+- as: e2e-platform-external-aws-ccm-upgrade
+  cron: '@monthly'
+  reporter_config:
+    channel: '#forum-ocp-splat-alerts-aws'
+    job_states_to_report:
+    - failure
+    - error
+    report_template: |
+      :red_jenkins_circle: :external-link::aws: Periodical job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. (<{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>) (<https://prow.ci.openshift.org/job-history/gs/test-platform-results/logs/{{.Spec.Job}}|View history>)
+  steps:
+    cluster_profile: openshift-org-aws
+    env:
+      PLATFORM_EXTERNAL_CCM_ENABLED: "yes"
+      TEST_TYPE: upgrade-conformance
+    observers:
+      enable:
+      - observers-resource-watch
+    workflow: openshift-e2e-external-aws
 zz_generated_metadata:
   branch: main
   org: openshift
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-main-periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-main-periodics.yaml
index 4c41989c233b9..f2a8efa17d2e3 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-main-periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-main-periodics.yaml
@@ -234137,6 +234137,190 @@ periodics:
     - name: result-aggregator
       secret:
         secretName: result-aggregator
+- agent: kubernetes
+  cluster: build09
+  cron: '@monthly'
+  decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    skip_cloning: true
+  extra_refs:
+  - base_ref: main
+    org: openshift
+    repo: release
+  labels:
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud: aws
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud-cluster-profile: openshift-org-aws
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/variant: nightly-4.22-upgrade-from-stable-4.21
+    ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+    ci.openshift.io/no-builds: "true"
+    job-release: "4.22"
+    pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+  name: periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-4.22-upgrade-from-stable-4.21-e2e-platform-external-aws-ccm-upgrade
+  reporter_config:
+    slack:
+      channel: '#forum-ocp-splat-alerts-aws'
+      job_states_to_report:
+      - failure
+      - error
+      report_template: |
+        :red_jenkins_circle: :external-link::aws: Periodical job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. (<{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>) (<https://prow.ci.openshift.org/job-history/gs/test-platform-results/logs/{{.Spec.Job}}|View history>)
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - args:
+      - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+      - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+      - --lease-server-credentials-file=/etc/boskos/credentials
+      - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+      - --secret-dir=/secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+      - --target=e2e-platform-external-aws-ccm-upgrade
+      - --variant=nightly-4.22-upgrade-from-stable-4.21
+      command:
+      - ci-operator
+      env:
+      - name: HTTP_SERVER_IP
+        valueFrom:
+          fieldRef:
+            fieldPath: status.podIP
+      image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      name: ""
+      ports:
+      - containerPort: 8080
+        name: http
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 10m
+      volumeMounts:
+      - mountPath: /etc/boskos
+        name: boskos
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+        name: ci-pull-credentials
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+        name: gcs-credentials
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
+        name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+        name: pull-secret
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/report
+        name: result-aggregator
+        readOnly: true
+    serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+    volumes:
+    - name: boskos
+      secret:
+        items:
+        - key: credentials
+          path: credentials
+        secretName: boskos-credentials
+    - name: ci-pull-credentials
+      secret:
+        secretName: ci-pull-credentials
+    - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+      secret:
+        secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+    - name: pull-secret
+      secret:
+        secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+    - name: result-aggregator
+      secret:
+        secretName: result-aggregator
+- agent: kubernetes
+  cluster: build09
+  cron: '@monthly'
+  decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    skip_cloning: true
+  extra_refs:
+  - base_ref: main
+    org: openshift
+    repo: release
+  labels:
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud: aws
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud-cluster-profile: openshift-org-aws
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/variant: nightly-4.22-upgrade-from-stable-4.21
+    ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+    ci.openshift.io/no-builds: "true"
+    job-release: "4.22"
+    pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+  name: periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-4.22-upgrade-from-stable-4.21-e2e-platform-external-aws-upgrade
+  reporter_config:
+    slack:
+      channel: '#forum-ocp-splat-alerts-aws'
+      job_states_to_report:
+      - failure
+      - error
+      report_template: |
+        :red_jenkins_circle: :external-link::aws: Periodical job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. (<{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>) (<https://prow.ci.openshift.org/job-history/gs/test-platform-results/logs/{{.Spec.Job}}|View history>)
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - args:
+      - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+      - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+      - --lease-server-credentials-file=/etc/boskos/credentials
+      - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+      - --secret-dir=/secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+      - --target=e2e-platform-external-aws-upgrade
+      - --variant=nightly-4.22-upgrade-from-stable-4.21
+      command:
+      - ci-operator
+      env:
+      - name: HTTP_SERVER_IP
+        valueFrom:
+          fieldRef:
+            fieldPath: status.podIP
+      image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      name: ""
+      ports:
+      - containerPort: 8080
+        name: http
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 10m
+      volumeMounts:
+      - mountPath: /etc/boskos
+        name: boskos
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+        name: ci-pull-credentials
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+        name: gcs-credentials
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
+        name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+        name: pull-secret
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/report
+        name: result-aggregator
+        readOnly: true
+    serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+    volumes:
+    - name: boskos
+      secret:
+        items:
+        - key: credentials
+          path: credentials
+        secretName: boskos-credentials
+    - name: ci-pull-credentials
+      secret:
+        secretName: ci-pull-credentials
+    - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+      secret:
+        secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+    - name: pull-secret
+      secret:
+        secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+    - name: result-aggregator
+      secret:
+        secretName: result-aggregator
 - agent: kubernetes
   cluster: vsphere02
   cron: 42 2 * * 4
@@ -294555,6 +294739,190 @@ periodics:
     - name: result-aggregator
       secret:
         secretName: result-aggregator
+- agent: kubernetes
+  cluster: build09
+  cron: '@monthly'
+  decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    skip_cloning: true
+  extra_refs:
+  - base_ref: main
+    org: openshift
+    repo: release
+  labels:
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud: aws
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud-cluster-profile: openshift-org-aws
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/variant: nightly-5.0-upgrade-from-stable-4.22
+    ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+    ci.openshift.io/no-builds: "true"
+    job-release: "5.0"
+    pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+  name: periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-5.0-upgrade-from-stable-4.22-e2e-platform-external-aws-ccm-upgrade
+  reporter_config:
+    slack:
+      channel: '#forum-ocp-splat-alerts-aws'
+      job_states_to_report:
+      - failure
+      - error
+      report_template: |
+        :red_jenkins_circle: :external-link::aws: Periodical job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. (<{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>) (<https://prow.ci.openshift.org/job-history/gs/test-platform-results/logs/{{.Spec.Job}}|View history>)
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - args:
+      - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+      - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+      - --lease-server-credentials-file=/etc/boskos/credentials
+      - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+      - --secret-dir=/secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+      - --target=e2e-platform-external-aws-ccm-upgrade
+      - --variant=nightly-5.0-upgrade-from-stable-4.22
+      command:
+      - ci-operator
+      env:
+      - name: HTTP_SERVER_IP
+        valueFrom:
+          fieldRef:
+            fieldPath: status.podIP
+      image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      name: ""
+      ports:
+      - containerPort: 8080
+        name: http
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 10m
+      volumeMounts:
+      - mountPath: /etc/boskos
+        name: boskos
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+        name: ci-pull-credentials
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+        name: gcs-credentials
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
+        name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+        name: pull-secret
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/report
+        name: result-aggregator
+        readOnly: true
+    serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+    volumes:
+    - name: boskos
+      secret:
+        items:
+        - key: credentials
+          path: credentials
+        secretName: boskos-credentials
+    - name: ci-pull-credentials
+      secret:
+        secretName: ci-pull-credentials
+    - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+      secret:
+        secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+    - name: pull-secret
+      secret:
+        secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+    - name: result-aggregator
+      secret:
+        secretName: result-aggregator
+- agent: kubernetes
+  cluster: build09
+  cron: '@monthly'
+  decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    skip_cloning: true
+  extra_refs:
+  - base_ref: main
+    org: openshift
+    repo: release
+  labels:
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud: aws
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud-cluster-profile: openshift-org-aws
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/variant: nightly-5.0-upgrade-from-stable-4.22
+    ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+    ci.openshift.io/no-builds: "true"
+    job-release: "5.0"
+    pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+  name: periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-5.0-upgrade-from-stable-4.22-e2e-platform-external-aws-upgrade
+  reporter_config:
+    slack:
+      channel: '#forum-ocp-splat-alerts-aws'
+      job_states_to_report:
+      - failure
+      - error
+      report_template: |
+        :red_jenkins_circle: :external-link::aws: Periodical job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*. (<{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>) (<https://prow.ci.openshift.org/job-history/gs/test-platform-results/logs/{{.Spec.Job}}|View history>)
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - args:
+      - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+      - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+      - --lease-server-credentials-file=/etc/boskos/credentials
+      - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+      - --secret-dir=/secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+      - --target=e2e-platform-external-aws-upgrade
+      - --variant=nightly-5.0-upgrade-from-stable-4.22
+      command:
+      - ci-operator
+      env:
+      - name: HTTP_SERVER_IP
+        valueFrom:
+          fieldRef:
+            fieldPath: status.podIP
+      image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      name: ""
+      ports:
+      - containerPort: 8080
+        name: http
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 10m
+      volumeMounts:
+      - mountPath: /etc/boskos
+        name: boskos
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/ci-pull-credentials
+        name: ci-pull-credentials
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+        name: gcs-credentials
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
+        name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+        name: pull-secret
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/report
+        name: result-aggregator
+        readOnly: true
+    serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+    volumes:
+    - name: boskos
+      secret:
+        items:
+        - key: credentials
+          path: credentials
+        secretName: boskos-credentials
+    - name: ci-pull-credentials
+      secret:
+        secretName: ci-pull-credentials
+    - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+      secret:
+        secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+    - name: pull-secret
+      secret:
+        secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+    - name: result-aggregator
+      secret:
+        secretName: result-aggregator
 - agent: kubernetes
   cluster: vsphere02
   cron: 49 2 * * 4