diff --git a/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/kubernetes/config.yaml b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/kubernetes/config.yaml
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+# KubeSchedulerConfiguration for the bin-pack-scheduler secondary scheduler.
+# Stock upstream kube-scheduler; only NodeResourcesFit scoring is overridden to
+# MostAllocated (pack onto the fullest node). Every other plugin/default is
+# inherited. EKS's managed default scheduler can't be reconfigured, hence a
+# second scheduler that pods opt into via spec.schedulerName.
+apiVersion: kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1
+kind: KubeSchedulerConfiguration
+leaderElection:
+  leaderElect: true
+  # MUST differ from the managed scheduler's lease ("kube-scheduler").
+  resourceName: bin-pack-scheduler
+  resourceNamespace: kube-system
+profiles:
+  - schedulerName: bin-pack-scheduler
+    pluginConfig:
+      - name: NodeResourcesFit
+        args:
+          scoringStrategy:
+            # cpu/memory weights match the upstream default, so `type` is the
+            # only delta from the managed default-scheduler.
+            type: MostAllocated
+            resources:
+              - {name: cpu, weight: 1}
+              - {name: memory, weight: 1}
diff --git a/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/kubernetes/deployment.yaml b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
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+++ b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
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+# bin-pack-scheduler: a stock kube-scheduler run as a secondary scheduler.
+# Image tracks eks_version (clusters.yaml); a guard test enforces the minor
+# matches. ±1 minor skew is tolerated, so bump on EKS upgrade.
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: bin-pack-scheduler
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    osdc.io/module: bin-pack-scheduler
+    app: bin-pack-scheduler
+spec:
+  replicas: 2  # HA via leader election; only one schedules at a time
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: bin-pack-scheduler
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: bin-pack-scheduler
+        osdc.io/module: bin-pack-scheduler
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: bin-pack-scheduler
+      priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
+      # Run on stable infra nodes, not ephemeral runner/workflow nodes.
+      nodeSelector:
+        role: base-infrastructure
+      tolerations:
+        - key: CriticalAddonsOnly
+          operator: Equal
+          value: "true"
+          effect: NoSchedule
+      # Spread the 2 replicas across nodes so a single node loss keeps a leader.
+      affinity:
+        podAntiAffinity:
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - weight: 100
+              podAffinityTerm:
+                topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+                labelSelector:
+                  matchLabels:
+                    app: bin-pack-scheduler
+      containers:
+        - name: kube-scheduler
+          image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.35.0
+          command:
+            - kube-scheduler
+            - --config=/etc/kubernetes/bin-pack-scheduler/config.yaml
+            - --v=2
+          ports:
+            - name: https
+              containerPort: 10259
+              protocol: TCP
+          resources:
+            requests: {cpu: 200m, memory: 256Mi}
+            limits: {cpu: 500m, memory: 512Mi}
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet: {path: /healthz, port: 10259, scheme: HTTPS}
+            initialDelaySeconds: 15
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet: {path: /readyz, port: 10259, scheme: HTTPS}
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+            runAsNonRoot: true
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config
+              mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/bin-pack-scheduler
+              readOnly: true
+      volumes:
+        - name: config
+          configMap:
+            name: bin-pack-scheduler-config  # kustomize rewrites to the hashed name
diff --git a/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/kubernetes/kustomization.yaml b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/kubernetes/kustomization.yaml
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+++ b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/kubernetes/kustomization.yaml
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+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+resources:
+  - rbac.yaml
+  - deployment.yaml
+
+# Generate the config ConfigMap with a content-hash suffix so the Deployment
+# auto-rolls whenever config.yaml changes (no manual rollout restart needed).
+configMapGenerator:
+  - name: bin-pack-scheduler-config
+    namespace: kube-system
+    files:
+      - config.yaml
+
+generatorOptions:
+  labels:
+    osdc.io/module: bin-pack-scheduler
diff --git a/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/kubernetes/rbac.yaml b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/kubernetes/rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11c87acb
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+++ b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/kubernetes/rbac.yaml
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+# RBAC for the bin-pack-scheduler. Reuses the built-in system:kube-scheduler
+# and system:volume-scheduler ClusterRoles (track upstream across k8s versions)
+# and adds get/update on our own leader-election Lease, which system:kube-scheduler
+# scopes to resourceName "kube-scheduler" only.
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: bin-pack-scheduler
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    osdc.io/module: bin-pack-scheduler
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: bin-pack-scheduler
+  labels:
+    osdc.io/module: bin-pack-scheduler
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: system:kube-scheduler
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: bin-pack-scheduler
+    namespace: kube-system
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: bin-pack-scheduler-volume
+  labels:
+    osdc.io/module: bin-pack-scheduler
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: system:volume-scheduler
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: bin-pack-scheduler
+    namespace: kube-system
+---
+# Lets the scheduler read the extension-apiserver-authentication ConfigMap so
+# its HTTPS serving port (10259) can set up delegated auth cleanly on startup.
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: bin-pack-scheduler-auth-reader
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    osdc.io/module: bin-pack-scheduler
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: extension-apiserver-authentication-reader
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: bin-pack-scheduler
+    namespace: kube-system
+---
+# Lease create is already granted cluster-wide by system:kube-scheduler;
+# get/update on our custom lease name is not, so grant it here.
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: bin-pack-scheduler-lease
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    osdc.io/module: bin-pack-scheduler
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: ["coordination.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["leases"]
+    resourceNames: ["bin-pack-scheduler"]
+    verbs: ["get", "update"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: bin-pack-scheduler-lease
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    osdc.io/module: bin-pack-scheduler
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: bin-pack-scheduler-lease
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: bin-pack-scheduler
+    namespace: kube-system
diff --git a/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/scripts/python/test_image_version.py b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/scripts/python/test_image_version.py
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index 00000000..6f4eb247
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+++ b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/scripts/python/test_image_version.py
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+"""Guard: the bin-pack-scheduler image minor must track clusters.yaml eks_version.
+
+kube-scheduler tolerates only +/-1 minor skew from the API server (the EKS
+control-plane version). This pure-logic test fails loudly if someone bumps
+eks_version without bumping the scheduler image (or vice-versa), so the two
+can't silently diverge across an EKS upgrade. Runs in `just test` — no cluster.
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+
+_OSDC_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[4]
+_DEPLOYMENT = _OSDC_ROOT / "modules" / "bin-pack-scheduler" / "kubernetes" / "deployment.yaml"
+_CLUSTERS = _OSDC_ROOT / "clusters.yaml"
+
+
+def _scheduler_image_minor():
+    """Return the major.minor of the kube-scheduler container image (e.g. '1.35')."""
+    doc = yaml.safe_load(_DEPLOYMENT.read_text())
+    containers = doc["spec"]["template"]["spec"]["containers"]
+    image = next(c["image"] for c in containers if c["name"] == "kube-scheduler")
+    tag = image.rsplit(":", 1)[1].lstrip("v")  # "v1.35.0" -> "1.35.0"
+    return ".".join(tag.split(".")[:2])  # -> "1.35"
+
+
+def test_scheduler_image_minor_matches_eks_version():
+    eks_version = yaml.safe_load(_CLUSTERS.read_text())["defaults"]["eks_version"]
+    image_minor = _scheduler_image_minor()
+    msg = (
+        f"bin-pack-scheduler image minor is {image_minor!r} but clusters.yaml "
+        f"eks_version is {eks_version!r}; bump them together on EKS upgrade."
+    )
+    assert image_minor == eks_version, msg
diff --git a/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/tests/smoke/conftest.py b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/tests/smoke/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8dfd070c
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+++ b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/tests/smoke/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from smoke_conftest import *  # noqa: F403
diff --git a/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/tests/smoke/test_bin_pack_scheduler.py b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/tests/smoke/test_bin_pack_scheduler.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34145109
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+++ b/osdc/modules/bin-pack-scheduler/tests/smoke/test_bin_pack_scheduler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""Smoke tests for the bin-pack-scheduler secondary scheduler.
+
+Validates that the scheduler Deployment is ready and has acquired its
+leader-election Lease (so it is actually scheduling, not just running).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+from helpers import assert_deployment_ready, run_kubectl
+
+pytestmark = [pytest.mark.live]
+
+NAMESPACE = "kube-system"
+NAME = "bin-pack-scheduler"
+
+
+class TestBinPackScheduler:
+    def test_deployment_ready(self, all_deployments: dict) -> None:
+        assert_deployment_ready(all_deployments, NAMESPACE, NAME)
+
+    def test_leader_lease_held(self) -> None:
+        """Leader election Lease exists and has a current holder."""
+        lease = run_kubectl(["get", "lease", NAME], namespace=NAMESPACE)
+        holder = lease.get("spec", {}).get("holderIdentity")
+        assert holder, f"Lease {NAME} has no holderIdentity — no scheduler is leading"