AD-HOC PROXY FOR BATCH PROCESSING TASK

Provided is an ad-hoc proxy for a batch processing task within a cloud environment. The proxy may reduce overhead that results from authentication between a jobs of the processing task and a third-party service. An example operation may include one or more of dividing a processing task for a target service into a plurality of jobs that each access data from the target service, establishing an authenticated communication channel between one or more proxies on a host platform and the target service, executing, via the one or more proxies, the plurality of jobs in parallel and accessing data from the target service via the authenticated communication channel established between the one or more proxies and the target service, and returning results of the execution to the plurality of jobs.