diff --git a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/batch.py b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/batch.py
index 6565bcecfbaf1..dac0e1b23cabd 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/batch.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/batch.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from airflow.utils.context import Context
 
+import boto3
+import botocore.waiter
 
 class BatchOperator(BaseOperator):
     """
@@ -363,3 +365,50 @@ def execute(self, context: Context):
         self.hook.client.create_compute_environment(**trim_none_values(kwargs))
 
         self.log.info("AWS Batch compute environment created successfully")
+
+
+def submit_batch_job(job_name, job_definition, job_queue, command):
+    client = boto3.client("batch")
+    response = client.submit_job(
+        jobName=job_name,
+        jobQueue=job_queue,
+        jobDefinition=job_definition,
+        containerOverrides={"command": command},
+    )
+    job_id = response["jobId"]
+    return job_id
+
+class JobStatusWaiter(botocore.waiter.Waiter):
+    def __init__(self, client, job_id, desired_status):
+        super().__init__(
+            client=client,
+            waiter_name="JobStatusWaiter",
+            delay=10,
+            max_attempts=60,
+            operation_name="DescribeJobs",
+            acceptors=[
+                {
+                    "expected": desired_status,
+                    "matcher": "path",
+                    "state": "success",
+                    "argument": "jobs[].status",
+                },
+                {
+                    "expected": "FAILED",
+                    "matcher": "path",
+                    "state": "failure",
+                    "argument": "jobs[].status",
+                },
+                {
+                    "expected": "SUCCEEDED",
+                    "matcher": "path",
+                    "state": "failure",
+                    "argument": "jobs[].status",
+                },
+            ],
+        )
+        self.job_id = job_id
+
+    def wait(self):
+        self._wait(JobIds=[self.job_id])
+