diff --git a/projects/vdk-core/src/vdk/internal/builtin_plugins/run/standalone_data_job.py b/projects/vdk-core/src/vdk/internal/builtin_plugins/run/standalone_data_job.py
index fe0db6ebcc..0d9a12c960 100644
--- a/projects/vdk-core/src/vdk/internal/builtin_plugins/run/standalone_data_job.py
+++ b/projects/vdk-core/src/vdk/internal/builtin_plugins/run/standalone_data_job.py
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 from vdk.internal.builtin_plugins.run.data_job import JobArguments
 from vdk.internal.builtin_plugins.run.execution_state import ExecutionStateStoreKeys
 from vdk.internal.builtin_plugins.run.execution_tracking import ExecutionTrackingPlugin
-from vdk.internal.builtin_plugins.run.file_based_step import TYPE_PYTHON
 from vdk.internal.builtin_plugins.run.job_context import JobContext
 from vdk.internal.builtin_plugins.run.step import Step
+from vdk.internal.builtin_plugins.run.step import StepBuilder
 from vdk.internal.core.config import ConfigurationBuilder
 from vdk.internal.core.context import CoreContext
 from vdk.internal.core.statestore import StateStore
@@ -122,6 +122,20 @@ def __init__(
         self._core_context = core_context
         self._job_context = None
 
+    def __override_with_noop_step(self):
+        noop_step = Step(
+            name="NoOpStep",
+            type="noop",
+            runner_func=lambda _step, _job_input: True,  # Intentional noop
+            file_path=Path(__file__),
+            job_dir=self._job_context.job_directory,
+        )
+        log.debug(
+            f"StandaloneDataJob will ignore following steps of the data job {self._job_context.step_builder}"
+        )
+        self._job_context.step_builder = StepBuilder()
+        self._job_context.step_builder.add_step(noop_step)
+
     def __enter__(self) -> IJobInput:
         try:
             self._core_context.plugin_registry.load_plugin_with_hooks_impl(
@@ -148,6 +162,8 @@ def __enter__(self) -> IJobInput:
             cast(JobRunHookSpecs, self._plugin_registry.hook()).initialize_job(
                 context=self._job_context
             )
+            self.__override_with_noop_step()
+
             cast(JobRunHookSpecs, self._plugin_registry.hook()).run_job(
                 context=self._job_context
             )
diff --git a/projects/vdk-core/tests/functional/run/test_run_standalone_data_job.py b/projects/vdk-core/tests/functional/run/test_run_standalone_data_job.py
index 70c9faf468..6db82ad389 100644
--- a/projects/vdk-core/tests/functional/run/test_run_standalone_data_job.py
+++ b/projects/vdk-core/tests/functional/run/test_run_standalone_data_job.py
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@
 from functional.run import util
 from vdk.api.plugin.hook_markers import hookimpl
 from vdk.internal.builtin_plugins.run.execution_state import ExecutionStateStoreKeys
+from vdk.internal.builtin_plugins.run.job_context import JobContext
 from vdk.internal.builtin_plugins.run.standalone_data_job import (
     StandaloneDataJobFactory,
 )
+from vdk.internal.builtin_plugins.run.step import Step
 
 ExecutedStandaloneDataJobDetails = collections.namedtuple(
     "ExecutedStandalongDataJob", "hook_tracker job_input_name"
 )
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+@pytest.fixture
 def executed_standalone_data_job():
     hook_tracker = util.HookCallTracker()
     job_input_name = "unknown"
@@ -124,3 +126,34 @@ def vdk_start(
             "--arguments",
             '{"a": "b"}',
         ]
+
+
+def test_standalone_data_job_ignore_steps_added_by_other_plugins(
+    executed_standalone_data_job,
+):
+    class AddNewStep:
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.step_executed = []
+
+        @hookimpl
+        def initialize_job(self, context: JobContext):
+            def func(_step, _job_input):
+                self.step_executed.append("")
+                return True
+
+            step = Step(
+                name="NoOpStep",
+                type="noop",
+                runner_func=func,
+                file_path=Path(__file__),
+                job_dir=context.job_directory,
+            )
+            context.step_builder.add_step(step)
+
+    new_step_plugin = AddNewStep()
+    with StandaloneDataJobFactory.create(
+        data_job_directory=Path(__file__), extra_plugins=[new_step_plugin]
+    ) as job_input:
+        pass
+
+    assert len(new_step_plugin.step_executed) == 0